"Defender in Tas" wrote in message
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That was harsh Mr Acrobat, very harsh. Although you did I "may" not
know much on the subject, which at least tones down your comment.

You have demonstrated a serious lack of subject knowledge.

Where exactly?


In almost all of your posts, it has been pointed out to you repeatedly.



As for your comments Brash, it might be worth remembering that at
some point in time if you were an infantry soldier you may be grateful
for that gate guard and his campaign to save the F-111.


I was in the infantry and the gate guard is an amusement, nothing more.

I don't wish to defend him because he has been a little less than
polite to me, but I happen to think the role of the airfield defence
guards is a very important one. I know one who served in East Timor
and I wouldn't describe his service as being of less value than anyone
else's.

Serving as guard to an airfield is of less importance than that of the
troops on active combat ops.

'They also serve, those who stand at gate', but lets not pretend it's up
there with the real troops out in the J.

I'm thinking
that, say, in 2008, you might be sitting there in a comfortable
fortified position on the East Timor border pleasantly interacting
with hundreds of Indonesian soldiers who have come to holiday,

I'm ex Army - the Indons in question have a lot further to go before
they
find me.

Well, I said you "might". Could always rejoin my boy.

Nope.




and you
will thank your lucky stars to know that thousands of kilometres away
at RAAF Amberley gate guards are keeping the militant media at bay
while venerable F-111s launch a steady and impressive rate of 8, or
even maybe twice that many, sorties a day, carrying a couple of guided
bombs, external fuel tanks and maybe an AAM or two, to drop on pretty
buildings in Jakarta. And the worst of it is that those dedicated gate
guards will have to keep the increasingly pestilent media away from
the surviving F-111s until you and your army friends - helped out by
some Hornets flying out of Tindal, the navy, and probably a USN
carrier group - have been able to convince East Timor's uninvited
guests to leave or until you leave. Now aren't you glad we have him
here to tell us how to wage war with the F-111?

Nope.

Ok I know sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but surely it's not that
hard to recognise it when you see it?

In text form it can be very hard to spot.