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2006-12-27 Iraq

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Posted by Brett 2006-12-27 16:34|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 All I can say is: "F**k the NYT, WaPo, LAT, SFOC, and CNNABCCBSNMC to H*ll".

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-12-27 17:24|| 2006-12-27 17:24|| Front Page Top

#2 linky Brett:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTY4YmUxYWJlZTVmNzFkMTE2NzcyNWU2NmRjMDM5NGE=

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Bill Roggio: an interview with Captain Coulson

Bill Roggio: Without getting into specific numbers or violating operational security, how would you rate the effectiveness of the IEDs being planted on daily basis, and your ability to defeat this threat? Are insurgents changing their tactics on a regular basis to overcome your countermeasures?

On October 12, 1984 the PIRA [Provisional Irish Republican Army] set off two bombs in the Grand Hotel, in Brighton, England. Prime Minister Margret Thatcher was there along with her entire cabinet. None of them were killed although several high ranking Conservative MP's were killed. When the PIRA claimed responsibility their statement said 'Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always.' Such is the way with IED's, I can take 5 IED's off the street in one night, but if one IED in another part of the country hits the right vehicle the effectiveness can be rated as high, no one hears about the ones that did not go off. Since we are so cagey about what we have done to fight this battle one big IED hit can look bigger than it really is in the military picture. This war though is about Information Operations as much as anything.

Our ability to defeat this threat is about manpower and equipment. Of course we need to be doing more than just looking for IED's - we need to set the conditions where the IED planter is no longer safe.

The insurgents change and we change. That's what Counterinsurgency is all about.

Posted by RD 2006-12-27 17:40|| 2006-12-27 17:40|| Front Page Top

#3 only disagreement is GoogleEarth images are at least 2 years old, where they're available....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-27 17:45|| 2006-12-27 17:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks RD. I was unable o figure out what the specific URL is.

Posted by Brett 2006-12-27 17:46|| 2006-12-27 17:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Re: the MSM -

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by doc 2006-12-27 18:16|| 2006-12-27 18:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Man that has got to be frustating to read something in the paper every day and know its pure bullshit. Also I heard that Anbar province hasn't seen a MSM type in many many months so whatever reports they are printing is at least second hand and probably third hand story. I love the AWR, I have got to get that on a T-shirt with approapriate picture (Jihadi cowering in a corner).

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-12-27 18:23|| 2006-12-27 18:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Our armed forces in Iraq need "feedforward", which is a news link to them from the US, telling them what politicians and the media are saying, putting *names* on the individuals that are lying about what is going on in Iraq.

Think of it as a giant "enemies list" of names that the troops can access to find out if the pols and "journalists" are:

"red", that is, utterly lying bastards who fabricate hate and defeat about the troops, who either work for the enemy, on or their behalf;

"orange", who just report the 'bombing of the day' direct from the news wires without comment or fact-checking, and harp on US casualties;

"amber", who just repeat whatever stories would benefit their political or foreign national side;

"yellow", who make any effort to be "fair and balanced", but are still reliant for their news on "Green zone" reports only; or,

"green", who get news, opinion, and speculation from the troops, military experts in the know, objective analysts like 'Janes', and other high grade sources.

In turn, the troops no longer complain about the MSM as a group. They can select and *name* who and what news service are lying. This has a lot more impact, if you name names.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-27 20:58|| 2006-12-27 20:58|| Front Page Top

#8 nice note, well said, I only wish the NYT would publish it.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-12-27 21:17|| 2006-12-27 21:17|| Front Page Top

#9 only disagreement is GoogleEarth images are at least 2 years old, where they're available....

Yeah, have to wonder about that. Perhaps they're using them for layouts of bases we took over?

To give an idea of how out-dated some of the pics on GoogleEarth are, they show a ride at DisneyWorld that shut down before 2001 in operation.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-12-27 21:31|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-27 21:31|| Front Page Top

#10 they don't seem to work well around certain sites either. I use it all the time for my youngest's basketball games around the County (SD, CA)to find the gyms, parking. When I was in Lawton, OK, next to Ft Sill. I was unable to get readable grids....go figure?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-27 21:57|| 2006-12-27 21:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Sheesh. I was expectin' a lot comments about the "Allah's Waiting Room" section. Did I mistakenly think this would cause a lot of merry comment? Come on, folks. LOL.

The fucking stoopid jihadis all run to the same hole to die together. Good call!

Posted by Brett 2006-12-27 23:36|| 2006-12-27 23:36|| Front Page Top

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