I had understood AEH was referring to the British Expeditionary Force at
the beginning of the First World War, suspect in the eyes of their
opponents because they were professional soldiers. AEH seems to have
remained rather jingoistic, unlike (for example) Kipling.
Martin
joe green wrote:
> The Hessians didn't do a good job either. Who was old AEH thinking of?
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> On 10/30/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Yeah, they didn't then work for companies like Blackwater....
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>> Doug
>> On 29-Oct-07, at 11:37 AM, Johanna lepro green wrote:
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>>> Mercenaries must have done a better job back then tho.
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> It's the first lesson, loss.
>> Who hasn't tried to learn it
>> at the hands of wind or thieves?
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