We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:05:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I've said the same thing about the newest members of the US services - they have proven themselves every bit as brave and capable as their forbears, even as we elders wondered if this generation had any mettle - and they've shown us their metal. So too, in Great Britain. Such as Corporal Mark Byles and his fellow soldiers. I slashed people, rifle-butted them. I was punching and kicking. It was either me or them. I got back to camp covered in blood from head to toe. The first thing I did was pull out a photo of my family... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:52:56 -0600 Well, we Yanks do leave an awfully messy battlefield. Heh... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10679 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10679 Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:05:51 -0600 We can let them have their little fantasies. After all, God willing, it'll never be proven again whether US GI's can beat Brit GI's. They are "good sorts" and long time and deeply held friends, no matter what politics and politicians do to try and split us up. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10673 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10673 Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:35:02 -0600 we use dollars... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10668 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/12/tommy.html#comment-10668 Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:20:23 -0600