No matter WHAT - the marines look after their own

[IAN 2411]

Historically, regular troops have always been sensitive about guerillas: it's like they're not playing fair. Soldiers take casualties from guerilla traps much harder than the same losses to the other side's regular forces. And one of their common responses is to start slaughtering the locals, on the basis that some of them have probably been supporting the guerillas, so let's just kill them all and let God sort it out.

Cyprus was an annex of the United Kingdom following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. It was made a Crown Colony. Between 1955-59 the EOKA was created and Grivas was their leader, they were a type of Freedom Fighter/Terrorists. The UK had forces over there in three Sovereign Base areas, Akrotiri, Apiskopi, and Larnaka. The UKSF stepped between the EOKA fighters and the Turks. I cannot remember the above highlighted ever taking place. The UN never arrived until most of the fighting was over in 1964.

Then there is Northern Ireland again, please tell me when it took place there.

What about Aden in the 1960s the only atrocities were done by the Arabs...but I forgot that in the eyes of the civilians now, that doesn’t count for shit.

If it is so common, then surely there would be more talk about it. I think your statement is there for you to prove, because in two of those three countries I was a UKSF and kept on a very tight leash.

Be well IAN 2411