In article , SD says...
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:28:14 -0000, Bear
> wrote:
>
> >In article , Alan says...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bear wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.204827e855c55e81989a67@news.individual.net...
> >> >
> >> > It does throw up some odd ones though; I know one chap who was SAS,
> >> > and
> >> > resigned rather than follow Maggies instructions to go teach the
> >> > Khmer
> >> > Rouge counter-insurgency. Apparently about 30 officers felt the same
> >> > way, and they resigned commission rather than go teach a bunch of
> >> > arseholes how to be better arseholes.
> >> >
> >> Really? Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia which kicked out the Khmer
> >> Rouge, January 7 1979 - General election UK May 3 1979. So that would
> >> have been Jim Callahan as PM during the Khmer regime, not Maggie.
> >
> >*bzzzzzt*
> >
> >Wrong, but thanks for playing.
> >
> >Hint: they asked for help a lot later. ICBA to google, but I presume
> >its pretty widely written about.
>
> How could they ask for help in counter-insurgency *after* they were
> removed from power?
heh. Fair point, but since I suspect you know the incident in question
Im still going to flick the vees at you.
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Bear