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H&I* Fires 14 OCT 2007

By Denizens on October 14, 2007 | | Comments (10)

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Buddy Dan of tdaxp is doing another OODA loop theory bit which might become part of his Ph.D. thesis. Dan usually does stuff that at least makes you think, even if he’s got this strange predilection for college football.

I do recommend his previous works on the issue as well.
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Continuing the religion and inserting foot into mouth disease series comes this story about complaints of the Empire State building. Look if they do stuff for Christmas and Hanukkah they more or less have to for Ramadan as well. Otherwise, well, they’re open to lawsuits for discrimination. Sorry, but I don’t buy the Islam=terrorism equation. All Islamic terrorists are Moslem, but not all Moslems are Islamic terrorists.
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We do like gun right stories around here. Yes indeed we do. A little lady out in Oregon is fighting ‘city hall’ on the subject of her being able to carry. Good for her.
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George Will has an *excellent* piece today on indoctrination in higher education. Here's the opening graf to whet your appetite:

WASHINGTON -- In 1943, the Supreme Court, affirming the right of Jehovah's Witnesses children to refuse to pledge allegiance to the U.S. flag in schools, declared: "No official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." Today that principle is routinely traduced, coast to coast, by officials who are petty in several senses.

Now go on, read. -the Armorer

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The Wall Street Journal has some suggestions for next year's Nobel Peace Prize candidates. Hmmm. Prolly not going to win. They aren't well received/known in the salons of the solons. -the Armorer

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Gad, sophisticated anti-coalition info op - or simply the utterly predictable reality of paying ransoms? I dunno, but it works both ways, and either one sux. H/t, Kevin. -the Armorer

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The Imp of the Perverse wonders why the House is doing this now? Because the word out of Iraq doesn't match the leadership's wants and needs, so they want to give General Petraeus something to distract him from what his forces are doing in Iraq? Probably not. So,they're just... really really obtuse? Stirring the fires in that region is useful exactly how? Please - someone enlighten me. -the Armorer

Update: I see that Ralph Peters went where I went, too. I hope we're wrong, and they're just bleeping obtuse, and not this venal. -the Armorer


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Aieeeeee! Sometimes you really *don't* want to know what is in that concoction the Doc is giving you. Warning - high ick factor in that link. This makes sense, in a creepy way, but gad, the creepy factor is really up there. -the Armorer

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Yo, John! If Peters' assumption is right about the Armenian Genocide Resolution, I'd like Nancy Boyda's position. Give her a shout. I'll wait... -Instapilot

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I did. Before I posted. -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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By olga on October 14, 2007 4:39 PM
I happen to agree with Mr. Peters. Every time this resolution has come up for a vote, I was waiting for an overwhelming 'yes' vote, and every time it failed. So, what's so different now?? The timing, the timing... These treacherous bastrads, everything to make this administration lose in Iraq... By the way, all this could have been avoided a long time ago if the Turkish government simply apologized for the deaths of the millions of Armenians, like the Vatican and Polish government finally did, to Jews... But no, these Turkish mofos will kill you first and destroy any face from any artifact they come across, just like Taliban did to the Buddahs...
 
By Boquisucio on October 14, 2007 6:03 PM
Well Ry, I'll haffta digress. Though not all Germans were Nazis, we once waged war on all Germans, 'till all Germans cried uncle.
 
By Russ on October 14, 2007 6:21 PM
Actually, the owner of the Empire State building has no obligation to do anything for Ramadan (or Christmas or Hanukkah for that matter). He has the right of association and the right to display what he wants on his property.
 
By Cricket on October 14, 2007 8:44 PM
That was oogie. Stomach bugs can be cured by using friendly bacteria and staying away from antibiotics. How do they propose to do away with amoebic dysentery if feces are contaminated? Friendly bacteria can be found in Greek yogurt, eaten plain (for those of you gagging at that, it tastes almost better than quark), or taking bovine colostrum or lactobacillus tablets. I am not retching; the oogie is the treatment, not the source.
 
