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ECH1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 10:55 PM Original message |
British to adopt the tactics that beat Rommel |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rest in peace, mutherfuckers! |
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theanarch (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. quite the contrary... |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. but the comparison was to Rommel |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Agreed |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Actually the Britsh beat Rommell |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. The British force is way too small for such an operation. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Wrong analogy |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. To what end? Do you put a flag on top of some mountain and declare it |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. oh the intelligence |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Please not British. just Blair |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I predict that if this is true and the Brits go at it in this way, |
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ThsMchneKilsFascists (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rommel was the invader in North Africa |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Rommel, despite being a Nazi, was a brilliant fucking war |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was under the impression that Rommel was... |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. At the Second Tobruk, Rommel did not want to fight but |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 06:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Those hundreds of Sherman tanks... |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Has a colonial war been won since WWII? |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Colonial Wars "Won" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 06:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Don't Forget Grenada---and Panama! |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Does economic war count? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. In other words the Brits are done spending huge amounts of money in |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Now, if only the Iraqis will start adopting ROMMEL's tactics... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, as I recall it, Rommel had tanks and trained infantry. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. Oh for Pete's sake. Hope they have PLENTY of gas. That had a lot |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Maybe not so much of a problem |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Why do you need a road to plant bombs? And it's not like there's not |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The question the Brits are asking is "Are the current tactics working?" |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your right |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Been meaning to give you this |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. thanks! n/t |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Cheers ! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. I saw that TV show, it was called "The Desert Rats" |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. Gee, where's the RAT PATROL when you need them? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Somebody's been watching reruns of Rat Patrol. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh great, the media's tipping off Rommel! |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. If you think the LRDG defeated Rommel, you'll believe anything |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. 54 rounds in one night bespeaks the absence of adequate means of reply. |
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