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/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:12:35 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Given that certainly *some* of these are actually smugglers posing as Mexican authorities - one can imagine the International Outcry™ among the Usual Suspects™ if these incursions were going the other direction? If the Mexicans *want* us to put the military on the border, this is certainly a way to go about it. Actually I'm sure it's all part of a shadowy international anti-war activist/rogue government cartel to compel the US to return its forces to the US to secure our Southern Border. Hmmmmm. Now - do we have to look at that Canadian revitalization of their military thingy in... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:56:39 -0600 And if we leave bags of pretzels and chips halfway between the border and the water towers, we're guaranteed the "customers" will show... Concentrated electrolytes. Better than salt tablets. Humanitarianism 'Я' Us... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39642 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39642 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:27:31 -0600 I'm for it. Although, my new work mates were all excited to hear about the new water towers with flags raised in the desert for would be infiltrators humanitarian needs, they were quiet when I added, "Yes, they won't die from dehydration and now we have specific spots to monitor. Excellent thinking." Silence is golden. ;) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39639 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39639 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:24:02 -0600 *Combat* action, lad, *combat* action! Couldn't have been the *other* kind of action because he wasn't an artillerist until WWI started... *scoring cheese with the host* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39631 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39631 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:31:07 -0600 Yes, but *which kind* of action? Just wondering out loud... [as the PG-17 recoils in horror] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39629 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39629 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:05:47 -0600 Grandpa T rode with Black Jack as a horse sojer. He got smart after OCS when he read how poorly cavalry fared against machineguns in 1915 and branched artillery. He always said that, aside from being gassed a couple of times, he preferred France over Mexico for action and climate... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39623 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39623 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:50:23 -0600 this one, but it's more of a Texas-focused book. Haven't read it yet - just on the wish list. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39607 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39607 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:13:27 -0600 John, I made a very similar point, right down to the Pershing reference, a couple of weeks ago. I'm at work, and thus can't access anything *.blogspot, or I'd post the link. The good news is, under the new Army BRAC plan, we'll soon have 1AD-that's FOUR heavy brigades-based at Ft Bliss, just our side of the Rio Grande. Ya'll wanna play f*ck-f*ck games? We can play f*ck-f*ck games... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39606 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39606 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:09:52 -0600 Right now the US economy would like the boost that it would get from building a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf, and I would happily fix any dozer, dump, grader, or scraper that broke due to working on this wall. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39605 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39605 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:05:33 -0600 11th ACR is close enough to get there. send the RS-2 scurrying down to the archives to pull out the old maps.... Cold Steel Troop might even get yet another mounted saber charge out of it! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39602 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39602 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:55:43 -0600 Help You; self-sacrifice, what? Cheers JMH ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39600 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:40:57 -0600 Air support sufficient for the task is standing by...next stop, the Halls of Montezuma!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39588 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/01/black_jack_can_ya_hear_me.html#comment-39588 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:15:04 -0600