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Originally posted by Dervish Well one source I'll impicitly trust one which I'd take with a pinch of salt(who was in iraq before). He said the American way of doing things was fundentally differnt to the British and he said they have a tendancy to overreact to anything they reguard as a threat. Further he said they also have the tendancy to reguard basicly any iraqi as a threat. They don't view them as anything but threats. And they don't view the war/occupation as real in a way, they see it as a game well atleast act that way.

Question, how many British troops are KIA every day? How many attacks are made on British troops every day? How many British contractors have been killed and mutilated (the US just doubled its # and is at 8 now). Sitting in Basra or Kurdish areas is an entirely different experience than what the US troops are facing in the Sunni triangle.

I agree that US troops probably view this conflict differently than US troops, precisely because it is a different conflict depending on location in Iraq. I'll bet British troops in Iceland viewed WWII somewhat differently than say, British troops in North Africa or Asia.

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Originally posted by Spankster Link to article The article above relates to some inside information on what is going on in falluja. a Couple of paragraphs here: "He hadn't slept much, along with all of the doctors at the small clinic. It started with just three doctors, but since the Americans bombed one of the hospitals, and were currently sniping people as they attempted to enter/exit the main hospital,

If you believe that, I'd like to sell you your next automobile.

well- at least the iraqi's are not discriminating-

add french and italians to the list of kidnapped.

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Originally posted by xKaoSx well- at least the iraqi's are not discriminating- add french and italians to the list of kidnapped.

wow, i guess the french didnt think hard enough about the consequences of their actions. the french surely were too heavy handed in doing whatever it was they were doing (what in the hell are they doing there anyways?)

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Originally posted by Izzy wow, i guess the french didnt think hard enough about the consequences of their actions. the french surely were too heavy handed in doing whatever it was they were doing (what in the hell are they doing there anyways?)

French Photographer
Italian Security hired by US

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Originally posted by xKaoSx French Photographer Italian Security hired by US

i'm sure the fact that he was taking pics really pissed off those iraqis, who could france do such a thing - those poor iraqis - how can you blame them for doing these type of attacks. as we all know it's all the frenchs fault anyways

*edit - wow its so easy being a hippy

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Originally posted by Izzy i'm sure the fact that he was taking pics really pissed off those iraqis, who could france do such a thing - those poor iraqis - how can you blame them for doing these type of attacks. as we all know it's all the frenchs fault anyways *edit - wow its so easy being a hippy

France probably already called someone and said they surrender

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I find it odd the way some people think. "If we stop attacking them, they'll listen to us", or some such nonsense.

It's always the same thing - if we just slow down a little, if we just be a little more diplomatic, then the real world will suddenly turn into an ideal world where everyone wants to live in peace and harmony.

I'd be curious to see examples of past instances where this "diplomacy" and "cautiousness" has accomplished anything productive. Damn hippies. Look at us, look at our biology, we evolved as a fighting species! Conflict is in our nature. Sure, war is not "nice", I wouldn't want to have to fight on the front lines, but that's all the more reason to admire the people who are brave enough to do so.

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Originally posted by DigiNut I'd be curious to see examples of past instances where this "diplomacy" and "cautiousness" has accomplished anything productive. Damn hippies. Look at us, look at our biology, we evolved as a fighting species! Conflict is in our nature. Sure, war is not "nice", I wouldn't want to have to fight on the front lines, but that's all the more reason to admire the people who are brave enough to do so.

I think you fail to remember the very diplomatic stance Ghandi took against the British Empire.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King I think you fail to remember the very diplomatic stance Ghandi took against the British Empire.

What, he invited the queen for one of those presidential state dinners too?

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