[Dean's World] Dave Price: Aussie Fighting Spirit

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Posted by Dave Price:
Aussie Fighting Spirit
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1182788433.shtml


   Remember those British sailors captured and held hostage by Iranian
   forces? I remarked at the time that had they been U.S. Marines,
   there'd have been a lot of dead Iranians and no hostages.
   As it turns out [1]that wasn't the first time it was tried:

     Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian
     Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has
     learned.
     The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British
     sailors and Marines in March.
     ...
     The Australians, though, to quote one military source, "were having
     none of it".
     The BBC has been told the Australians re-boarded the vessel they
     had just searched, aimed their machine guns at the approaching
     Iranians and warned them to back off, using what was said to be
     "highly colourful language".
     The Iranians withdrew, and the Australians were reportedly lifted
     off the ship by one of their own helicopters.

   The Aussies avoided capture, just by being willing to fight. There's a
   moral there.
   (via [2]QandO)

References

   1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6228342.stm
   2. http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=6284