From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
Subject: Re: BBN II -- Murk-o-Vision World Update (Mau Mau)
Organization: University of Houston Administrative Computing
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:46:31 GMT
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In <1992Jul24.123429.21819@dscomsf.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:

[lotsa deletions]

> In article <1992Jul24.054503.27801@usl.edu>, team13@ucs.usl.edu (Mejia
> Pablo) writes:
> |>  Ooohhhh, I just can't resist  :)
> 
> You appear to have lost control of your keyboard. Prey what is the
> significance of punctuating thus?

  That is known as a smiley, generally used to denote humor.  There are a 
number of variations: 8^), :), :-), 8=), etc.
(typed with a straight face)


> |>  That's right, Mr. Phill Hyphenated-Name, use a movie to show us how your
> |>opinion of american armed forces is drawn from reality.
> |>
> |>  Repeat after me....fic-tion, fic-tion, there really is a difference..
> 
> Do you remember the scene in one of Shakesperes plays where the thick
> American is having sarcasm explained?

  I was unaware that Shakespeare ever had an American in his plays.  I haven't
read them all, of course--perhaps you might elucidate.

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> |>]And above all the British airforce to take out the runways of the
> |>]opposition despite the attempts to blast them out of the sky from the US
> |>]forces instructed by those oh so good NCOs of yours.

  Now I understand this part after seeing the other post.  When did US forces
fire upon UK aircraft?  Lots of planes, lots of confusion...it could have 
happened.

> |>   Yup.  And who had the highest rate of lost planes in the allies theatre
> |>  of operations??  Well, I'll give you a hint.    They build Tornados and
> |>  Harriers, the most unsurvivable plane designs in use today.
> 
> The operations that most lives were lost in (GB that was) were in flying
> low over the runways cratering them. Rather more tricky than buzzing
> arround at the edge of the stratosphere in an Aiwacs eh? If you leave
> all the work for other people it's none too surprising that your
> casalties were low. 
> Phill Hallam-Baker

  Now here's a bit of anglo-centrism for you.  The Brits did indeed do a
very nasty job, that of cratering the runways.  But the Americans did a
bit more than flit about in AWACS.  The strike against the air-control
radars in Southern Iraq on the opening night of the war comes to mind.  Not
too mention all the ground attacks by the A-10's and such.  And the simple 
fact that there were gobs more Americans making attacks seems to have slipped
your mind.  The British pilots were simply unlucky, given the non-combat
troubles their planes had.
  There was what, one UK division on the ground?  And 5-7 American?  All the 
work?  Now, really.

semper fi,

Jammer Jim Miller 
Texas A&M University '89 and '91
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