I recently saw some Iraqi soldiers training for action by climbing across monkey bars and wondered, why? What action are they expecting that will require them to spend a lot of time swinging above the ground? Could this be the most useless piece of military training - ever?
Can you imagine it? "Now listen men, I want you to use your arms to lift yourself off the ground and pull yourself towards the enemy. Sure, you will be visible for a long time but its a long fall so at least that will kill you if the enemy doesnt".
I understand that war games are often likened to childrens games, but surely 'hide and seek' would be a better model? Or even 'hide and hide'?
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They have to have fun sometimes! Doing "the waterfall" is great for one's agility anyway (you might not understand that, I think playing on the monkey bars was more a girl thing in the 80s).
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