British forces concerned by American tactics

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http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1086139.htm

TONY EASTLEY: British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will head for Washington later this week, no doubt to help shore up the stocks of the coalition of the willing. snip

But as the British Prime Minister prepares for his trip, there are rumblings of disquiet from within British forces about the hardline American tactics adopted this week. snip

JOHN SHOVELAN: British officers are reported as highly critical of the way the US military has put down resistance.

A senior British officer in southern Iraq is quoted saying: "My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they're facing. They're not concerned about the Iraqi loss of life in the way the British are."

He went on: "The US troops view things in very simplistic terms. As far as they are concerned, Iraq is bandit country and everybody is out to kill them."

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[KittyWampus]

1. Seems To Confirm Some Of The Worst Reports

that have been posted on DU.

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[alittlelark]

2. No surprise..Americans are a paranoid and fearful lot

Why would our soldiers be any different? I have a few family members who lock up EVERYTHING.........they lock their cars when they are running into the 7-11, they check their window bolts every night.....

We suffer from a national sense of fear and parinoia (hasn't caught me yet though;-) ).

[mbperrin]

3. Hey, you Brits! We whipped you twice - we can do it again!

Hey! Totally senseless warmongering threats DO make your adrenalin flow!

Ah, well, back to reality....

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Well, the Bush family doesn't really have an angelic past

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[DBoon]

5. He's pinned down American attitudes perfectly

"We watch the evening news, and we know there are evil people out there. We are very afraid. We keep a guns around just in case we need to defend ourselves. "

I mean, this is a country where a kid pulling a Halloween stunt gets blown away and it's no big deal.