--- Greg Schofield <g_schofield at dingoblue.net.au
>
> Britian has a long history of winkling out guerilla
> fighters and the idea of picking off fleeting
> insects and digging out molluscs seems less
> pythonisque and more sensible than unleasing great
> snakes across the hills.
Plus much of the Marine's training emphasises this kind of gureilla warfare. They tend to be smart, sane and flexible. Not meatheads, which the US troops out there seem to be if NYT interviews are representative. Still to win wars you need strategy - and the current strategy is what exactly?
Much of the training of the Mujhadeen was carried out by both the SAS and SBS forces (special forces. The SBS are less flashy, and so probably better. The SAS mostly seem to exist as a CV point for elite bodyguards these days).
> But a curse on botrh their houses, I hope
> Afghansitan buries them.
Absolutely.
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