H&I Fires* 28 Sep 2006

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I got this from someone in my China study group, but it really allows me to pile on yesterdays question of whether ol’ Carl von is on the pyre about to be torched or not. Adds another wrinkle to the argument: can we be and are we ever really sure we understand the enemy’s psychology? We thought we understood the Sovs, who were a whole lot more like us than Islamic terrorists are, but it could be we didn’t understand them at all.

Curiouser and curiouser. I’m not sure there is *one* perfect way to conduct war that you just do variations on. Maybe it’s something you just muggle around with until you find the ad hoc solution to? I dunno, and thank jeebus that I don’t have to make the call on this.

Grim wades in on the topic to counter Noonan over at Milblogs. That’s the kind of rhetorical smack down I wish was happening here instead of people attacking the decision to go to Iraq. Oh well. I got a rootbeer for OD and fdcol. They’re both welcome at my table any time---just not at the same time since that may lead to a runaway matter/anti-matter reaction.

And thanks for this, Hoss. I’ll pet it, and hug it, and name it George.
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What do Orochi,The Minotaurand St. George and The Dragonhave to do with the War on Terror?

I’m working on that right now. Be ready to hide when I sling up a never-ender on it sometime in the future.
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Answer to yesterday’s Easter egg: Cuchulainn, he died shortly after eating a stew made from dog meat, and he at it because of a geas placed upon him which required that he ate food offered him.
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Best Milk Commercial Ever. Bar None. Period. H/t, Mike L, who is currently going through a *lot* of milk at home...

Speaking of the female of the species:

Post Date: Aug 7th, 2006 Expire Date: Sep 6th, 2006

$10,000
06' Suzuki GSXR 1000
Farmington, UT 84025 - Aug 7, 2006

2006 Suzuki 1000. This bike is perfect! It has 1000 miles and has had its 500 mile dealer service. (Expensive) It's been adult ridden, all wheels have always been on the ground. I use it as a cruiser/commuter.
I'm selling it because it was purchased without proper consent of a loving wife. Apparently "do whatever the f*** you want" doesn't mean what I thought. Call me, Steve. (801)XXX-XXXX

I predict Steve will be buying a lot of milk in the future.

H/t, Jim C - who prolly also buys a lot of milk.

Oh, me? I buy tequila and champagne. -the Armorer

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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.

Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.

Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*

The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.

I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".

World mythology for $400
In Japanese mythology this warrior fights his way both in and then out again of hell.