Kicking Terrorist ass. Pacifists don't watch.

[allthumbs]

C130 Strike

[sk]

I got nothin' whats that suposed to be anyway???

[sexual_chocolate]

I'll give you one guess.

[sk]

bad guy blood and guts???

[sexual_chocolate]

I suppose that's what Trask would say.

[Toast]

I'll give you one guess.

 

A creepy soundtrack of heavy breathing set to minature images of bodies and buildings being blown to bits

[AlpineK]

Whatever that stuff was... "It sure blowed up real good" heh, heh.

[Fairweather]

Good post Trask! While I generally don't like watching fellow humans die, I feel nothing for those bastards in our crosshairs. Anyone who is even a little timid about seeing such things should just remember the 9/11 images of Americans jumping to their deaths from 80 floors up.

 

The only thing that bothered me about the c-130 video was that the air crew seemed overly obsessed with avoiding damage to the mosque and did not seem to have carte' blanche to fire-at-will. They seemed to be requesting permission from elsewhere to proceed to subsequent targets. Am I wrong?

[Uncle_Tricky]

Is that the video from the Afghani wedding party massacre where we killed 50 innocent women and children and injured 100 others? ("Whoops! Sorry about that!" said the US military later.) But yeah, we sure killed the crap outta them kids, eh Fairweather? (they're the ones that run really slow.)

[z]

Uncle Tricky,

 

Had you been there at the time you might be qualified to make a statement regarding the incident in which US air assets were attacked by multi barrelled AA gun which was using a wedding party as a shield. The Afghans have long used this tactic to generate unfavorable media coverage.The Soviets documented many incidents of this type. Read Artyom Borovik.

 

However, you aren't qualified because you were sitting on your ass at Microsoft being overpaid and overfed.

[Scott_J]

I LIKE IT!

Wait a minute Uncle "Twisty"...nope I will not go htere on the 24th. Have it your way and I'll have it my way. hee hee hee

Edited December 24, 2002 by sisu_suomi

[Greg_W]

Pretty sweet video, Trask. Kickin' ass, American Style!!!!

[Uncle_Tricky]

Hey Mike, I assume you are talking about Borovik's Hidden War? Interesting book--I borrowed it from my gramps last year when it became clear we were going to depose the Taliban. But I'm always looking for some good book suggestions. You've probably read History of Warfare by Keegan? Just and Unjust Wars (Walzer) is another ok book. While the guy can get a bit wordy, the historical examples he uses are interesting.

 

PS. I thought ya'll would appreciate the truth of the cartoon I posted on the guns and skiing thread?

[COL._Von_Spanker]

"Guns, Germs and Steel" is good.

[salbrecher]

This thread could also have gone under the "this guy didn't get what he wanted for christmas" thread.

[z]

Uncle Tricky,

 

I'll check those out.

 

The only books Z is reading these days are FM 90-10 and FM 7-8. Military Operations in Urban Terrain and the Infantry Rifle Platoon. For light reading, Delta Force by Charlie Beckwith.