> As for the "war", terrorism has always been, and will always be, > criminal, not martial. The 5th armored battalion can't defeat > terrorism. Only good human intelligence and hand-to-hand combat will. > That's what police do, not what soldiers do. Well 99% of them > anyway.
This is a good point. Convention infantry and armored forces are very good at what they do, but they do not fight insurgencies. They kill people and break shit. > If you look at the Delta forces: these are guys with full beards, in > their 30s or older, can speak fluent Arabic or local dialects, and are > comfortable in turbans and on camels. They wander around until they > find a ring leader, and then they capture them. That's not a military > action, it's a police action. You see the same thing with a lot of Ranger and SF and other special operations units now. LRSD in Afghanistan often had "reduced grooming standards" which meant beards and non-standard uniforms. It makes the job a lot easier. Also the common Muslim man actually will look down on and be disrespectful of American Soldiers that don't have facial hair, since in that culture it is look on that only children wouldn't have facial hair. > Once we get someone in office that understands that, all of these > ridiculous assaults on our freedoms will end. I really thought Rummy got this at first. He was a long proponent of Special Forces and Special Operations forces. There had been some talk while Shelton was still JCS about creating a new armed force that was all special operations. Mix delta, seals, force recon, raider battalion, rangers, PJs, CTC, Combat Weathermen, ranger regiment and the naval infantry all under one banner with it's own funding. If they ever actually did this I would probably go back on active duty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198875 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
