Comments on: Let them go http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zane http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-107250 Zane Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:40:44 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-107250 MajMike, ROTFLMAO! This is not the first time the Brits lost the bubble in Iraq. Anyone still under the illusion we can bring peace and stability should study the history of British occupation in the 1920s and 1930s. It's eerie, the same names, the same places, the same jaw-dropping eye-bulging awakening to the sheer savagery the Brits were sent to lure into democracy's camp. In time, probably the same results. I'm proud of every Brit who's been there (I've a British cousin en route in just two months), but when it comes down to it, Her Majesty's government has bigger than problems than civilizing Basra, and I'm amazed they've stayed with us this long. MajMike, ROTFLMAO!

This is not the first time the Brits lost the bubble in Iraq. Anyone still under the illusion we can bring peace and stability should study the history of British occupation in the 1920s and 1930s. It’s eerie, the same names, the same places, the same jaw-dropping eye-bulging awakening to the sheer savagery the Brits were sent to lure into democracy’s camp. In time, probably the same results. I’m proud of every Brit who’s been there (I’ve a British cousin en route in just two months), but when it comes down to it, Her Majesty’s government has bigger than problems than civilizing Basra, and I’m amazed they’ve stayed with us this long.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-106183 Kristen Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:01:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-106183 Snake Eater, no doubt you're right. I rather enjoyed the frankness of the naval officers at the time, but I'm guessing they got reprimanded for it somewhere in the chain of command. Just getting the job done is probably the best comment our military can make. Kris, yes, being the de facto policemen for the world is frustrating, especially since we get so little gratitude for the sacrifice that doing that job entails. But I'd rather have us in that position than any other nation, as I'm sure you would too. Snake Eater, no doubt you’re right. I rather enjoyed the frankness of the naval officers at the time, but I’m guessing they got reprimanded for it somewhere in the chain of command. Just getting the job done is probably the best comment our military can make.

Kris, yes, being the de facto policemen for the world is frustrating, especially since we get so little gratitude for the sacrifice that doing that job entails. But I’d rather have us in that position than any other nation, as I’m sure you would too.

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-411848 Kris, in New England Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:55:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-411848 Snake - Thank you for the explanation in you comment #11 above. It's kind of what I thought, but needed the confirmation. And - Kristen and I are 2 different commenters here. And I do agree with both of you. Which is frustrating in its correctness - America is always standing watch somewhere. Snake – Thank you for the explanation in you comment #11 above. It’s kind of what I thought, but needed the confirmation.

And – Kristen and I are 2 different commenters here. And I do agree with both of you. Which is frustrating in its correctness – America is always standing watch somewhere.

]]> By: Snake Eater http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-106138 Snake Eater Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:06:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-106138 Kris (Kristen?), Re your last sentence # 12 above...The performance of our magnificent grunts and the staying power of the USA will say all that has to be said about that. Best Kris (Kristen?), Re your last sentence # 12 above…The performance of our magnificent grunts and the staying power of the USA will say all that has to be said about that. Best

]]> By: Casca http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-106013 Casca Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:29:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-106013 SD, it's nothing like Dien Bien Phu. DBP was a well planned and executed ambush on a very large scale. The Brits have simply, to borrow a phrase from dear Maggie, gone wobbly on us. SD, it’s nothing like Dien Bien Phu. DBP was a well planned and executed ambush on a very large scale. The Brits have simply, to borrow a phrase from dear Maggie, gone wobbly on us.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/comment-page-1/#comment-106004 Kristen Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/08/19/let-them-go/#comment-106004 It had to have been very, very difficult for US servicemen to keep their mouths shut back in 2003 when the British were all over the media announcing how much better they were at urban operations than the American forces. I remember being surprised when fairly high-ranked American naval officers made publicly disparaging remarks about the British sailors that surrendered to the Iranians. I wonder if we? It had to have been very, very difficult for US servicemen to keep their mouths shut back in 2003 when the British were all over the media announcing how much better they were at urban operations than the American forces. I remember being surprised when fairly high-ranked American naval officers made publicly disparaging remarks about the British sailors that surrendered to the Iranians. I wonder if we?

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