I dont think so.
I think that UK forces have 30 years of urban conflict experience in their ranks.
The US does not.
Plus we are relatively multicultural in the UK, 60 million of us stacked into a pretty small island.
Significantly, the UK population has not been subject to the "go get them ragheads" media bombardment that has been non-stop in the US since 9/11.
If you live in the US it is a very isolated place to be as far as high quality foreign news/info is concerned.
Everything seems to be America America America.
Americas opinion, Americas will, God bless America, Long live America, Way to go America.
Anyone that spoke like that in the UK would be considered a nutter.
God bless the united Kingdom! Way to go united kingdom! Na, I dont think so.
Sandwiched between these programs are the adverts, which are hammering away at you every twenty minutes 24/7.
"buy this! Sell that! Sale starts at midnight!"
Its a real eye opener when you first see it, but can get tedious and does your brain in after a while.
They accept it because its a cultural thing, and have been born and bred in that environment.
They dont know it any other way, and most are relatively immune to the constant bombardment anyway.
The problem comes when they venture out into the real world, and bring real guns with them.
At this point you have to start thinking for yourself, and evaluating your new foreign surroundings, yourself.
Theres no more CNN/CBS to tell you how it is, and what to think.
You now have to do that stuff for yourself.
The easiest thing to do is revert to basics, dont think too much.
shoot the phucks first and ask questions later.
Not all US people are like that, a lot have a brain, but theres a lot that think the boogie man is out there.
The smart US people make a difference for the good.
That Marshall guys plan for Europe.
The general that helped Japan (Patton/Eisenhower? I cant remember.)
In a sentence. Its a cultural thing.
