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/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:13:43 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Continuing the Lessons Learned from OIF/OEF that I started in this post yesterday. Note to military Googlers - these are *not* tactical AARs! Lesson #2, Our Actions, When They Hurt Or Kill One Of Their Own. *I* think it's work-safe, though there is plenty of empathic pain in it. This is *not* an official document! I contacted Mr. Coffey and have his permission for this use. If you choose to download and share it around via email, you may do so - but send it with the caveat that any publishing of the document, for profit or no, needs the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:04:00 -0600 There may be less to the whole bird flu sky-is-falling than meets the eye. An AP two-sentence blurb in both of the local fishwrappers mentioned that a pair of CDC docs claim bird flu wasn't as virulent as it's being played up to be. "Exaggerated mortality rates" or some such scientifical words--meaning only the usual at-risk groups, the very young and the very old, are in danger. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38383 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38383 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:53:24 -0600 The same way we'll try to protect everyone else, Raymond. With standard epidemic protocols, which mostly revolve around hygiene. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38378 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38378 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:05:19 -0600 My concern for these individuals (American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan)now intensifies as I have heard that the Bird Flu virus is now rampant in Turkey and spreading to the Iraqi border. How is America going to protect these brave men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan? Dealing with the enemy is tough enough but how can we protect them from this? Raymond B www.voteswagon.com http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38371 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38371 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:07:17 -0600 *I* think so. No grotesque gory bodies, but plenty of empathic pain to go around. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38279 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38279 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:26:09 -0600 This one work safe? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38274 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/25_lessons_learned_from_iraq_and_afghanistan.html#comment-38274 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:10:24 -0600