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British Army

posted 10 years ago by robertsjason55
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I liked the movie. But I would have expected a more robust response from the British Army to having a soldier executed and another missing. I know Captain Browning was being cagey. But he couldn't have been the Regiment's ranking officer. I would have expected like 200 soldiers in full kit kicking down doors and cracking skulls within a couple of hours, instead of cowering back at camp wondering what to do.

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[–] ronfirv 9 years ago

Exactly.
Contrast US tactics in 'Nam and Brits' tactics when we faced a very broadly similar Communist insurgency in what was Malaya in the 50's, and our strategy on Borneo in the 60's faced with cross-Border raids from Indonesia.

[–] ttaskmaster 9 years ago

I would have expected like 200 soldiers in full kit kicking down doors and cracking skulls within a couple of hours, instead of cowering back at camp wondering what to do.

They cannot do that because anyone out there will be dressed in civillian clothing and it will be impossible for them to tell real civvy from IRA.

They are there to protect these people and keep the peace. If they start kicking doors down, they'll just be making enemies and will bring more trouble instead of calming it down.