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[Somebody Else]

1 on 1 versus Irish civlians maybe.

I know they're only Iraqis... but 5 to 1 odds?

Scots... mental.

[InsaneApache]

Whilst the USA has the advantage of technology and other armed forces have numerical superiority I repeat that the UK armed forces are the best in the World.

SAS, Paras, Guards Regiments, SBS, Gurkas, Royal Marines....reads like a list of hard guys to beat in any situation to me.

I liked the story about the Brits in Iraq teaching the US forces how to search a house.

Brit training Sergeant:Ok Hank show me what you do...

Hank the Yank:Well we approach freakin' the door, Blow the damned door off it's hinges, then we run in firing from the hip. That'll show 'em....

Brit: I see, has anyone ever thought about trying the door handle to see if it's open?

Yank: door handle?!?!? open!?!?...err.....???

hilarious

[Tribesman]

I know they're only Iraqis... but 5 to 1 odds?


well things have changed the current figure the British are putting out is 4 to 1 , but of course the reduction can be out down to the fact that the insurgents are amatuers rather than profesionals so uhhhh.. well at least the British give figures unlike uhhhhh...well..... certain others.
Side note , lesson from the Falklands which was passed on from Aden , Borneo , Malaysia , Korea , Italy , France , Germany .... a bayonet charge against a machine gun can lead to uneccesary casualties But hey they give your widow a medal and put your name in the papers .
Take note King Malcolm in your quest to get your name in the history books

[DemonArchangel]

Whilst the USA has the advantage of technology and other armed forces have numerical superiority I repeat that the UK armed forces are the best in the World.

SAS, Paras, Guards Regiments, SBS, Gurkas, Royal Marines....reads like a list of hard guys to beat in any situation to me.

I liked the story about the Brits in Iraq teaching the US forces how to search a house.

Brit training Sergeant:Ok Hank show me what you do...

Hank the Yank:Well we approach freakin' the door, Blow the damned door off it's hinges, then we run in firing from the hip. That'll show 'em....

Brit: I see, has anyone ever thought about trying the door handle to see if it's open?

Yank: door handle?!?!? open!?!?...err.....???

hilarious

You Brits do realize that most doors are booby trapped and that you enter a house by blowing holes in the walls right?

[Tribesman]

You Brits do realize that most doors are booby trapped and that you enter a house by blowing holes in the walls right?
Ah ....Paranoia at play , them damn Brits have been fighting terrorists/insurgents for centuries , I wonder how many booby trapped doors they have come up against .
Would it be most doors ?
Would it even be most suspect doors ?
If their experience has taught them anything it is that the door isn't the problem , it is probably the hedge at the back of the house that is booby trapped, or more commonly the hedge 2 miles down the road or the road itself .
Would you like to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs DA ?

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

tribesman:
you mean that the Irish don't instinctively attach bombs to their front doors?

Damn, there goes a great Irish joke I was planning.

[Tribesman]

you mean that the Irish don't instinctively attach bombs to their front doors?
Taffy , do the Welsh instinctively attatch fire bombs to English holiday homes front doors ?or do they throw them through the window
Come home to a real fire , buy a holiday home in Wales
Damn , I am showing my age now , thats from back when they used to have such old fashioned things in Wales like coalmines and steelworks

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

nope, that would be the agents provocateur.

We do attach firebombs to our sheep though, keeps the Scots off them.

Edit: who needs coal mines and steel works when you can claim welfare?