Re: OT: Dental cover

[Mick Whittingham]

In article <1105175345.21282.1@nnrp-t71-02.news.clara.net>, Guig
<yerawsittin@hame.?.invalid> write


May I compliment you on your sig.

I think your sig file should be compulsory reading for every US soldier
in Iraq *every* morning.


>"If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory. We go to liberate, not to conquer. We are entering Iraq to free a people, and
>the only flag that will be flown in that ancient land is their own. Don't treat them as refugees, for they are in their own country. If there are casualties
>of war, then remember, when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day. Allow them dignity in death. Bury them
>properly and mark their graves. You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest, for your deeds will follow you down history. Iraq is
>steeped in history. It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birth of Abraham. Tread lightly there."
>
>Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins, of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish.

--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

[The Older Gentleman]

Mick Whittingham <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> May I compliment you on your sig.
>
> I think your sig file should be compulsory reading for every US soldier
> in Iraq *every* morning.


That was an utterly *classic* speech. If only the Yanks could have had
the same mindset. Sad, however, that such an intensely humanitarian and
moral speech should have been delivered to accompany such an unjust and
immoral war.

IMHO, of course.


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[sweller]

The Older Gentleman wrote:

> That was an utterly classic speech. If only the Yanks could have had
> the same mindset. Sad, however, that such an intensely humanitarian and
> moral speech should have been delivered to accompany such an unjust and
> immoral war.

It could be said that very fact lends extra weight and credibility to the
speaker.

--
Simon

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[Helium]

sweller wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
>
>>That was an utterly classic speech. If only the Yanks could have had
>>the same mindset. Sad, however, that such an intensely humanitarian and
>>moral speech should have been delivered to accompany such an unjust and
>>immoral war.
>
>
> It could be said that very fact lends extra weight and credibility to the
> speaker.
>
And people scoff at the idea of Oxbridge educated people with humanities
degrees being given positions of command in the British Military. He
certainly didn't learn to speak like that in basic training.
--
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[The Older Gentleman]

sweller <ng@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > That was an utterly classic speech. If only the Yanks could have had
> > the same mindset. Sad, however, that such an intensely humanitarian and
> > moral speech should have been delivered to accompany such an unjust and
> > immoral war.
>
> It could be said that very fact lends extra weight and credibility to the
> speaker.


I never thought of that. But you're right.


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[Grimly Curmudgeon]

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Helium
<helium@REMOVEhelium.plus.com> saying something like:

>And people scoff at the idea of Oxbridge educated people with humanities
>degrees being given positions of command in the British Military. He
>certainly didn't learn to speak like that in basic training.

Aye; Haig was well-educated too, I've no doubt.

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[Guig]

Mick Whittingham wrote:
> In article <1105175345.21282.1@nnrp-t71-02.news.clara.net>, Guig
> <yerawsittin@hame.?.invalid> write
>
>
> May I compliment you on your sig.
>
> I think your sig file should be compulsory reading for every US soldier
> in Iraq *every* morning.
>
>
What made it more special was the US Admiral who made a similar speech
the day before which ended ... "When the president says GO ... it's
Hammer Time!."

--

Guig


"If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory.
We go to liberate, not to conquer. We are entering Iraq to free a
people, and the only flag that will be flown in that ancient land is
their own. Don't treat them as refugees, for they are in their own
country. If there are casualties of war, then remember, when they woke
up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day.
Allow them dignity in death. Bury them properly and mark their graves.
You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest, for your
deeds will follow you down history. Iraq is steeped in history. It is
the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birth of
Abraham. Tread lightly there."

Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins, of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish.