Why are the Royal Marines more intelligent than the American Marines?

Question

Source Newscast. American marines were raiding an Iraqi house and had assembled the family in the yard. The americans were screaming and shouting at the Iraqis. Suddenly a very small dog ran into the yard and barked at the Marines. One Brave Marine stepped forward and disregarding the danger to himself shot the dog. Emptied a magazine into it. Which is the superior life form? The dog or the scumbag marine?

Answer 1

As a former Marine I invite you to go fornicate with yourself.

Answer 2

The Royal Marines go through a 9 month period of training before they are awarded the Green Beret and a high percentage fail completely or have to be recoursed. It is extremely tough indeed and, as a result, the Royal Marines are, arguably, the most efficient and disciplined fighters in the world.

I think I am right in saying that the US marines have an 8 week basic training course. They are not known for their cool or their discipline but, having said that, some are incredible brave.

Answer 3

And people wonder why the Iraqis want the American troops out of Iraq. They should have left Sadaam Hussein in power but with a democratically elected Parliament to run the country. This would have solved all the problems, ans all the troops would have been out of there long ago.

Answer 4

Unfortually US Marines are bullied all the way through basic, it's supposed to break then remake it doesn't it just makes trigger happy zombies....

Royal Marines are trained to think and are put in situations were you have to think or fail but that's not just Royal Marines best part of the British Army have to problem solve all the time that's why the British Army is the Best hands down.....

Answer 5

Obviously the dog was out of line. Imagine, barking at an American Marine. I think the dog was very fortunate; the entire Marine deployment could have fired at it. Mind you, most of them would have missed so, on balance, I think the dog was just unlucky.

Answer 6

Nice one lance4uo.... That just about sums it up really. As an ex British Army para, i'd sooner have Royals backing me up than American marines. At least i'd only have to worry about bullets coming from one direction.

Answer 7

Since he didn't kill the family I say he was restrained...Anyway you don't need a dog distracting you from the suicide bomber hiding near by.

P.S. What has this to do with Royal Marines?

Answer 8

AMERICAN MILITARY WISDOM, aim towards the enemy,
(instructions on a rocket launcher )

aslipping gear could let your m203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect,
that would make you quite unpopular with whats left of your unit,

TRACERS WORK BOTH WAYS, us army ordenance

try to look unimportant, they may be low on amo,(infantry journal)

if the enemy is in range so are you (infantry journal)

when the pin is pulled,mr grenade is not our friend (us marine corps)
cluster bombing from b52s is very very accurate, the bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground,(usaf ammo troop)

it is not advisable to bail out over the place you have just bombed (usaf)

Answer 9

Simple - The Royal Marines are taught to THINK before they open fire, they are also taught that one bullet is enough to do the job, they are also taught CONTROLLED aggression. Finally Britsh soldiers train with LIVE AMMUNITION from the moment they are give a gun - this teaches them to respect their weapon and what it can do.

Americans .................are not.

Answer 10

OK, I've only read the first bit of your question and my answer is of course is that they are British, so they are bound to be more intelligent than Americans right?