tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5464782765688660656..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Bad parallel, Limey.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41740962773979268542012-09-18T08:30:05.705-04:002012-09-18T08:30:05.705-04:00Don't forget that you can pick out child moles...Don't forget that you can pick out child molesters via the hairy back, ugly people are always evil, good looking people are usually good, and all gay men have beards. Oh yeah, Dungeons and Dragons is occult training for Satanic wizards. Roadkillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61747000193042287942012-09-16T11:37:10.428-04:002012-09-16T11:37:10.428-04:00As pointed out, wouldn't really need nukes if ...As pointed out, wouldn't really need nukes if just want to get the point across: between JDAMs and MOABs, I think even the most dense would get the idea.<br /><br />Makes you wonder if would've been worth it to upgrade one or two battleships to nuke engines and keep them operational just for the "We're here, and we're waiting" option. There're two guided-missile cruisers sitting off the coast now, but naval artillery would seem to offer some extra options that Tomahawks don't(Yes, I know they have one of the new 5" guns each; just not the same as what you can get with 8" or- in the "We're REALLY pissed" scenario- 16").<br /><br />Of course, any of that depends on a President willing to actually DO any of those things.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47319085952407172902012-09-15T09:43:44.830-04:002012-09-15T09:43:44.830-04:00I am so tired of the Goddamned Mohammedans. Twenty...I am so tired of the Goddamned Mohammedans. Twenty or thirty megatons worth of incandescent lithium deuteride on the K'aaba, right now, please.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48338522809830180952012-09-15T06:57:12.047-04:002012-09-15T06:57:12.047-04:00Yah, if the fireball doesn't touch the ground,...Yah, if the fireball doesn't touch the ground, the fallout ain't too bad.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83893930572008551852012-09-14T14:20:17.379-04:002012-09-14T14:20:17.379-04:00Joe in PNG:
Something involving napalm, I'm s...Joe in PNG:<br /><br />Something involving napalm, I'm sure.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6727776903916202262012-09-14T09:56:56.079-04:002012-09-14T09:56:56.079-04:00"... President Barky just traded $1.5 Billion...<i>"... President Barky just traded $1.5 Billion dollars in Libyan aid for four new scapegoats ..."</i><br /><br />Ha! So the joke's on them, then, since with the latest round of quantitative easing foolishness, that translates to roughly $650 in any currency but ours, a bushel of corn, and a box of Band-aids...Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79396603329185379122012-09-14T04:49:01.812-04:002012-09-14T04:49:01.812-04:00::Reads up on St. Olga:: ::blinks::
Clearly a red...::Reads up on St. Olga:: ::blinks::<br /><br />Clearly a redhead.Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50747973999538636782012-09-14T04:32:43.257-04:002012-09-14T04:32:43.257-04:00It is time like this that I wonder what St. Olga o...It is time like this that I wonder what St. Olga of Kiev would do in this situation.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8229421825907722322012-09-14T01:54:53.353-04:002012-09-14T01:54:53.353-04:00Oh, and the Chinese are now taking advantage of Ba...Oh, and the Chinese are now taking advantage of Barky's perceived weakness.<br /><br />They have announced the annexation of a Japanese Island that happened to be close to some off shore petroleum reserves, and are sending six ships to try to chase off the JSDF.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74223916424238992862012-09-14T01:53:06.041-04:002012-09-14T01:53:06.041-04:00Shrimp: It's OK ... President Barky just trade...Shrimp: It's OK ... President Barky just traded $1.5 Billion dollars in Libyan aid for four new scapegoats ...<br /><br />I'm sure some student AQ dupes will be handed over so he can declare victory before the election.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27209287499837041262012-09-14T00:03:27.404-04:002012-09-14T00:03:27.404-04:00It seems we've developed a tradition of visiti... It seems we've developed a tradition of visiting the Barbary coast around the first or second decade of each new century and saying hello, loudly enough to get somebody's attention.<br /><br /> Almost time to do it again, don't you think? And I suspect the Libyan bit was an imitation of the mess in Egypt a week before, which was almost certasinly staged entirely by the Muslim Brotherhood.<br /><br /> I mean, let's be real. The Egyptian army could have been there in 3.2 minutes, unless they were specifically ordered away. <br /><br /> O.k., political control of Libya passes back and forth between the eastern tribes now in power (thanks to Barry and the Frogs), and the western tribes (along with their Tuareg mercenaries), formerly led by Daffy Kaddafi. <br /><br /> As British General DeChastain said while runnung UN operations in Bosnia, "There are no good guys here". <br /><br /> But the westerners are savagely anti Muslim Brotherhood, whomever controls the oilfields controls Libya, and the western tribes never had a problem with dealing oil to Europe.