Category Archives: israel
Uniformly Stupid? Part 2
See Part 1 here. I’m on the road, so I’ll be doing some “best of” posts. Right now, this is the most searched for post. While most people in the Army spend just about all their time in a working … Continue reading
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Brief thoughts on the Gaza cease fire
So Israel has announced a unilateral cease fire and pulled its troops out of Gaza. Some on the right are unhappy that Israel has ceased offensive actions so soon. But here’s the thing- they were rapidly reaching the point of … Continue reading
Things that really piss me off…
Via Mere Rhetoric, news on bringing war criminals to justice: Israel has formally presented the UN with evidence outlining Hamas’s military exploitation of Palestinian civilians. The UN has responded by tasking at least two commissions with gathering evidence for war … Continue reading
Why I don’t always trust the Palestinian press…
The Palestinian press often try to portray Israel’s actions as disproportionate and bloodthirsty. Now, I won’t deny that there has been a great deal of civilian blood shed in the recent fighting. But I will say that I take Hamas … Continue reading
Wanna see someone a lot braver than me?
CQB stands for Close Quarters Battle- usually considered to be fighting inside a building. But sometimes terrain can put you in a very close gunfight. And what do you do if the bad guy tosses a grenade at you? H/T: … Continue reading
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Qassam Rockets
The recent Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, Operation Cast Lead, was prompted by the ongoing rain of Qassam rockets into southern Israel. The Qassam is not a military weapon, but rather a terror weapon. It’s accuracy is far too … Continue reading
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Merkava
The Israelis have long sought to manufacture as much of their military hardware as possible at home.There are a couple good reasons for this. First, in the event of an arms embargo, they won’t find themselves without the weapons they … Continue reading
Well, there’s a shock… not.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting a barrage of Katyusha rockets has struck a nursing home in the Israeli town of Nahariya. In response to the three rockets fired from Lebanon, Israeli forces fired five rounds of artillery at the launch … Continue reading
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Here’s a war crime for you…
Israel, as a part of Operation Cast Lead (the current operation to suppress rocket attacks from Gaza) bombed a mosque. I’m sure some folks immediately pointed out that bombing a religious structure is a war crime in contravention with the … Continue reading
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Bringing the HEAT in Gaza
So, Israel has begun a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip. In response to Hamas’s unrelenting rocket attacks on the city of Serdot and other southern Israeli towns, the IDF (after Hamas renounced the cease fire) began a series of … Continue reading
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Gaza Blues
I’m still in the desert and will be for the rest of the week. My internet access is spotty, so liveblogging the Israeli/Hamas war is pretty much out of the question. Too bad, as one of the interesting things is … Continue reading
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