Officials confirm dropping firebombs on Iraqi troops - Results 'remarkably similar' to using napalm

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | August 5, 2003 | James W. Crawley

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

"Let’ em have it," he shot back at a critic of area bombing. "Remember this. Never maltreat the enemy by halves."
~ Winston Churchill

Good advice then and good advice now.

[Redleg Duke]

Fight to win.

[Rightwing_Libertarian]

This is actually some of the better news I've heard in this vein. I was afraid we'd gone too soft to appease the bleeding-heart whiners.

But apparently people still do get killed in a war, sometimes in horrible ways that maybe they didn't even personally deserve. Who knew?

I'd always rather break out the big guns than the scattershot, especially when US military lives are at stake.

[Born Conservative]

the firebombs use kerosene-based jet fuel A dollop of bacon grease would have been a nice touch, too.

The lib argument against bacon grease-it's bad for the heart...

[TennTuxedo]

I suppose they could have dropped Hillary's pantsuit on them but she was too busy using them.

Besides, the seat portion of the pants would have destroyed the bridge, the river, and all arable land within 50 miles...

It would have also killed all of the fish and would have left a very foul stench in the air. We would be hearing a never-ending tirade fron environventalists.

[LibWhacker]

Physicians for Social Responsibility

What's so responsible about advocating military tactics that would cost American lives? Oh, I forgot . . . the emphasis is on socialism, and hating America, not on responsibility.

Outfit should be shut down. They're nothing but a bunch of socialists (first and foremost) who happened to get medical degrees.

During the war on terror, we need a War Powers Act that will allow the government to shut down, and shut up, subversive, socialist, pro-terrorist organizations and individuals. It's become a pressing national security issue.

[eyespysomething]

obviously non-partisan.

[onehipdad]

Not the first time I've seen handwringing whining by GlobalSecurity.com here.

Now stop singing and finish your homework.

[TheEngineer]

Great Post and Image! That was my favorite scene in 'Apocalypse Now'.

[Salman]

Breaking News, 1965: Effect of Napalm similar to firebombs used in WWII

[itzmygun]

(From The Encyclopedia of Battles).

Balathista,
Macedonia Byzantine-Bulgar Wars - 1014 AD


The growing power of the Bulgarian Empire of Tsar Samuel forced the Byzantine emperor Basil II to undertake one of the most brutal campaigns in history. Beginning in 996, the Byzantine and Bulgar armies see-sawed in indecisive combat from Adrianople (Edirne) westward into Macedonia and Greece proper. Finally, in 1014, Basil managed to trap a large Bulgar force at Balathista in the valley of the Struma River, which flows into the Aegean Sea. The Byzantine army overwhelmed its opponents, taking some 15,000 prisoners. Basil ordered their eyes put out. A few men were each spared one eye to serve as guides for the return of the blinded captives to Samuel. The shock of seeing his mutilated warriors was too much for the Bulgar emperor. He died on the spot. Four years later Samuel's successors made peace with Basil II (now called Bulgaroktonos, or "slayer of the Bulgarians") and the Bulgars were incorporated into the Byzantine Empire.
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If the liberals think a little fire is bad, they need to read some history.

[armymarinemom]

Can we firebomb the press?

[Constitution Day]

Thanks! It was mine too.

CD

[xm177e2]

"Incendiaries create burns that are difficult to treat,"

Bullets create puncture wounds that are difficult to treat.

said Robert Musil, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, a Washington group that opposes the use of weapons of mass destruction.

PSR is a hard-left group that opposes the use of pretty much any weapon by American forces. It is biased to describe them as something they are not, because "opposes the use of weapons of mass destruction" sounds much more positive to most people than "opposes the use of military force."

They might as well describe the Klan as "a Southern group that opposes affirmative action in the workplace."

[Onelifetogive]

They might as well describe the Klan as "a Southern group that opposes affirmative action in the workplace."

Nice line...

[Cuttnhorse]

Cool book...I just completed Victor Davis Hanson's, Carnage and Culture...a great read.

[thegreatbeast]

"The generals love napalm," said Alles. "It has a big psychological effect."
Yeah, the 72 virgins get freaked when Freddie Krueger comes calling. You can see the 'psychological effect' right there.

[FairOpinion]

"We threw down thousands of flyers, telling the Iraqis to surrender or die, well, those that didn't surrender, died."

"Please continue to remind us... lest some of the media forget :-) That includes John Pike. "

[FairOpinion]

Again, they can't say we didn't warn them.

[tet68]

Napalm .........controversial?