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If cease fires in the name of peace actually produced peace the Middle East would be the most peaceful place on earth by now... Read More
Mebbe it's just Clobbering Time..Just sayin'. "The Iraqis don't want Saddam back - they want the stability. But they want the stability without being fed into industrial chippers.". -The Armorer, on Hugh Hewitt, 27 December 2006. Read Less
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expressed herein are mine or Dusty's or Bill's, or Kat's, or Fuzzybear's;(and
the odd guest-poster like Cassandra and the Wicca Pundit) unless quoted from
other sources. This site does *not* have the Rumsfeld Gates Seal of Approval
and we doubt he knows (or cares) it exists! [Um, well, it
turns out he *does* and so does Army Secretary Geren, too.]Though we
*have* seen the Official Army Blog Training Brief, and we know that the *Counter-Intel*
people know it exists... [Waving vigorously] "Hi fellas! How are ya?"
However, we *do* know the blog is read at the White House. Because we got invited there. Kewl, huh?
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Wonder what the date is for the photo as it appears that this unit is from the Philippine National Police. I was in Manila for the Chinese hostage fiasco a couple months ago, so I'm wondering if this is some very necessary hostage rescue (re)-training. Geez, that was a fiasco, and I watched it all on live TV!
I cringed throughout the whole sorry episode, wondering just what the hell they were doing. They flash-banged themselves not once, but TWICE that I saw, threw teargas into the bus, but DOH, didn't have any masks, etc. etc. etc. Everything that could go wrong did, and was exacerbated by the actions of the officials and the media. It was Keystone Kops with fatal results.
The 'regular' Police SWAT team (their leadership, or lack of it) really screwed the pooch on that op. But I saw fellas cammoed like these folks lurking in the background, and then they were never employed.
It was a typical bureaucratic turf fight that resulted in a bunch of dead Chinese nationals. The AARs have been nothing but CYA and finger pointing between all the govt bodies. And... trying to mollify the Chicoms who are attempting to score cheap political points over the bodies of their dead nationals.
Maybe because they forgot her pants.
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*flicks errant tear from corner of left eye*
I can see the epitaph now -- "This pair had a pair"...
You can't trust those rescue dummies, though. Sometimes they're rigged with IED simulators. Sneaky and well-hidden ones. Not that I know anything about that.
I can't tell you the level of ineptness I personally witnessed over the years. Well.... probably over a few beers. But, I'll never put it in writing...