tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post2073454286055601276..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Only Tool You’ll Ever NeedJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1385183672494162382013-06-22T22:10:36.324-04:002013-06-22T22:10:36.324-04:00...or 'Bomber' Harris...or 'Bomber' Harrisckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-80668333949228134922013-06-22T18:10:52.390-04:002013-06-22T18:10:52.390-04:00Weird Dave,
reducing every population center by fi...Weird Dave,<br />reducing every population center by firebombing makes nukes seem compassionate. Thank Lemay for moving that window.<br /><br />CPoicephalushttp://tribalidentity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-70126248669268791202013-06-21T12:03:56.793-04:002013-06-21T12:03:56.793-04:00The USA method for winning wars:
Fight for about ...The USA method for winning wars:<br /><br />Fight for about 3 1/2 years and if that doesn't work drop a nuke or two.Weird Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-42583812823655029242013-06-21T00:32:05.809-04:002013-06-21T00:32:05.809-04:00There's a nit.
USA did win the Pacific part of...There's a nit.<br />USA did win the Pacific part of that war.<br />Picked<br /><br />CPoicephalushttp://tribalidentity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-76840331766653829142013-06-20T13:17:44.540-04:002013-06-20T13:17:44.540-04:00You know who fought to win? The Brits in the (Seco...You know who fought to win? The Brits in the (Second) Boer War. I don't know from military history, but a friend who spent a decade as an intelligence officer in the Korean DMZ once explained to me that "COIN" was bullshit because the Boer War was the last successful counter-insurgency action by a major military power. <br /><br />Every campaign since then has been unable to stomachRobert M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-22427630238924954232013-06-20T11:28:34.669-04:002013-06-20T11:28:34.669-04:00Anybody who thinks we didn't win in Vietnam be...Anybody who thinks we didn't win in Vietnam because we pulled our punches should consider the comparison of things like total tons of TNT dropped on Vietnam vs. the amount dropped on Nazi Germany. We bombed the holy shit out of Vietnam and then some and made lots of dead Vietnamese and lots of dead Americans. And, in retrospect, it all looks like complete bullshit.<br /><br />But that doesnmbnoreply@blogger.com