tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post8929785872946615555..comments2023-11-05T07:37:16.624+00:00Comments on The Drayton Bird Blog: The celebrated military expert Bob "bollocks" Arseworth makes a predictionDrayton Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-36055622948718321412009-07-10T16:08:17.695+01:002009-07-10T16:08:17.695+01:00Twat of the first order. I heard Colonel Tim Colli...Twat of the first order. I heard Colonel Tim Collins give a speech once about effective leadership. (Having killed people helps - makes you take people like Col Collins seriously when you talk to them.) He boils it down to a having “a man and a plan” – the right leader, team, ethos and a clear mission – to get the job done. We have neither the man nor the plan. I watched Ainsworthless give the speech at the RIIA and the text was like one of your case studies in bollocks DM. As for a definable objective, any kind of sign we'd have succeeded and come home - nada.<br /><br />(Although I agree with Simon: WTF are we doing on long-term engagement in a part of the world the Brits should know better than anyone is a no-win zone for outsiders?)Richard Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17213066768738392277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-45218779862044646262009-07-10T15:37:33.350+01:002009-07-10T15:37:33.350+01:00Arseworth is a disgrace as are all the other scum ...Arseworth is a disgrace as are all the other scum who are responsible for sending young people to be killed without even providing the most basic protection.<br /><br />And please, please tell me, why the eff are we in these countries in the first place?Simon Mnoreply@blogger.com