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Skriven 2006-04-13 09:22:06 av Robert Couture (1:229/2000)
  Kommentar till text 26881 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
Ärende: Canadian "Skills"
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Hello FRANK.

12 Apr 06 07:49, you wrote to me:

RC>> No.  You intimated that you were in Europe.  You back tracked
RC>> when called out on it.

FS|> I made no such "intimation" ... none ... the readers
FS|> misinterpreted what I had said -- possibly they did it
FS|> *deliberately* ...

Did you not use the words "I was there?"  Was that not in reference to the
Euopeans and their state of bravery?

RC>> I have *never* smeared you.  So, what was it that you did and why
RC>> do you think you did more to win the war than a front line
RC>> combatant?  To make such a statement in this light will cause the
RC>> smearing upon yourself.  Many veterans would decry you less than
RC>> honest to make such a claim without backing it up.

FS|> That's a fair question.  Thank you.  FYI combat troops are seldom
FS|> "on the front lines" for more than a few weeks at a stretch --
FS|> exceptions exist of course.

And there are very good reasons for this.  A few weeks of front-line combat
would be equivalent to several months (if not longer) of airplane repairs in
term of strees and life expectancy issues.

FS|> Much of their "off" time is either spent in training (which is
FS|> non-productive by definition) or just waiting around.

Combat training is not productive?  Give your head a shake man.  Improved
skills and fitness drastically improves the person -- which, in turn, improves
the survival rate.  That is one of the reasons that veteran soldiers have a
better chance of survival than some greenhorn fresh in from boot camp.

FS|> I, OTOH, maintained combat aircraft six days
FS|> each week.  Without such combat aircraft, of course, the war
FS|> could have lasted an additional year.

Of course.  But I think you glorify yourself a bit too much.  To say that your
efforst "did more to win the war" than the front line soldier is ludicrous.

The front line soldier risked far more every day than you did back in the U.S.
fixing broken aircraft.

FS|> OK, now let's see if you can respond without smearing ... [sigh]
FS|> ...

No smearing.  Stating facts ... if you cannot accept the facts, that would not
be my problem.

I don't think anyone here would agree with your statement that you did more to
win the war than the frontline soldiers.  While I agree your part was
important, it does not qualify as more than the what the soldier did every day.

FS|> One cannot blow smoke out of an ellipsis ... [sigh] ...

I was being polite .. I am sure you know what I referenced.

Robert

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