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H&I* Fires, 16 MAY 2007

By Denizens on May 16, 2007 | | Comments (8)

Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite.

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BCR. She may not have the biggest stick in the line-up, but it’ll still leave a mark. Dropped into DPRK marked as food? Ouch.
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Sir Lex makes me feel less stupid. Not un-stupid, but less. He stumbles over terminology too. Maybe it's a California thing?
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With nations and leaders looking to take the easy road in these ‘interesting times’ it is with great pleasure I read that Japan has voted to keep its contingent in MNF-Iraq --ry

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Ghost of a Flea has an *excellent* rant, moreso for the elegant sparseness of the commentary. The subject? Useful Idiots. The target? Academia. H/t, CAPT H.

Over at Techography, the Bloodspite's Tech'noid Buddies discover a t-shirt you might like to annoy liberal friends with. Warning - the Castle is not responsible for any messes created by exploding heads. -the Armorer

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Wow ... No wonder they call it a Happy Meal! -Barb

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General: Prince Harry won't go to Iraq
Bummer. I'll be interested to see if Harry follows through with his threat to leave the service.
Maggie

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Go see what Cassandra has been up to. That's an order. I don't give orders often. Obey. -the Armorer

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Dave the Heartless Libertarian takes time out from pummeling his state legislature mercilessly in order to confuse them by patting them on the back. -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 (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's 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 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".

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8 Comments

By Maggie on May 16, 2007 8:08 AM
"miss spell".........good one!
 
By Maggie on May 16, 2007 12:29 PM
I think the marketing people at McDonald's should take a serious look at this. Market a grown-up version of a happy meal, with those "toys". Then you have to start selling brownies.
 
By Trias on May 16, 2007 1:42 PM
It's possible of course Harry can't actually make it happen. He may be under the usual retention rules and any power he might have would not be easily applied. I note here some in the military are tarring academia with with the same broad brush the military itself is being so tarred.
 
By Justthisguy on May 16, 2007 8:49 PM
I have read Cassandra's post, as ordered, and then the one at Dr. Helen's. I understand (I think) how Cass feels, her son being a cop, but I feel the same way about cops that Aviators feel about flight surgeons. That is: Nothing good can come of an encounter with such a person. The best thing that can happen after a citizen/LEO encounter is the status quo ante, all other outcomes leave one with less liberty and happiness than he had, before. Insofar as policemen adhere to Bobby Peel's principles, I honor and respect them. Insofar as they don't, I fear and loathe them. I'm doing lots of fear and loathing these days.
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 16, 2007 8:58 PM
At least you follow orders, JTG. Hmmmm. That's kinda police like. There is more to Cassandra's story than you know. And I was a policeman, once. Just sayin'. 8^ )
 
By Justthisguy on May 16, 2007 9:58 PM
I know you were, sir, and I betcha Bobby Peel would have approved of you. It's the guys who are half my age, twice my size, with convict haircuts and bad attitudes, who bother me. I suspect steroid abuse in some of those young bucks. P.s. I obeyed orders from respect, not fear. I think too many policemen these days are channeling Caligula, that is "Oderint dum Metuant."
 
By ry on May 16, 2007 11:20 PM
Cassie and the Techography post actually mesh well in my mind, particularly where Grim echoes her point on ethical uses of violence. I often hear 'well, a gun has a sole purpose: to kill.' I've often been left with only the reply of, 'Well, a knife only has one function: to rend flesh.' They often don't get it, claim with a knife you can perform surgery. All I can do is smile at that point. - Trias, true. But one side's 30 years of undiluted attacks has earned them a bit of counter on this side of the Pacific(not sure what the situation on your side of the equator is like). Not that some aren't taking it too far at times(Herr Flea ain't. How dare you question The Flea! His Gothness reigns supreme.).
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 17, 2007 9:25 AM
JTG - blame the Feds for the militarization of law enforcement and a breeding of a climate where the Police fear the citizenry, looking upon each of us as a potential killer until we prove otherwise by submission. That's overstating the case - but the problem rests with Officers who overstate the risk, too. Trias - while your point is taken - the Flea was, until a year or so ago, an academic.