tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post116856897503750710..comments2024-03-23T22:14:24.292-04:00Comments on Wisdom Weasel: Grand AtlanticismWisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1168771048995154912007-01-14T05:37:00.000-05:002007-01-14T05:37:00.000-05:00don't kid yourself - a well placed high speed mull...don't kid yourself - a well placed high speed mullet can take out half a platoonSkookumJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911146044957613693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1168703383176571342007-01-13T10:49:00.000-05:002007-01-13T10:49:00.000-05:00They would be like all those dirt poor and inbred ...They would be like all those dirt poor and inbred afrikaaners who made up the apartheid era "buffer against communism": the squandered legacy of the rather splendid fightin' boers of the 19th century.<BR/><BR/>What vexes me about this whole surge thing is the concentration on troop numbers: are 20,000 extra soldiers (of which only a small percentage are actual combat troops- the rest are Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1168635854257655042007-01-12T16:04:00.000-05:002007-01-12T16:04:00.000-05:00Having spent significant years in the Deep South, ...Having spent significant years in the Deep South, I suspect the Pentagon is correct in its assumption.<BR/><BR/>We already had a preview, didn't we, with the Haditha massacre?Margaret Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202290659191790984noreply@blogger.com