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    Quote Originally Posted by marct View Post
    Beautifully said, Wilf!!!! Have you been watching this ?
    No. Been watching this and this..

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Humphrey View Post
    Wilf, do they really say that war is more complex now or is the message and point rather that those complexities must be understood and dealt by lower ranks then ever and under much faster shifting of circumstances?
    Oh yes they do. We have Complex insurgencies do we not?
    Supposedly different from all the simple ones?
    When was understanding by the lower ranks not required? War is an expression of society. War cannot be more complex than the world we live in.
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    - 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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    Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
    No. Been watching this and this..
    Not my normal fare, but pretty catchy!
    Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
    Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
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    Carleton University
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