in article 41b4846e.2913409@news, Michil$(D??(Bn at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
12/7/04 1:17 AM:

> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:24:01 +0900, Ernest Schaal
> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
>> in article 41b3ac7b.2052401@news, Michil$(D??(Bn at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
>> 12/6/04 9:50 AM:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:40:40 +0900, Ernest Schaal
>>> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> in article 41b36779.11196529@news, Michilˆn at micheil@shaw.ca wrote on
>>>> 12/6/04 5:23 AM:
>>>> 
>>>>> Who can forget the disaster created by American overconfidence at the
>>>>> Kasserine Pass?
>>>> 
>>>> Who can forget the disaster created by British overconfidence at Operation
>>>> Market Garden?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Not quite true. It could have been saved, but supply errors, such as
>>> parachuting in the wrong radio crystals, created an irreparable
>>> situation.
>> 
>> British supply errors.
>> 
> Yes. But at least the British fought until they were forced to
> surrender. No disgraceful bugging out like Saigon.
> 
> One of the British officers trapped by those appalling errors was my
> old headmaster. He said his men were incandescent with rage at the
> idea of men going home safely every night after work, while they had
> to put their lives on the line because some idiot made a mistake.
> 
> War is like that. I've seen the wrong ammunition supplied for a
> raiding party. Some people really don't care.
> 
> Michil$(D??(Bn

Speaking of surrender, how about Singapore?