On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <blackusenet@gmail.com>
wrote:

Someone once observed, with particular attention to Latin-American
military dictatorships (which were rife at the time), that the more
ornate and beautiful the uniforms, the uglier and more repellent the >>regime. I find that with few exceptions to have held up pretty well.

I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
in the middle who win'.

Much as I respect Dunnigan the original poster was talking about ugly
and repellent regimes not their uniforms.

Just a bit of difference!

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On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <blackusenet@gmail.com>
wrote:

I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
in the middle who win'.

Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers dressed,
rankers as well as officers, the better they would fight. Nowadays
American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they look more
"operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what we used to
call "best blue." Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the
current enemy.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 5:57:54 AM UTC-8, Don Phillipson wrote:

On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill <blaxxxxenet@gmail.com>
wrote:

I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the lines of:

'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit tied up
in the middle who win'.

Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers dressed,
rankers as well as officers, the better they would fight. Nowadays
American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they look more
"operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what we used to
call "best blue." Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the
current enemy.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Well, camoflage BDU's became standard issue sometime in the late 70's
early 80's and back then came in only a pattern intended for the
European theatre. It has since been greatly expanded and experimented
on. So borrowing from the current enemy might not be the case.

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Don Phillipson 14:57, venerdì 13 gennaio 2017:

On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:24:00 -0400, Bill
<blackusenet@gmail.com> wrote:

I think it was James Dunnigan who wrote something on the
lines of:

'In any given war it's the guys who look like sacks of shit
tied up in the middle who win'.

Napoleon thought that, the more gorgeously his soldiers
dressed, rankers as well as officers, the better they would
fight.
Nowadays American soldiers (of all ranks) seem to think they
look more "operational" in camouflaged overalls than in what
we used to call "best blue."
Perhaps this fashion is borrowed from the current enemy.

Adversary.
Enemy is the Navy.
(gen. Curtis LeMay)
;-)

--
oiram

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