I think it begins with 'L' Many thanks
2007-05-30 01:57:45 · 33 answers · asked by rex j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
a Liar?
an Imposter?
an Impersonator?
2007-05-30 02:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Gina M 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I heard a talk by an SAS fellow one time while I was in the US forces. You would have never known he was anything special - unless you watched him walk. He got up and gave the information he was there to give and thanked everybody and left. The only way we knew he was SAS was by the introduction by one of our officers. All of the Special ops types I have known are the last to tell you what they do or what they did. As a general rule if they say they are - then they are not.
I think liar and loser works very well.
2007-05-30 02:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Loser, probably.
I know one guy who is ex SAS. He's never boasted about it, hardly even mentions it in fact. A less likely special forces man I have never seen. And it's the disguise of 'completely average' that kept him safe undercover in Northern Ireland while intelligence gathering. This, you should note, was at a time when just being English in Northern Ireland was a risky business.
But he is extremely knowledgable about numerous little operations, and all he's said about most of them is this.
"I nearly shat meself."
And that, more than anything else, tells me he's telling the truth. Because the difference between normal soldier and SAS is the ability to carry on doing the job when fear is telling you to stop.
2007-05-30 02:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by Beastie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loser is more like it. I have worked with both the SAS and American SF teams in the past but would never claim to be either. I have never understood the fixation some people have with this sort of imitation. I run into a few here and there and always let them know what I think of their antics.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. -Michel de Montaigne
2007-05-30 02:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by patrsup 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That would be a WALT - short for 'Walter Mitty'.
Walter Mitty was a fictional character who fantasised about his life being more exciting than it was.
In British military slang, "Walt" is someone who has aspirations to become a soldier, but none of the necessary personal qualities. It can also mean someone who poses as an (ex-) soldier but who isn't a soldier (serving or former) or who poses as something he isn't or wasn't. e.g. a logistics soldier who pretends he is SAS.
2007-05-30 08:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limpster...
Have to agree with others on here. If you WAS in the SAS, you would never tell anyone. In fact, even some of the guys who I thought were SAS wern't, lmao
Tell your mate to stick with playing with Action Man and Barbie, lol
2007-05-31 04:52:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lobster
2007-06-02 09:50:30 · answer #7 · answered by chris h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah as in WANNA BE A COMBAT SOLDIER !!!!
as long as there are armies there will always be posers, who never had the guts or qualifications to make it in the military and have to live in a fantasy world.
Real SAS and SF dont brag about their work (unless offered a book or film contract then its another ball game) :-P
2007-05-31 00:56:27 · answer #8 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paddy Ashdown?
2007-05-30 06:27:54 · answer #9 · answered by David H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a bit of a banker to me....or am I thinking of the other word that begins with a 'w' ?
2007-05-30 02:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