"When did education education education become bollocks bollocks bollocks?"
can't say that on US news TV can you?
Along with a couple of school rows there is also a piece on the coutmartial of Flight Lieutenant Kendal Smith. I don't think the judge liked him very much. Having a very interesting discussion about this in the studio are someone from the MOD and an ex-SAS man who once said:
"As far as the Americans were concerned, the Iraqi people were sub-human, untermenschen. You could almost split the Americans into two groups: ones who were complete crusaders, intent on killing Iraqis, and the others who were in Iraq because the Army was going to pay their college fees. They had no understanding or interest in the Arab culture. The Americans would talk to the Iraqis as if they were stupid and these weren't isolated cases, this was from the top down. There might be one or two enlightened officers who understood the situation a bit better but on the whole that was their general attitude. Their attitude fuelled the insurgency. I think the Iraqis detested them."
Both agreed that he could discuss his opinions about foreign policy but nothing operational about the SAS. The MOD man didn't call the ex-SAS guy a traitor once. Strange country I live in.
also via Indigo... Great Japanese Nob-fest here.
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