reply to post by rogue1
Well, dip, I volunteered three times for combat, and then volunteered for the Rangers so that I could serve in combat. The 5th Group returned to
Bragg, and SF was out of the combat zone. Get it? Combat? It's real hard to fight in combat at Fort Bragg! The Rangers were the best LRP fighters
in COMBAT, and naturally, I tended to gravitate there.
I sincerely apologize if this somehow doesn't meet your artificial, pseudo-intellectual preconceptions. Which are in this case, don't apply. Some
of us actually had to do things in the real world - the world as it existed.
I didn't say anything about Delta or SAS. I did spend a few nights in the stockade before it was taken over by Delta, though. Delta and SAS may be
your wet dream. You asked, and I told you.
Your self-proclaimed high opinion of yourself is unjustified, and overrated, and I'm just speaking as an interested observer. BUT, I DID love folks
like you, as you were so easy to take down.
Google "Edicts of Ares, Thirteen Absolute Rules of Warfare," dip*.
Just as I said, inside you'll find the Hunter approach I suggested that some Marine senior officer picked up on, and you'll find the change-up the
Israelis did this last time around that are clearly in the book, written before the little Gaza incident, and if you'll do a bit of research, you'll
find after the book's release, the US Army revised it's combat operations field manual, only one year after it's previous revision, to include some
of the principles and language therein.
I doubt the Marines you know - know of the book. I sold a lot in Washington DC for some reason.
And once again, you're wrong. This does get tiresome. The Gazans and Hamas are indeed different enemies, but after reading and UNDERSTANDING the
principles of warfare in the book, and specifically some of those that Israel violated in the earlier fight against Hizballah, you'll see that they
didn't repeat the same mistakes with Hamas.
I don't know if the conversation with an Israeli general had any effect or not, but I do know that those mistakes were not repeated.
Gee, I wish I was as smart as you! DUH.
That body count? I didn't give a body count, but what's the big deal? Hell, you kill a lot more than are verified - so what's the difference? We
got a three day R&R for every handful we bagged, and it was the Army keeping count. Not us.
I'm sorry if I offended you, but I wasn't in the Army to be politically correct, I was not a nation-builder, nor an ambassador of goodwill. I was
there to do one thing, and that's exactly what I did.
OOOOOOHHHH! I get it! You never made a kill! I'm sorry, claim some of mine! Got any shrapnel or bullet scars? See, I have those too. From my
throat to my shin, front, sides, and even my back.
I think you're nothing but a smug pseudo-intelligentsia who has met a lot of disappointment in life, and it sounds like you sure as hell don't know
anything about military capabilities.
That's your problem.
Getting your stuff out of a book is fine, but it really doesn't work that way in the field. Our generals have been reading the same books, and
that's why we haven't won our first war since the creation of the Joint Chiefs. They generally don't have any kills either. Nor can they lead.
They point. My sister's little black dog can point.
And 100 Hours is a great battle. Not a war.
Since you can't stand on your own merit, you attack those you disagree with.
Mighty brave thing to do.
From a distance.
