I'm not sure why the links didn't work - I opened them OK. Which is why I commented upon the Noraid propaganda 'Irish Prisoners of War - NORAID Online' which is the third item in the second link - the one which shows a search under 'brits shoot up funeral'.
We agree that prisoner abuse is a scandal, and whether it's conducted by the UK, US or Martian forces, it's equally despicable and those guilty must be punished.
I conceded that the Apache video may have been 'selective' in nature and quite probaly was an attack on a legitimate target - all except the murder of the last man, clearly injured by the truck fire and then butchered by the Apache.
I gave the US the benefit of the doubt over the 'safe house/wedding party' item - and later said "I hope that this doesn't turn out to have been a serious blunder?" when further inormation appeared in the presss, implying that I hope that my original view was correct.
I have no faith in any of the current US administration, neither do I in Bliar et al.
I'm equally as glad that Dubya wasn't running things in the US at the time of the Cuban missile crisis as I am that Trust-me-Tone wasn't around to suck US bottom during the Viet Nam war.
However, at least the US is still prepared to invest in its military forces - I'll certainly give you that, West C.
And yes - it was rather late. But I'm still intrigued to know how the US 'learned' its techniques from the UK..........