Re: [HIST??] Culture shock

--- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:

> The IF writeup OTH was mostly denigrating and would
> encourage a culture of disrespect and contempt for
> their fighting abilities.  That would end up biting

Umm. . . you have been watching the news lately?  

> the non-IF in the posterier when they encounter the
> IF force that was trained by one of the major
> powers.

The IF is hostile to all major powers.	All of 'em. 
Hell, they don't get along with most of the minor
ones.  And with fusion power being cheap and
efficient, there's no reason for anyone, even the
French, to pretend to like them.

Besides, that's not enough.  You have to have foreign
officers.  Think about it--the only Arab formation to
give the Israelis a hard time in '48 was the JAL which
was officered by British Army officers.

> Sure, you can court-martial the officers but the
> better
> solution would be to encourage everyone to respect
> your enemy and be prepared for them to be competant.

Well, that's best accomplished the way the US does it:
 Force-on-force where you let the OPFOR cheat their
happy asses off and highly overvalue every capability
of the enemy's equipment and undervalue every
capability of yours.

John

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