Comments on: The Horror of War http://cominganarchy.com/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:02:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-29405 Curzon Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:18:21 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/#comment-29405 That's rocks, not rockets! As for the strength of western armies, what makes troops vulnerable is their refusal to fire on civilians, even when the civilians use brutal, even deadly, force. That’s rocks, not rockets!

As for the strength of western armies, what makes troops vulnerable is their refusal to fire on civilians, even when the civilians use brutal, even deadly, force.

]]> By: Gabriel Mihalache http://cominganarchy.com/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-29404 Gabriel Mihalache Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:10:20 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/#comment-29404 If they have rockets they're not a crowd, angry or otherwise. In any case, the fact that a Challenger (is it?) is vulnerable to such hand-held weapons is worrying, and certainly somewhat different than the picture painted by profiles such as those of Janes Intelligence. I always wondered how much of the image we have of the western armies is PR and how much is real power. If they have rockets they’re not a crowd, angry or otherwise.

In any case, the fact that a Challenger (is it?) is vulnerable to such hand-held weapons is worrying, and certainly somewhat different than the picture painted by profiles such as those of Janes Intelligence. I always wondered how much of the image we have of the western armies is PR and how much is real power.

]]> By: Chirol http://cominganarchy.com/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-29398 Chirol Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03:11 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/09/19/the-horror-of-war/#comment-29398 On that note, Chirol found an interesting poster in Damascus today picturing an outline of Iraq in the background and a hand crushing a half American, half british flag with blood dripping from it. I haven't seen too many things like this, but still a few. I have to get it translated as I don't fully understand it. Perhaps I'll take a pic and post it tomorrow. On that note, Chirol found an interesting poster in Damascus today picturing an outline of Iraq in the background and a hand crushing a half American, half british flag with blood dripping from it. I haven’t seen too many things like this, but still a few. I have to get it translated as I don’t fully understand it. Perhaps I’ll take a pic and post it tomorrow.

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