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Old 23rd Mar 2003, 21:39
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I'm with KBF1 on this.

I was a little disturbed to see US troops screaming with delight as some poor sods who were only obeying orders too got taken out by airstrikes in Umm Quasar (I put the "U" because the Iraqi roadsigns show it).

I recall GW1 - when after the first night of strikes US aircrew being interviewd were all "we whupped those ayrabs real good" and"yeeehaaaah" and in contrast an RAF pilot said "I was scared sh1tless for the whole trip!" (his exact words).

Delighting in the deaths of other soldiers/sailor/airmen is always in bad taste as they were just doing their job. Now, when a terrorist cops it.............(I did smile when the SAS did the job on the IRA ASU in Gib!).

As for PR - I do hope the American senior officers on show are smarter than they sound . Most sound like they would need help to get their underpants on the right way around in the morning and have been reading the "US DoD Guide to Sounding Tough" as a means of getting to sleep.
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