[xkaydet65]

One of the problems facing the Talis and alqueda is that the Russians, not learning from VietNam relied on distant firepower, arty and helos, to defeat these guys. maybe they were reading too much Kipling. When we sent Stingers it neutralized the helos.

What they are experiencing now is that our troops, the Brits, Canucks, and even Danes fight by closing on the enemy and defeating him with fire and maneuver and close support. Our guys' faces are the last thing these muzzies see before they are dispatched to their own version of Hell. That is very disconcerting to fighters who've been conditioned to view their enemy as physical cowards who hide behind technology. They are beginning to learn that our tech will find them, but the last thing they'll see is a trooper or Marine sending a 5.56 in their direction.

[MileHi]

I love uplifting short stories in the morning!

[agere_contra]

Amen. And the great news here is that the Afghans themselves played an important role.

[Dick Vomer]

bingo.... to kill these rats you've got to get in their neighborhoods and just go hunting. Be nice to the locals if possible and destroy immediately any threats. Especially at night.

I'm so proud of our guys and our allies like the Canadians, Brits and the Poles.

I can't imagine what small unit fights are going to be after we start integrating UAV's and Predators into platoon and squad level tactics. They will truly have to live like moles.... underground and move by tunnel. ....... then we'll just develop better doppler sound detection and other technology to ferret these rats out.