British troops study cultural rules in fake Afghan village in the English countryside

[Turborama]

Run time: 02:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rMPBLIsNI   Posted on YouTube: June 17, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 17, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 589

 
While thousands of foreign troops are based in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, soldiers are being trained to gain the hearts and minds of ordinary people.

In a fake Afghan village in the UK countryside, they learn about the importance of diplomacy and how to avoid potentially dangerous mistakes.

Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba has more from southeast England.

[GillesDeleuze]

1. the difference between neoliberal and neoconservative

"we obey your customs while we shoot you."

[Turborama]

3. Erm, no

That's the point of the training. How many times have you heard of British troops "shooting" or bombing Afghan civilians?

[GillesDeleuze]

4. erm, uh, hrm, umph... YES

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/british-troops-kill-afghan-civilians-900795.html

google, 2 seconds.

[Turborama]

5. My question was, "how many times?"

You are being totally disingenuous in your first response to the video when you imply that British soldiers deliberately go around killing Afghan civilians.

First sentence from your link:

"British troops accidentally killed four civilians and wounded three others with rockets during an operation against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, Nato and British officials said last night."

I think there must be some cognitive dissonance going on here. Do you know what the British troops have actually been doing in Afghanistan? Did you even watch the video? They are deliberately going out of their way to A V O I D civilian deaths and the American military could learn from this. This training should be compulsory for ALL soldiers going to Afghanistan, whatever country they come from.

[GillesDeleuze]

6. which is exactly why i made my comment

the difference between neoliberalism and neoconservatism: the occupiers smile.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. I wonder - for proper verisimilitude do they have

American jets or drones bombing the place every three weeks?