THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

I think this has happened before. I’ll look it up when I have more time. They drop it as irrelevant to “modern” warfare. Then they bring it back as relevant to teaching aggression–for those who need to learn it. So, the next story likely will be the comeback of bayonet training.

The latest from Michael Yon on the oft-ignored Afghanistan campaign.

C-130s now have digital flight decks, and six-bladed composite propellers. At least the C-130Js do. More here in the latest from Michael Yon in Afghanistan.

I should start a chuckle of the week and make this the first one. Snicker. The Jihadis will, well, whatever. Only downside I see is our new Iraq, Afghan and other Muslim allies ain’t going to appreciate it. Storm warning ahead: sales of M-4s to plummet.
Via The Fat Guy.

Freelance war correspondent Michael Yon doesn’t explain the use of this teepee in Afghanistan except to say that it’s a memorial to an American unit’s war dead. MY’s apparently in need of money to continue. He’s still worth it. I’m still sending him some. You should too. (Uh, actually he does explain the teepee. The [...]

An Afghan Shi’ite Muslim takes a break as others flagellate themselves with chains during an Ashura procession inside a mosque in Kabul–Reuters. Still, it’s peanuts compared to the rich-boy PantyBomber, so consumed by his submission to Allah that he wanted to take 289 others with him into martyrdom.

Mr. B.’s big item for his and Mrs. Charm’s secular Christmas celebration was Guitar Hero. When he’s older he may find the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns more enlightening. Fortunately there’ll be more available than the usual anti-American, anti-war movies that Hollyweird churns out:
Video "game makers aren’t afraid to put players in situations where U.S. soldiers [...]

I’ve said it before, if we’re going to dither, we should leave Afghanistan immediately. The government is more corrupt than the one in Iraq (and that’s saying something) and the Afghans don’t seem to want to fight. (Reminds me of South Vietnam.) We can always go back if we have to, or leave a few [...]