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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:52:41 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Did you follow the Royal Navy hostage crisis with as much fascination as I did? As I mentioned earlier, being taken prisoner and what you should try to do when it happens is a very-much-discussed item in the ready room, briefing room and bar. I may be wrong, but I think the chances of American military aviators finding themselves in that situation is somewhat greater than either ground troops or maritime surface warfare personnel. So, it’s hardly surprising that it occupies us airmen personally (“How will I conduct myself?” “How long will it take them to break me?” “What should... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:01:38 -0600 Looks French, acts German (effeminate loudmouth). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58903 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58903 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:14:21 -0600 So the breed is from the French/German border region? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58902 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58902 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:01:13 -0600 He's a masochistic mafiosi...he LIKES getting whacked. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58899 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58899 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:56:58 -0600 Good alarm dog though. Until you whack the snooze button once too often.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58894 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58894 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:13:51 -0600 Davids Medienkritik). And I will, of course, never admit that my wife talked me into getting a Peekapoo a few years ago. An animal with French bloodlines...feh. Good alarm dog though. Instapilot]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58845 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58845 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:13:00 -0600 Cavalrymen do not converse with infantry without a formal introduction Instapilot. Uncouth ruffians the lot. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58843 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58843 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:29:09 -0600 Why pick on Schnauzers? Schnauzer were originally bred to be farm dogs in Germany, to keep the rats and other vermin out of the barn. So maybe an inprovement would be to act as Schnauzer?? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58841 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58841 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:55:39 -0600 what Matty found, I probably should have pulled the punch at least a little bit... Dusty P.S. Hooah, Murray. Just Hooooah!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58835 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58835 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:14:41 -0600 When you see an RAF pilot who has clearly had the living puss smacked out of him he gets a free pass. Nothing he says counts. When see a group of people smiling and waving like they just won a trip to Disneyland and they say they caved because they were "threatened" with being charged in what is an illegal dentention anyway they get NOTHING. Hell my own side smacked my troop senseless, put 5 guys in hospital and everyone else on LD's in what for us was a surprise E&E exercise that lasted two weeks or more to the point until there was no one left who could still walk. They didn't get the steam off our shit. Do the Brits not train for being captured or what? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58825 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58825 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:50:19 -0600 Dusty - I was thinking many of the same things, but as I'm a civilian, didn't comment. However, I especially was surprised at the admission parts, since that seemed to show a complete cowing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58807 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58807 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:11:20 -0600 http://www.insidethedangerzone.com]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58805 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_brit_hostag.html#comment-58805 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:39:57 -0600