We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:17:39 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification For our veterans of the 7th Cavalry... A young girl gets her feet measured for a new pair of shoes. Soldiers of B Company 448th Civil Affairs Battalion CATA 5 attached to 3-7 Cavalry give away shoes in Al Nafees primary school in Al Kafajyeh, Baghdad, 08 October, 2005. Depending on your view, this is a "Aw, shucks" kind of picture. But a Brit soldier might well come away with a slighty different view. Not negative about what is being done - but about the armed and armored soldier. A Brit troop might or might not be wearing body armor... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:07:52 -0600 http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2005/13/c0631.html 2. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/latinamerica/tropical-storm-stan-en.asp 3. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=014973&tid=001 Pakistan 1. http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/10/18/dart051018.html 2. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=014976&tid=001 3. http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/index.cfm?Page=1271 Afganistan 1. http://rickmercer.blogspot.com/2005/10/operation-enduring-blogger.html [I think you will particularly like the last link.]]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33545 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33545 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:16:03 -0600 A) Couldn't tell when at work, small monitor. B) Cultural tolerance. Sending a fem Soldier when dealing with Iraq females. Trying to be sensitive to the Iraqis not liking US men touching Iraqi women. C) Put the 'Beat Mysogynists Senseless' truncheon down, John. You're scaring me. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33490 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33490 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:22:32 -0600 Um, yes that's a female soldier. I'm confused as to what your point is... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33421 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33421 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:18:27 -0600 Is that a female soldier in the first photo? I'm seeing long-ish blonde hair. ANd isn't there something about non-Moslem males not teaching Moslem fems? Geez, even when the US Army goes for 'cultural sensitivity' it get's hacked like Shaq. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33420 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33420 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:16:26 -0600 Glad the kid got shoes and the other thousands of kind actions by our troops. Too bad you'll never see this on CNN or FOX. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33407 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33407 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:11:20 -0600 I dunno, that little girl doesn't look like she cares whether the soldier is wearing armor and a helmet or not. If people are determined to hate you, they'll hate you even if you wear a beret. And if you wear full battle rattle and still act like a civilized being, they'll pick up on that too. Sometimes it seems like people overthink the problem. Or want instant results. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33405 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33405 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:07:34 -0600 Your lot could do it, Dr. Funk - if we loaned 'em the gear... Bill - actually, I hadn't even noticed the caption in detail... I was too busy fixing the typos in it. I actually sent off a crabby email to the Army website managers about it. I reiterated my usual gripe about them getting the details wrong even more often that Army Times captioners, but the spelling errors were simply unprofessional. We make 'em here, but we generally fix 'em as we go... Good point, though - I don't see French and German helos in the area (which is not the same thing as they are not there and are not helping... I just don't know). Reality is, it's just another third world disaster, so it's not news. If I find some time, I'll do some digging. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33388 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33388 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:22:51 -0600 Tell us again how Chimpy McBushhitler is just after the oil.... Most armies can pull off aid missions, but not many can pull off simultaneous ones across the world and still fight one and a half wars. Least obtrusive, most effective imperial power the world has ever known...and they'd like nothing better than to just go home, but the job needs to be done and no one else can do it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33386 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33386 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:17:51 -0600 behind the Chit-hook, about 60-70 feet, based on the relative size of the two. Purposely flying over a parked aircraft (particularly one with the blades untied) is just daring a Flight Evaluation Board to take your wings away. Permanently, if you had no compelling reason for the overflight... *note to denizens: john didn't write the caption--he knows better. he just doesn't like to admit it in public.*]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33385 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/american_myrmidons_in_action.html#comment-33385 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:38:13 -0600