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    From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 12 09:57:09 2017
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Someone once observed, with particular attention to Latin-American
    military dictatorships (which were rife at the time), that the more
    ornate and beautiful the uniforms, the uglier and more repellent the >>regime. I find that with few exceptions to have held up pretty well.


    I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

    'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
    in the middle who win'.

    Much as I respect Dunnigan the original poster was talking about ugly
    and repellent regimes not their uniforms.

    Just a bit of difference!

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  • From Don Phillipson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 13 08:57:51 2017
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

    'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
    in the middle who win'.

    Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers dressed,
    rankers as well as officers, the better they would fight. Nowadays
    American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they look more
    "operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what we used to
    call "best blue." Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the
    current enemy.
    --
    Don Phillipson
    Carlsbad Springs
    (Ottawa, Canada)

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  • From Duwop@21:1/5 to Don Phillipson on Fri Jan 13 11:17:27 2017
    On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 5:57:54 AM UTC-8, Don Phillipson wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

    'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
    in the middle who win'.

    Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers dressed,
    rankers as well as officers, the better they would fight. Nowadays
    American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they look more
    "operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what we used to
    call "best blue." Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the
    current enemy.
    --
    Don Phillipson
    Carlsbad Springs
    (Ottawa, Canada)

    Well, camoflage BDU's became standard issue sometime in the late 70's
    early 80's and back then came in only a pattern intended for the
    European theatre. It has since been greatly expanded and experimented
    on. So borrowing from the current enemy might not be the case.

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  • From Mario@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 13 16:35:59 2017
    Don Phillipson 14:57, venerd� 13 gennaio 2017:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the
    lines of:

    'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit
    tied up in the middle who win'.

    Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers
    dressed, rankers as well as officers, the better they would
    fight.
    Nowadays American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they
    look more "operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what
    we used to call "best blue."
    Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the current enemy.


    Adversary.
    Enemy is the Navy.
    (gen. Curtis LeMay)
    ;-)

    --
    oiram

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