Horrid hot rainy jungle?

[Jon Ford]

Judy-- I said that, not Roger-- he cares not a whit for weather, lives in 
another dimension entirely. As for the jungle, it's what you're used to, I 
guess, but it's tough to fight a  ground war in the kind of weather they 
have in Vietnam--unless you grew up there. I would agree that the kind of 
snowy mountain terrain they have in Afghanistan makes it very tough indeed.

Jon


>From: "Monty/Judith Herr" <herr@home.com>
>To: "Jon Ford" <jonmfordster@hotmail.com>, <frances_morey@excite.com>, 
><michaele@ando.pair.com>, <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Subject: Horrid hot rainy jungle?
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:20:52 -0700
>
>Roger said:  "horrible East Asian rainy, hot, humid weather, here
>it's mountain caves, searing desert heat and frigid mountain snowy
>winters"
>===========
>We are very fond of the jungles, so don't go maligning the rainy, hot, 
>humid
>weather in East Asia  unless you've tried it under reasonably peaceful
>conditions.   Of course, there wasn't a war  only a few bandits in the 
>hills
>when we lived there.   (If you're interested in a perspective on survival 
>in
>the jungles, find the book called, "The Jungle is Neutral" that describes
>the experience of a man who moved around  the jungles  of Malaysia
>throughout the Japanese occupation.)
>
>   On the other hand, the Asian side of the Himalayas  even in September 
>and
>October,  stopped us..  And, when we tried flying , we got stranded by bad
>weather   couldn't get back out by road, bus, walking, or plane for longer
>than we wanted to be where we were.
>
>Special Forces folks I've talked to say, "give us a desert anytime."
>-----Original Message-----
>From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
>[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Jon Ford
>Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:21 PM
>To: frances_morey@excite.com; michaele@ando.pair.com;
>austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Re: show me
>
>
>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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