[dennisw]

Don't read anything into my post. I am innocent on this one. All I have to go on is that when M Begin visited Ariel Sharon at his Negev ranch, Sharon was surprised how Begin liked the horses there. There was some connection to Begin's experience in Polish army that made him like horses.

[A. Pole]

Don't read anything into my post. I am innocent on this one. All I have to go on is that when M Begin visited Ariel Sharon at his Negev ranch, Sharon was surprised how Begin liked the horses there. There was some connection to Begin's experience in Polish army that made him like horses.

I am sorry. Being besieged by the besieged I got a little paranoic. Yes, I think it is very likely that he was got some cavalry training. Cavalry was loved in Polish army and even now there are some ceremonial units. Cavalry was connected with great Polish victories like in the battle at Vienna (1683), in the war with Soviet Union 1919/1920 and others. There was also the Polish cavalry traditions involved in American Revolution and in formation of US army. (look at Casimir Pulaski The Father of American Cavalry The Nazis hated Polish traditions and succesfully ridiculed them by fabricating a myth of Poles on horses charging against German tanks.