show me

[Jon Ford]

Frances--If the Afghans aren't hitting any thing in the "shots," that's 
probably because it's just posed news footage. There aren't too many Western 
reporters behind the Taliban battle lines--and when US soldiers hit the 
ground, you probably still won't see too much actual battle footage because 
of censorship.Can they hit anything? Well, I've heard they can; they 
certainly killed a lot of Russians, and they've had some great training from 
the CIA! I'm betting the land battle will
see some serious US losses. Most obviously, the Afghans, despite their 
vintage weapons, know the terrain. It was the same thing in Vietnam--there 
it was jungle and that horrible East Asian rainy, hot, humid weather, here 
it's mountain caves, searing desert heat and frigid mountain snowy 
winters.Desert Storm was a cake-walk compared to this place!

Jon


>From: Frances Morey <frances_morey@excite.com>
>Reply-To: <frances_morey@excite.com>
>To: jonmfordster@hotmail.com, michaele@ando.pair.com, 
>austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: show me
>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 17:27:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
>For all the repititious shots of Afgans shooting off their weapons there is
>little to indicate that they ever hit anything. There seem to be no 
>corpses,
>in body bags or lying about, just warriors in robes with those head-dresses
>that are designed to keep blades from splitting their skulls. Is it just 
>me,
>or have any of you noticed this absense of casualties which one would 
>expect
>to be broadcast for all the world to see? They don't even act like there is
>combat going on--like guys ducking in trenches. They are just so out there,
>firing off their guns as if this was a photo opportunity to show off their
>weapons.
>Frances
>
>
>On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:47:58 -0700, Jon Ford wrote:
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