tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52284982011-04-21T17:35:55.044-07:00Duffer's GuideThoughts and Comments on War and Peace, and Other Matters worthy of some occasional AttentionBacksighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228498.post-1085851419920096022004-05-29T10:18:00.000-07:002004-05-29T10:23:39.920-07:001st Lt. Mike "Duke" Sanchez, of the 11th Economics Regiment (Chairborne) checked his harness in the red light of the cabin. M-48 calculator, primary and backup 0.7 mm automatic pencils with graphite refills, and his trusty p-686 laptop with the MilSpec edition of PowerPoint. Intelligence briefings had told them to expect moderate to heavy resistance from local Keynesian warlords and a faction Backsighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228498.post-1084991592824288442004-05-19T10:51:00.000-07:002004-05-19T11:42:15.560-07:00The recent discovery of a sarin-containing CW shell in Iraq does not raise any new questions. No one can deny that Iraq possessed chemical weapons, or that their known stockpiles are not accounted for. Although the question seems to have become unclear since the conclusion of the war, we knew at the time that significant CW and possibly BW agents were unaccounted for by all third party Backsighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228498.post-1084984993237962382004-05-19T09:39:00.000-07:002004-05-19T09:43:13.236-07:00Fix Bayonets!
This past weekend, stories have come to light about a Scottish unit fighting in southern Iraq. The unit was ambushed by troops from Sadr's militia armed with assault rifles and RPGs. The Scotsmen fought back, and finally defeated the enemy with a bayonet charge. To the student of military history, this movement brings back images of Ia Drang and Little Round Top, where a unit - Backsighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228498.post-1084994696071564582003-12-26T12:22:00.000-08:002004-05-19T12:24:56.073-07:00Red + Green != Merry Christmas
The Watermelon Phenomenon (Green on the outside, Red to the core) has gotten some commentary lately, most recently in an Iain Murray piece on Tech Central Station. Murray points out that the Red/Green coalition seems to make no sense. The self-proclaimed advocates of humanity should, on the face of it, make poor allies of the likes of Earth First-ers. Backsighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228498.post-917301752003-03-31T12:57:00.000-08:002004-05-19T10:34:10.413-07:00Welcome to the Duffer's Guide. The title is a tip of the hat to The Defense of Duffer's Drift, a short piece intended to point out some fundemental principles of small unit combat, and well worth reading for entertainment value as well as information for armchair tacticians.
I will be posting comments as I see them on the current world situation, including the Iraq War. My background is in Backsighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15454577265382907218noreply@blogger.com