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Archive for September, 2011
Ex-AF Paramedic Helped 2 Escape IHOP Shooting
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 8/Sep/2011 11:20
From: Army Times
BY SANDRA CHEREB – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | POSTED : THURSDAY SEP 8, 2011 11:44:01 EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A Carson City man who ushered a woman and child out the back door of an IHOP restaurant during a bloody rampage at the pancake house says he’s not a hero.
But the husband and father of those two survivors thanked him later for his quick thinking during the Tuesday shooting that ended with five people dead, including the gunman, and seven wounded.
“I didn’t freak out. I didn’t have time to be afraid,†Kevin Carrick, 52, a father of eight and former Air Force paramedic, told the Reno Gazette-Journal. “I would be remiss to not say that the only reason I’m still here is that God saw fit to keep us here.â€
Iraq withdrawal: How many US troops will remain?
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Sep/2011 16:34
“The Obama administration is considering dropping the president’s commitment to withdrawing all US troops from Iraq by the end of the year in favor of keeping several thousand military trainers there.
The plan is already running into roadblocks in Iraq and in the US. In Washington, some political leaders are calling on President Obama to leave no troops behind, while others say the president should heed his military commanders on the ground and keep far more troops than the 3,000 to 4,000 he is considering.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0907/Iraq-withdrawal-How-many-US-troops-will-remain
AK47 Issues & Known Problems
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Long Guns on 7/Sep/2011 16:11
A look at some problems that can happen with a poorly or improperly made AK47
Col. Jeff Cooper: “Rifles are inanimate objects that have no will of their own.”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Opinion on 7/Sep/2011 00:26
“Rifles are inanimate objects that have no will of their own. As such, they may be used by evil men for evil purposes.
While an evil man may not be persuaded by propaganda, he may certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.”
– Col. Jeff Cooper
Our Troops Need Better Pants
Posted by Gary in News, Warrior Tools, Warriors on 5/Sep/2011 21:56
From: Micheal Yon
We Need Better Pants
Rip, rend and slash are all in a day’s work here. Yet I have never seen so many troops with so many pairs of pants that are ready to fall off.
Last week this mortar crew was firing at some people who were trying to kill us. We have plenty of ammo. No complaints there. On the larger bases, the gyms are outstanding. The dining facilities have ice cream. Our troops are supremely outfitted and resourced, and so this missive is specific in nature and not a general resourcing indictment. Generally speaking, we are good to go in Afghanistan, other than never having had enough troops and aviation having been an issue at times and places. But overall, no complaints on the way units are outfitted. Five stars. The outfitting is so good that it’s embarrasing to complain. My tent has airconditioner. The showers have hot water. I live far rougher (other than the bombs and bullets) on some of my vacations. That’s a fact. But since we are talking about pants in combat, it’s worthwhile to say something.
The troops need better pants. For every ripped image here, I’ve seen many others. Usually the troops will duct tape their pants together, or sew when time permits. When your pants rip at midnight and you still have hours to move before sunlight, you might be wearing shorts and sporting bleeding legs before there is a chance to sew. I saw one troop who had sewn his trousers with parachute cord. (Must have used a knife for a needle.)
Sam Cohen: The philosophy of gun control
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 4/Sep/2011 01:05
“The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90 MPH, where the speed limit is 25.
Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20.”
– Sam Cohen, inventor of the Neutron Bomb
Xenophon: “…if we surrender our arms we shall lose our lives as well.”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Opinion on 3/Sep/2011 23:26
“The only things of value which we have at present are our arms and our courage.
So long as we keep our arms we fancy that we can make good use of our courage; but if we surrender our arms we shall lose our lives as well.”
– Xenophon, The Persian Expedition
Why Al Qaeda is Unlikely to Execute Another 9/11
Posted by Brian in Threat Watch on 2/Sep/2011 20:31
Why Al Qaeda is Unlikely to Execute Another 9/11 is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
It is Sept. 1, and that means we are once again approaching the anniversary of al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States. In the 10 years that have passed since the attacks, a lot has happened and much has changed in the world, but many people can still vividly recall the sense of fear, uncertainty and helplessness they felt on that September morning. Millions of people watched United Airlines flight 175 smash into the south tower of the World Trade Center on live television. A short while later they heard that another plane had struck the Pentagon. Then they watched in horror as the World Trade Center’s twin towers buckled and collapsed to the ground.
It was, by any measure, a stunning, cataclysmic scene, a kind of terrorist theater that transformed millions of television viewers into vicarious victims. Excerpts of the just-released memoir of then-Vice President Dick Cheney demonstrate that it was not just ordinary people who were affected by the attacks; America’s leaders where shocked and shaken, too. And judging from the statements of foreign citizens and leaders in the wake of 9/11, those who proclaimed, “We are all Americans,†it was also apparent that the toll on vicarious victims did not stop at the U.S. border.
One result of this vicarious victimization and the fear and helplessness it produced was that many people became fixated on the next attack and began anxiously “waiting for the other shoe to drop.†This spawned an entire industry of fear as dire warnings were propagated by the Internet of the impending “American Hiroshima†that was certain to result when al Qaeda detonated all the nuclear devices it had hidden in major U.S. cities. Chain emails were widely circulated and recirculated quoting a dubious Israeli “security expert†who promised simultaneous catastrophic terrorist attacks against a number of American cities — attacks that never materialized outside of Hollywood productions. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. increases efforts to get Taliban fighters to renounce violence and return to village life
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Sep/2011 16:38
“The top coalition commander in Afghanistan told USA TODAY on Wednesday that he has ordered a “surge” in efforts to get Taliban fighters to renounce violence and return to village life based on recent intelligence suggesting they feel abandoned by their leaders.
Marine Gen. John Allen said the effort aims to quickly capitalize on plunging morale among insurgents in southern Afghanistan, once the backbone of the Taliban movement, and to lure militants back to their homes with jobs and other incentives.
“Now is the moment,” Allen said in an interview from Kabul.
Success on the battlefield is an important component of persuading fighters to lay down their arms and rejoin society, commanders say.
“Nobody reintegrates to the losing side,” said Marine Gen. James Mattis, commander of Central Command, which oversees operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. “That’s just not human nature.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/usaedition/2011-09-01-afghanistan_st_u.htm?csp=obinsite
Three White House advisors knew about Operation Fast and Furious
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Sep/2011 12:37
“…not just one, but three White House advisors knew about Operation Fast and Furious:
Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.
Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.
The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.
He identified the three White House officials who were briefed as Kevin M. O’Reilly, director of North American Affairs for the White House national security staff; Dan Restrepo, the president’s senior Latin American advisor; and Greg Gatjanis, a White House national security official.”