Slaughter doesn't exactly fit either.

"Kill"? Well, it looks that way. I guess we'll have to wait on the findings of the investigations as to the circumstances. Then, if we do have some kind of fault, you can disparage that.

I don't think that you can yet disparage us for withholding information or claiming that it didn't happen.

Adam tends to jump up and down supporting all British things and plays down anyone elses.. he is not exactly objective....:-)

 

all friendly fire is regretable and all efforts should be made to avoid it. but it will always happen where there is combat. it can be lessened with more training and better coordination but can never be eliminated.

 

Paul

 

 

Sadly, it was rather unbecoming for some of the British who seemed to have had a gloating tendency to rub our faces in it! I certainly don't think we should return the favor, "especially when there were plenty of cooler heads across the pond", who did not sink to the level of knee jerk reaction, as perpetrated by only a few of their countrymen! Personally, i don't have an axe to grind, and don't think it really would advance the discussion one single bit, by playing that type of game?

Topic modified from one posted by Adam B. Just read the report in the British papers. I wonder if statistcs are available on the amount ordnance per friendly fire death expended by the Americans as compared with the amount expended by the Brits. Are we allowed to disparge the Brits the way the Brits pissed on the Yanks when they caused "Blue" deaths?

The difference between Britain and American is that deaths caused by British friendly fire is extremely rare, whereas deaths caused by American friendly fire is extremely common.

 

Friendly fire cannot be completely eradicated, but the Americans just do it to extremes.

 

Even British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan must stake giant Union Flags to the crowd and put up big signs saying "Americans.  We are friendly. Do not shoot!"

 

The reason why the Americans are more averse to causing friendly than the British and other nations is a mixture of Americans soldiers and airmen being extremely trigger happy (never trust any American with a deadly weapon in their hands) and the lack of brains between their ears.

 

In my experience, many British soldiers are very intelligent, whereas there American counterparts are often brain-dead robots who thinik they can kill everything that moves.

On behalf of the British nation I would like to apologise to Americans everywhere for the total and utter crap that AdamB has posted.

 

In a statement to The Sun, Lt Col Carew Hatherley, the Grenadiers? CO, insisted: ?The swift actions of the coalition aircraft at Geresk, as on every other occasion during our tough tour, undeniably saved both Afghan and British army lives.?

 

Adam... this is the important part taken from that otherwise arse wiping paper called the sun.

don't throw this out again.

although i too wish friendly fire incidents could be extiguished, i admire the american pilots for continually answering the called to help, even after all the flack they are getting. were i in their boots, i'd possibly say f*ck it, i'm risking hitting some friendlies and not hearing the end of it. yet they don't say that, they understand they are doing a very valuable thing.