Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....

--- Jonathan White <jonw@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> wrote:
> I wouldn't normally respond in such an.. explosive
> thread, but your assertion here is simply wrong.
...I >suggest you consult a good late C20 history book
about >the Suez crisis or Falklands conflict, or the
French
> 'involvement' in Algeria. There are probably some
>others I've forgotten.
-----
If one includes 'most' civil wars, you are correct.

> These obviously escaped your notice and, to be fair,
>... >However I think if there was anyone here who was
a >Falklands (or even Suez) veteran, they'd take
serious >objection to what you said.
-----
Let me see...
The British and French vs the Egyptian
army, the army that didn't bother to turn out to 
defend thier own country during WWII, That was a
tough one.

>The Falklands had NO us involvement...
think 'Wideawake Airfield and AIM9L', and the 
quote "These obviously escaped your notice" comes
to mind.    I was assigned at Wideawake Airfield
in the early '70s and we 'hosted' the Royal Army
communitions detachments every year.

>Algeria
Civil War/Colonial War

Bye for now,
John L.

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