[Newsbot]

Title: Donkeys as soldiers turn out to be a bit of a dud
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-09-03 14:27:50
Canadian

[Newfy]

That idea fell on its ASS then!

[Freakinoldguy]

There are probably a thousand one liners I could use given the key words "Donkey and Soldier", but good taste and decorum prevent me from doing so.

[Canadian_Mind]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

There are probably a thousand one liners I could use given the key words "Donkey and Soldier", but good taste and decorum prevent me from doing so.

Go ahead. We get a laught out of it... When we kill you.

[Bodah]

Chinooks are still the best Donkeys.

[Canadian_Mind]

wow, so little clearance for the rotors.

[Freakinoldguy]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

There are probably a thousand one liners I could use given the key words "Donkey and Soldier", but good taste and decorum prevent me from doing so.

Go ahead. We get a laught out of it... When we kill you.

Due to the constraints of a proper military upbringing by the Senior Service, I stand by my original statement and in no way shape or form shall I make fun of our military bretheren, no matter how tempting.

[Bodah]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

wow, so little clearance for the rotors.

Ya, decapitation a definite possibility if not careful.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Oh great, first we buy crappy stuff from Britian. Now we're taking suggestions from the Mexican military??

[Canadian_Mind]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

There are probably a thousand one liners I could use given the key words "Donkey and Soldier", but good taste and decorum prevent me from doing so.

Go ahead. We get a laught out of it... When we kill you.

Due to the constraints of a proper military upbringing by the Senior Service, I stand by my original statement and in no way shape or form shall I make fun of our military bretheren, no matter how tempting.

Spineless, thats what it is. Fear no consequence.

[Robair]

Brits and Americans successfully use them... Canada needs to recruit more farm boys it seems!

[Canadian_Mind]

It's about what we use them for. American and British soldiers prolley assigned them to American and British Companies, whereas by the sounds of the article the ones we used were primarily in the control of ANA personelle. Not hard to keep track of a donkey, but ANA pers. have lost/done more obscure things.

[ridenrain]

I'm thinking it's a place and role thing. The Northern Aliance folks used horses a great deal with quite a bit of success. It's very possible that they expected the mules to fit into their system when the reality is that the systen has to addapt to the mules.

I'm curently reading:

HORSE SOLDIERS
The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
By Doug Stanton

Initial US special forces teams get sent to work with the Aliance guys and are forced to saddle up and move out. Good book.

[Bodah]

I'm going to have to pick up that book.

Have you read One soldiers War ? by Arkady Babchenko.

A soldier who turned journalist who served during the Chechen war. Couldnt believe some of the shit these guys went through, especially at the hands of their own officers.

[ridenrain]

I get them out of the library because I'm sick of hauling around book that I read only once and a while.

No. that sounds a good one because I was looking to learn more about that conflict. It's been a stepping stone for a whole lot of recent shit.