I think Cavguy's point is that the Army knew stuff in 1973, that it deliberately chose to forget or remain ignorant of in 2003.Originally Posted by Gian P Gentile
I suspect that the bones of lessons that were taught to Advisors at Di-Ann, in RVN, were no where to be found in Iraq, until pretty recently.
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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