Quote Originally Posted by John T. Fishel View Post
Some Americans play the game very well; most don't. Neither do most Brits, Canadians, Frenchmen, Russians, Japanese, Chinese... But some of them do play it well. Two classic Ameican and Brit examples are Edward G. Lansdale and T. E. Lawrence.
Quote Originally Posted by Dayuhan View Post
Wilf, who knows the story better than I, would say the Lawrence legend is much inflated, and from a Philippine perspective I'd have to say the same of Lansdale.
"Played the game well" and "inflated legend" are not mutually exclusive.