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/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:56:47 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] Hat Tip Long War Journal and Mudville Gazette The Luck of the Irish A foot patrol of British soldiers recounted the moment that they survived an attack by a suicide bomber only to run into an ambush by the Taleban as they picked themselves up after the blast. “It's the luck of the Irish,” said Sergeant Paul Harrison, 27, from Liverpool, who survived the attack along with the rest of his patrol from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment. [continued in flash traffic]... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:35:57 -0600 I'm thinking the ambush was the same event from the Taliban perspective. You always start a good ambush with a bang. Most armies just don't send someone down to self-immolate, preferring things like Claymores, det-cord, TNT and C4... Just not wrapped around the troop. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html#comment-72592 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html#comment-72592 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:25:46 -0600 No matter what is thrown at our troops they adapt, they fix, they change, they cope. Will this story ever get told propperly? All the little stories? Nobody is sitting on their hands. They're out building schools, clinics, cleaning up the water, working on the grid. Our people are amazing. We should maybe hire them to do that work here after this is over. My old boss came up with a great idea. Those North Viet battalions that kept the trail open despite our constant bombing should have been hired to work on the Turnpike in New Jersey. He was ahead of his time. Oh well http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html#comment-72590 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_war_headlin_1.html#comment-72590 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:56:23 -0600