Comments on: Escalating violence claims more lives http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Looking Glass http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-414510 Looking Glass Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:23:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/#comment-414510 "Open country with no cover is a hell of a place to try and run an insurgency from when your opponent owns the air. You can stand and die, or run and die tired. Hide and die alone in the darkness. Mass forces and die surrounded by friends." A thing of beauty is a joy forever. That's half of the brilliant move of fighting terrorists in Iraq. The other half is that getting them to attack deployed soldiers short circuits the classic problems of dealing with terrorists: identification, processing, and disposal. Even the modern problem of overlawyering is minimized. "They enjoy dying. We enjoy killing them. You'd think we'd get along better." Frank J. of imao.us. Remembering Beslan I think we get along fine, just fine. “Open country with no cover is a hell of a place to try and run an insurgency from when your opponent owns the air. You can stand and die, or run and die tired. Hide and die alone in the darkness. Mass forces and die surrounded by friends.”

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

That’s half of the brilliant move of fighting terrorists in Iraq. The other half is that getting them to attack deployed soldiers short circuits the classic problems of dealing with terrorists: identification, processing, and disposal. Even the modern problem of overlawyering is minimized.

“They enjoy dying. We enjoy killing them. You’d think we’d get along better.” Frank J. of imao.us.

Remembering Beslan I think we get along fine, just fine.

]]> By: Curt http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-414509 Curt Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:30:57 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/#comment-414509 While I'm not a fan of my buddy of the New Orleans Navy, I do like "EXCELLENT!" as a thought... While I’m not a fan of my buddy of the New Orleans Navy, I do like “EXCELLENT!” as a thought…

]]> By: Subsunk http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-414508 Subsunk Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:29:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/10/01/escalating-violence-claims-more-lives/#comment-414508 <blockquote>And then I think: Good.</blockquote> And I second that sentiment, Sir. Actually, my term is closer to a Tony the Tiger, "Great!" Subsunk

And then I think: Good.

And I second that sentiment, Sir. Actually, my term is closer to a Tony the Tiger, “Great!”

Subsunk

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