>John
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>This joke is in questionable taste, considering the Brits lost more men to US fire than Iraqi fire (in fact MOST men - and not just on the ground). And not just in this war - in the Gulf war too - I remember a whole APC being taken out by a US "Tank Buster">
>And how do you consider this to be "help"? by giving you target practice?>

Well, it seems some things never change. I think there have been instances where we even killed some of our own. I believe the military calls that collateral damage. It's a terrible thing, but being as we are human, we make mistakes, some of which are deadly.


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>>One thing your troops did that helped us was to line up so we could pick them off! I remember it well.<g>
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