<br /><br /> Time for Israel to drop off a few hundred thousand captured AK's, some fresh RPG ammo, and a few dozen Sephardi instructors.<br /><br /> Likewise, most of Iran's oil is in the ethnically Arab south and south-west rather than the Persian heartland to the north.<br /><br /> If the Israelis open up on Iran after an Obama win, or with permission from a victorious Romney, the Iranian government is pretty much forced to start shooting at everybody or risk letting the Iranian people realize the Emperor Has No Clothes.<br /><br /> Then, after we piss away 4 or 5 hours destroying the entire Iranian military and power/communications net, it becomes really easy to sic the 'Rags on their ancestral Persian blood enemies, backed by volunteers from each gulf country. <br /><br /> One imagines the UAE would send some of their Brit and Belgian mercs, but the white pipeclayed crossbelts and kid gloves might make a really good target :-)<br /><br /> I was at Colt's when we got the UAE contract for A-2's and M-4's, and they specified polished black enamel finishes on their magazines, because the wax impregnated gray mags smudged their uniforms.Ed Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676740819579030462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50858426938059538582012-09-13T22:37:44.844-04:002012-09-13T22:37:44.844-04:00Good God! It's Jimmy F'n Carter all over ...Good God! It's Jimmy F'n Carter all over again.<br /><br />As much as I want there to be a proper response (and by that I totally endorse the 'nuke the shit out of them' option) I know there won't be one. None, at all. With 0 in the WH, we'll be lucky to get a good round of pointless dithering before he bows down to their leader and makes the really hard decision to issue a strongly worded apology for misunderstanding them or some such nonsense.Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-84967214735366188652012-09-13T19:01:34.453-04:002012-09-13T19:01:34.453-04:00Oh, and it just got worse.
http://tinyurl.com/9x2...Oh, and it just got worse.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/9x2yf7n<br /><br />Apparently the retards at the Whitehouse kept their new assraping Libyan friends in the intel loop.<br /><br />The Special Forces QRF that was sent in to get the survivors out was mobbed by AQ.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88724393539082362302012-09-13T18:47:32.452-04:002012-09-13T18:47:32.452-04:00Hell, just the 5-inch deck gun on the old USS Horn...Hell, just the 5-inch deck gun on the old USS Hornet parked in Alameda off Berkeley freaks out the damn hippies. It's kinda pointing at the UC Campanile...hehehehNotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48566862108169752102012-09-13T17:31:42.658-04:002012-09-13T17:31:42.658-04:00Seriously! Wassamatta wit' all dem in Libya! I...Seriously! Wassamatta wit' all dem in Libya! If it weren't for the goodole USA, they'd all be speakin' Arabic er sumfin'!<br /><br />Do I NEED to close the sarcasm tag?<br /><br />MMark Algerhttp://www.babytrollblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46894803196100478202012-09-13T16:57:30.282-04:002012-09-13T16:57:30.282-04:00Jake (formerly Riposte3)
There's something vi...Jake (formerly Riposte3)<br /><br />There's something <i>visceral</i> and satisfying about looking down the barrels of a couple 16" turrets...But wouldn't you want to share the love with inland cities?<br /><br />Anyway, I'm all for armed and willing passive aggression.<br />;^)RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480404738796721705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64222342507801184022012-09-13T16:40:05.045-04:002012-09-13T16:40:05.045-04:00I really like the idea/comment to pull the Iowa ou...I <i>really</i> like the idea/comment to pull the Iowa out of mothballs and run a patch down the barrels and go on a Mediterranean cruise. That'd be swell and the guys in blue and khaki service need the practice.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80842257599455323772012-09-13T16:07:08.107-04:002012-09-13T16:07:08.107-04:00"I figure thrice daily supersonic formations ...<i>"I figure thrice daily supersonic formations of low-flying jets over their cities are pretty intimidating too."</i><br /><br />True. But a battleship is there <i>constantly</i>. Just sitting. Waiting. Quietly watching.<br /><br />It's kind of the ultimate in passive aggressiveness.<br /><br />Besides, nothing says "You done pissed us off, dumba$$" better than being bracketed by nine 16 inch shells <i>just</i> close enough to knock you off your feet. Just for emphasis, you understand.Jake (formerly Riposte3)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02976718318892210404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16179637011074893102012-09-13T15:32:48.558-04:002012-09-13T15:32:48.558-04:00@ Jake (formerly Riposte3)