By ry on October 14, 2007 9:04 PM
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Actually, the owner of the Empire State building has no obligation to do anything for Ramadan (or Christmas or Hanukkah for that matter). He has the right of association and the right to display what he wants on his property.
" THen you didn't read what I said. IF you do something for one but not the other you're set up for costly lawsuits. End of story. How many times have we seen CAIR take people to court for trivial things? The Princess Crabby's favorite tv program('24') caved with only the hint of a lawsuit. ('Otherwise, well, they’re open to lawsuits for discrimination.' Which is what I said. We've seen this with city squares as well, not to mention rules about what employees can post in their cubicles---by federal fiat.). He makes a choice and he could pay for it heavily with a lawsuit. This is smart on his part, and very American. Once was a time when Protestants felt the same way about Catholics and Jews. This is a good thing. And yes, despite many claims otherwise, it is grounds for a federal discrimination lawsuit. Boq, sorry bro'. Different times, different enemy. 'Bomber' Harris was decried as a war criminal(and by the lights of the GC altered after ww2 he was) when his record was reviewed, and were it possible to win ww2 without such carnage it would've been fought thus. Nor is the 'enemy' so easily defined in physical location as were the Nazis. Different times. DO I need to post a link on the bombing survey to show how little effect this type of thinking had on the outcome of the war, again? Doing Dresden and Tokyo (the fire bombings) once was enough for me, and in the case of firebombing Japan it didn't end civilian support for the war(no matter how many times they re-did the tactic) nor did it really end their industrial capacity(submarine warfare did that). I keep the really big hammer in the toolbox(The Tancredo option), just in case, but flushing a whole people down the drain just because of a few lunatics is immoral in my book. And I think you're very wrong in 'we took it to all Germans'. Last time I looked we didn't raze every single little village and hamlet, just 'cuz. We only went after industrial and strategically important targets, and those that were ravaged were ones we either had to fight thru or were mistakes(and I'll defend the decision to do Dresden 'til I'm blue in the face, I just don't like it and by modern standards it was illegal.). We didn't declare open season on all Germans. Believe me, being in the indoctrination filled academe I hear all the time how we 'made war on civilians' intentionally and by design but I also know that to be utter BS. I'm surprised to be hearing that come out of a Denizen's mouth seeing as how it's saying the Ivory Tower types like Chomsky are right, not to mention coming close to saying we should flush a whole people until they cry uncle(and which uncle would they cry for? Surely not Unka Bill.). Sorry Boq, we're definitely not on the same page on this one.
 
By BillT on October 14, 2007 10:35 PM
I hope we're wrong, and they're just bleeping obtuse, and not this venal. Bleeping venal. Pelosi invited the Patriarch of the Armenian Church to deliver the opening prayer to the House on the morning of the Foreign Affairs Committee's vote. Embarassing a Republican President *and* putting a crimp in the logistics for a war they don't like is a win-win in the Dem playbook -- they pulled the same sh*t in 1975, for the same reason. Let's hope the results are different this time...
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on October 15, 2007 4:40 AM
FLt Bill Goldfinch. Cheers
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 15, 2007 5:23 AM
Bleeping venal. Pelosi invited the Patriarch of the Armenian Church to deliver the opening prayer to the House on the morning of the Foreign Affairs Committee's vote. Well, if you're right, it defines a new low. At least back then, they just openly drove a stake through the heart of the effort - this time they've given themselves cover. And that makes it cowardly.
 
By Cricket on October 15, 2007 6:46 AM
We are venal and obtuse. What was that quote: Those who don't learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them? WE NEED TO KNOW. You bring obscure stuff out of the woodwork and connect the dots. So, what is the difference between genocide and mass murder? Who does it or for what reasons? The Turks are in denial that it happened and Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier. Match made in he**?
 
By BillT on October 15, 2007 5:39 PM
Well, if you're right, it defines a new low. New low defined. The story's about Karekin II's tour of the US, visiting Armenian enclaves. Scroll down past "Pizza with the Pontiff" to "Prayer in the Capitol"...