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Karen,

In some episodes, Straker is contrasted with Freeman as being
relatively ruthless. The British do seem to be willing to credit
Americans with being more efficient than them, if nothing else. I
noticed that the only American character on BBC a while back was an
efficiency expert.

The intention appears to have been to draw a parallel between
Straker and Eisenhower, as supreme allied commanders. Straker's
character, if only for the sake of contrast with Freeman's, comes
across as closer to Patton's than Eisenhower's, though. There is a
noticable facial similarity between Straker and Eisenhower.

Pursuing the WWII parallels, there is mention of Soviet cooperation
with SHADO. There is even a Russian, or otherwise Slavic, doctor at
SHADO, though he is given an inexplicably English-sounding surname.

Dean

--- In [hidden email], "raribear" <ar_fan@h...> wrote:
>
>
> --- In [hidden email], "davrecon" <davrecon@n...> wrote:
> >
> > Well, if you believe in a justice system, that would be
against
> the rule
> > of law. You would be executing people on the basis of a rather
> quick and
> > superficial evaluation of a situation....without trial and
without
> a jury.
> >
> > Like it or not, Straker actually did the right thing there,
> with the
> > possible exception that he could have somehow "leaked" tips
about
> the
> > situation to the local police officials about the possible
murder
> plans.
> > This could be done thru some convincing anonymous phone calls or
> other
> > means....something I'm sure an able intelligence agency like
SHADO
> could
> > competently arrange.
> >
> > Dave H.
>
>
> Makes sense to me. I find Straker's character to be rather cold at
> times in some episodes and in other's he comes across as caring so
I
> don't know. I like to think his character would have evolved even
> more if the series had continued on.
>
> Karen