"There's a ce...@ Jake (formerly Riposte3)<br /><br /><i>"There's a certain intimidation factor in having a battleship parked off the coast that just isn't matched by any other ship type in the fleet..."</i><br /><br />I figure thrice daily supersonic formations of low-flying jets over their cities are pretty intimidating too.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480404738796721705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1647728930109498182012-09-13T15:10:38.961-04:002012-09-13T15:10:38.961-04:00"Still in favor of the BLU-82B answer. talk&#...<i>"Still in favor of the BLU-82B answer. talk's too cheap."</i><br /><br />I say drop about a dozen MOAB's over Tripoli, patterned and set to detonate just high enough to break every window in the city, followed by a simple letter to the government stating only, "Bring us their heads. You have one week."<br /><br />Also, I do believe it's time to pull the USS Iowa and USS Wisconsin off of museum duty and recommission them. There's a certain intimidation factor in having a battleship parked off the coast that just isn't matched by any other ship type in the fleet, and it seems we're currently missing that capability.Jake (formerly Riposte3)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02976718318892210404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74501328587191326652012-09-13T14:36:25.807-04:002012-09-13T14:36:25.807-04:00And now Yemen.
Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embass...And now Yemen.<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yemeni-protesters-storm-u-embassy-sanaa-witnesses-085414831.html" rel="nofollow">Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy in Sanaa: witnesses - Yahoo! News</a>Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79316872109805640822012-09-13T14:19:18.549-04:002012-09-13T14:19:18.549-04:00Still in favor of the BLU-82B answer. talk's t...Still in favor of the BLU-82B answer. talk's too cheap.Thomas Smithhttp://tom-the-impaler.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37134617119482617672012-09-13T13:51:33.314-04:002012-09-13T13:51:33.314-04:00Ever read The Grave of the Hundred Head?
http://ww...Ever read The Grave of the Hundred Head?<br />http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2745/<br />It seems relevant right nowFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4257922039701267262012-09-13T13:44:31.663-04:002012-09-13T13:44:31.663-04:00If we're talking things that won't happen,...If we're talking things that won't happen, forget formal diplomacy or nuke strikes, we need to send in Ranger Captain Pickett to have a "Last Man Standing" sit down with the various faction leaders (the formal government and the MB in most cases).<br /><br />"Listen real careful because here is the point. Things in this town are out of control. Two gangs is just one too many. I'm not an idealist. I know a lot of things that people do are awful low but that's between them and God.<br /><br />Do you believe in God? I believe in God.<br /><br />But what I'm concerned with is keeping a lid on things and what we got here in Benghazi is just way out of hand and President Magarief here can't do much about it, right? Matter of fact, it might be fair to say that he's part of the problem, right?<br /><br />It's over, son. I'm coming back here in 10 days and I'm going to bring about a battalion of Marines with me. I will tolerate one gang because that is the nature of things, a certain amount of corruption is inevitable, but if I find two gangs here when I get back then in a couple of hours, there will be no gangs here.<br /><br />So it's simple. One gang quits and goes home. You boys work it out. I don't give a damn which one. Just as long as one side leaves or maybe one side loses. That's fine, too. Kill as many as you want just don't kill no innocent people around here. I wouldn't like that."<br /><br />No nation-building or vulnerable occupation, just an occasional, thorough, house-cleaning to maintain something resembling a tolerable (by us) order. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414687981098467556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20254192229072534182012-09-13T13:33:30.298-04:002012-09-13T13:33:30.298-04:00OH, and if you weren't enraged enough today:
...OH, and if you weren't enraged enough today:<br /><br />The Ambassador, Anne Patterson, had taken all live ammo from their Marine guards months before.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.kforcegov.com/Services/IS/NightWatch/NightWatch_12000175.aspx" rel="nofollow">KGS Nightwatch:</a><br /><br />She did not permit US Marine guards to carry live ammunition, according to USMC blogs. Thus she neutralized any US military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.<br /><br />In this respect, she did not defend US sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office. She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.<br /><br />She apparently judges that Egyptian President Mursi spearheads a democracy and a new civil order, despite the mounting evidence that Mursi disregards US interests, cavorts with US enemies, is a budding authoritarian ruler who disdains parliament and does not honor the basic obligations of diplomatic agreements and the Geneva conventions.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.com