Yep. You use whatever you have. I remember a movie about the restarting of Israel. Frank Sinatra played a pilot with the Israelis. He was flying a Piper Cub or something that size. His mission was to drop seltzer bottles on the enemy. They didn’t have regular bombs and the seltzer bottles made a good pop when they hit the ground. He had a rifle with him for aerial combat. He got into a dogfight with a real fighter plane and his rifle jammed or ran out of ammunition. He picked up a seltzer bottle and sprayed seltzer at the enemy fighter. That is the kind of behavior I expect from American pilots. Dogged determination. If they don’t have that, then they should be spraying for grasshoppers. I expect that same dogged determination from our admirals and generals and high ranking government officials.
And if you want an American example, look at the first American torpedo bomber squadron to attack at Midway. They were coming in low and slow. The Japanese fighters had to come down from up high to get the Americans. And they got them. They shot down every plane in that American squadron. Can you imagine sitting in a slow American torpedo bomber watching your buddies getting killed? Your natural instinct would be to break off your attack and escape. An American torpedo bomber was no match for a Japanese fighter! But the American torpedo bombers kept coming. It is said that the Japanese commander of the air units at Midway watched this attack. Another Japanese sailor looked at him with great excitement because they had destroyed every American plane in that formation. The Japanese commander is said to have remarked, “They lied to us. They told us that the Americans didn’t have Bushido (warrior spirit). They have Bushido.” Those young American pilots in those slow torpedo bombers brought the Japanese fighters to a low elevation. The American bombers and dive bombers were at a much higher elevation. The Japanese fighters could not regain height before the Americans attacked. Those American planes then destroyed the heart of the Japanese navy destroying four aircraft carriers. There were twelve young American pilots who changed the course of a World War. They kept coming. We are Americans. By God, we keep coming. Those dead American SEALs were counting on that fighting spirit to come to their aid. Obama went to bed and then went campaigning. He is an embarrassment to those twelve fine young American pilots. He is an embarrassment to all Americans. We keep coming.