Re: [SG] (ish) Non-lethal anti-riot gel

Unfair comment.
The Italian Army suffered terrible losses in WW1 and were as good as the

French or Germans.
Caeser would be surprised to hear that Italians never used lethal force.
John

At 12:17 05/03/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>At 9:10 AM -0800 3/5/02, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>>The topic reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.  I was watching a 
>>documentary on Non-lethal force.  The narrator mentioned a US company 
>>that was in negotiations with the Italian Army.  The narrator then
made 
>>the crack, "Some would argue that the Italian Army has ALWAYS used 
>>non-lethal force..."
>
>I doubt that Ethiopia would agree with that. Though the French and
Italian 
>Armies do have something of a common ability when it comes to fighting 
>other first world powers.
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