[Iris7]

You can bet your last dollar that the Iranians have studied 73 Easting assiduously. Don't know what that will mean. Perhaps the recent Iranian bluster is the old maskirovka (as Sun Tsu put it) "Where weak, appear strong. Where strong, appear weak."

Be nice to have the Russians along for an Iran operation. The long Iranian northern border is a natural for the Russian style operation. Make the Iranians split their forces, hey.

Don't like to see the heavy anti-Russian propaganda in the Big Media. Very not good. Comes time to, ahem, "negotiate" with China a few Russian Army Fronts on the Chinese northern border would sure be nice. Perhaps Dr. Rice can make a contribution on this one.

The "fratricide" stories are sad. Just no such thing as "friendly fire".

Once upon a time some buds and I were returning "home" way too late at night, full dark, from the enlisted man's club at a CB (Sea Bee) base. We were invited as good buds for, hmm, helping the CBs with a difficult "requisition."

Ran into a Marine mortar fire interdiction mission, a very sobering experience. The ground was so sandy that the mortar rounds were burying themselves somewhat so the fragments cleared my behind, all but one. Got a Kerry scratch out of that, but never crossed my mind to go for a Heart, like our would be Glorious Leader did. You should have seen me, trying to swim right into that sand!

[SAMWolf]

I remember de-assing a Duece and a half in record time when we came under mortar attack. It seemed that the ground couldn't get low enough for me. It felt like I was the tallest thing around.