[Billthedrill]

Silliness. Aside from the efforts at Son Tay in Vietnam there was a successful mission in the Philippines during WWII, chronicled in The Ghost Soldiers. I don't recall anyone checking the gender, race, or sexual preference of those on whose behalf the missions were executed. You simply do not leave people behind if you can help it, and for the author to turn this into a political issue incorporating those nonexistent factors is simply to tell the world that he is ignorant of these matters.

[oyez]

I'd give a months pay for Brian Sewell to give me this essay in person.

[TheSpottedOwl]

In West Virginia, Jessica's rescue is attributed not only to the army, but to God in equal measure, God invoked by the power of prayer. It has occurred to none of them that if God had anything to do with it, he would have stayed the hands of Bush and Blair and sent no one into battle.

If the people of West Virginia (and elsewhere) praised Gaia, his tone would be different, praising that brave warrior for standing her ground until she was out of bullets, then surviving torture and broken limbs.

Puke is right, and Mr. Sewer is full of it.

[cubreporter]

Mr. Sewell sounds like a very, very bitter little man. He should be ashamed of himself but reading the venom spewed from his mouth I doubt he knows the meaning of the word.

God Bless Jessica Lynch and her rescuers. Thank God she nor any of the other troops had to depend on this idiot for anything much less a heroic rescue effort.

[Sender]

(From an online bio on Brian Sewell:)

Expert: Arts/Music

Competent: Entertainment/Humour

Personal description: A fine art expert, he is the Art Critic for the Evening Standard and has won the award for "Art Critic of the Year" on several occasions. He has also translated a number of books on Art from French into English and has written about his extensive travels, notably to Turkey in his book "South from Ephesus".

Languages Expert: English, French

Presentation description: Brian is also known as an experienced broadcaster and has contributed to programmes for both radio and television, including various commercials for ITV.

Also known as a "freelance bassoonist" and a "controversial art critic".

Also known as a pathetic snivelling a-hole not fit to write about anything more substantial than playing with himself.