Re: uniformed appearance.

Ryan, your comment has merit but I still stand by my last statement. 
essentially I meant that if you are 'policing' people who want peace
then
you don't need the 'combat survival' look but often the 'peacekeepers'
are imposed between two (or more) groups who simply want 'the other
guys'
to stop shooting.  Pretty darn unfair to the 'peacekeepers', no matter
whose country they come from.

Real life, as you point out, isn't simple.  And I concede that Cousin
Jonathan (us) sometimes has trouble reading the subtleties of the
situation but sometimes the only subtlety is 'Do we push the detonator
now or later?"

Gracias,
Glenn

Hx, SF, and Fx: 6 mm figures, Starships and 1:6K "Wet Navy" warships
are my main interest.	But I have forces in 6 through 25 mm FWIW...

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:16:51 -0500 Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
writes:
>At 11:49 AM -0600 11/26/03, Don M wrote:
>>
>>Sounds good in theory but do you want to write the letter home to
>>some kids' mom that we thought this area was pacified.....I don't.
>
>Vs how our guys showed up with body armor, helmets and the forces 
>they were facing were also sufficiently armed to kill them as well?
>
>Clothing appearance can really affect how the troops are perceived. 
>Not all situations require combat to resolve. The British, who have 
>been keeping order in an empire for centuries have this ingrained 
>that sometimes you politely talk, sometimes you blast the stuffing 
>out of them. Knowing what foot to put forward and how to step is key 
>here. It's subtle, but it does seem to work for them more often than 
>not. On the times that it doesn't a Kevlar helmet isn't going to make 
>much of a difference
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