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To: Ilaine who wrote (94895)	4/19/2003 1:57:37 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Giggle. Thomas Sowell <France has never gotten over the fact that it was once a great power and is now just a great nuisance.> jewishworldreview.com This too: <All of us are ignorant, if not misinformed, on vast numbers of things. What makes experts different is that they dare not admit it. That is also what makes experts dangerous. > A corollary: <While it is true that you learn with age, the down side is that what you learn is often what a damn fool you were before. > I find that effect really annoying and confidence-sapping. Mq

To: Ilaine who wrote (94895)	4/19/2003 5:34:05 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Just wondering whether the American military could learn something from the Brits. CB, If that is the case, you were certainly asking the wrong question. Of course we can learn from the Brits. We have been running mutually beneficial joint training exercises at all levels for all 41 years I have been around the US Army. Generally speaking, IMO American tactics are more aggressive than the Brits. The first I came aware of that was in WWII battle studies. It is not true across the board. The Brit 22nd SAS for example can be extraordinarily brutal. But I am sure the Brit press considers it appropriate force for the situation when they are. uw