The current focus on Baghdad reminds me of the old British soldier who when boasting of his long and varied service put down a young soldier by reminding him that “I was in Baghdad when you were in your dad’s bag.”
A Royal Air Force equivalent was, “I was in the Air Force when Mortis was a rigger.” (A play on rigor mortis and rigger.)
Another Royal Air Force boast was, “I was in the Air Force when Pontius was a Pilate.”
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