Lithuanian Special Forces

[chris_gerrib]

I meant to mention this in the previous post but got distracted. As an American of Lithuanian ancestry, I'm always glad to see the Old Country get praised. So I see that Michael Yon is impressed by Lithuanian Special Forces, only wishing there were more of them.

Although in part the praise was needed because a previous Yon post called them "weaponized Borats." Yon meant that that the Lithuanians had European attitudes to camp attire, and of course funky accents. Unfortunately, humor sometimes doesn't translate.

At any rate, to paraphrase Lincoln talking about Grant, "we need them - they fight."

Comments

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

I myself saw nothing derogatory about the phrase 'weaponized Borats'.

But Yon is (as you and I are) veterans .. if you've never been in the service a lot of the humor might not seem so very funny.