"Drewe Manton" wrote in message
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| "Dave Kearton" waxed lyrical
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| Personally, I wonder if any other generation would ever stand
| toe-to-toe in a bleeding match like WWI or II as yours did.
| We've all become accustomed to 'surgical' warfare with minimal
| casualties among our side or the innocent bystanders, witness the
| protests about the civilian casualties in OIF.
|
|
| Every generation wonders that about the succeeding generation. And when
| it comes to the crunch it seems to me that the people on the sharp end
| are rarely any different to those who did the job in WWI, WWII, Korea or
| anywhere else. It's the policy makers and public opinion that shapes what
| happens, not the infantryman or airman at the sharp end. I think we do
| these people a disservice by wondering these things.
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| Regards
| Drewe


A valid point.


I was however, musing at the general populace, not the guy on the sharp
end. There's little doubt that a disciplined defence force will do
what they've been trained to do. It's the unwashed masses that I
wonder about, how many casualties will a society suffer before they decide
that the cause just isn't worth it.



Regards



Dave Kearton