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2012-06-25 Britain

Brit Army's memory loss cost scores of lives

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Posted by Steve White 2012-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 It sounds like an article for Small Wars Journal - and Long Wars Journal too.

White always seems to have the ball. Hmm.

Posted by newc 2012-06-25 02:12|| 2012-06-25 02:12|| Front Page Top

#2 So much for "always ready for the last war".

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2012-06-25 07:49|| 2012-06-25 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 So? Our Army continuously wants to forget its history of a hundred years of war along the frontier acting as a constabulary forces and the local government dealing with locals who could switch from docile to insurgents from season to season. It would rather refight WWII, the 'good war'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-06-25 08:24|| 2012-06-25 08:24|| Front Page Top

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