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2006-11-02 Iraq

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Posted by Zenster 2006-11-02 13:54|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fill out an invoice and charge it back to the Iraqi Government.

Posted by closedanger@hotmail.com">closedanger@hotmail.com 2006-11-02 14:53|| 2006-11-02 14:53|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not hard to convince a kid to act like an idiot. I'm amazed the bad guys didn't get this sort of thing going long ago. The real way to defeat a modern western army is two-fold (a) attack using targets we're reluctant to fight back against such as kids and women (b) Use passive resistance and get lots of media coverage to change the mindset back home.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-02 15:10|| 2006-11-02 15:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Deport the little bastards to Gaza. Plenty of free rocks there.

Posted by Phineter Thraviger1073 2006-11-02 15:30|| 2006-11-02 15:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I like the "sewage" cannon idea, Zen.
Wet turds for useless turds. Their parents might find it easier to trade them off than to clean them up.

Posted by GK 2006-11-02 15:36|| 2006-11-02 15:36|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Speng Thater7808 2006-11-02 15:37|| 2006-11-02 15:37|| Front Page Top

#6 A bit OT, but what's up with arab youths, and stoning???

In iraq or gaza, I can understand, but from born & raised "westerners" (cf the ubiquitous use of pelting, in France, in Holland, in Sweden,...)???

A deep cultural trend?
Or the imitation of the emblematic, mass-media empowered paleo shebab-throwing-stones-at-a-zionist-tank?

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-02 15:38|| 2006-11-02 15:38|| Front Page Top

#7 . . . or a bunch of kids throwing rocks for the sheer exuberant fun of throwing stuff at moving vehicles?

Happens all the time around here; that's why freeway bridges in cities have high fences along the rails.

Posted by Mike 2006-11-02 15:50|| 2006-11-02 15:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Its a hustle-
Have little Uday stone the convoy, see if you can provoke an (appropriate) harsh reaction, kick into full victim mode, wait for US paymaster come by a week from now with some local cash to spread around to buy a little peace and love.
Don't say I like it, it just is what it is.

Posted by Capsu 78 2006-11-02 15:58|| 2006-11-02 15:58|| Front Page Top

#9 A bit OT, but what's up with arab youths, and stoning???

This may be the answer that you are looking for, anonymous.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-02 16:04|| 2006-11-02 16:04|| Front Page Top

#10 A bit OT, but what's up with arab youths, and stoning???

In iraq or gaza, I can understand, but from born & raised "westerners" (cf the ubiquitous use of pelting, in France, in Holland, in Sweden,...)???

Probably something in the Koran.

Besides, it makes them sound all harmless and shit to idiot reporters.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-11-02 16:52|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-02 16:52|| Front Page Top

#11 He wants to use deadly force against a kid throwing rocks?

Maybe you missed the footage of Iraqi kids kicking around the dismembered remains of an American soldier. Would you condone that? Do you suggest that we should not retaliate against such conduct? While it may be a foreign concept to you, children in the Middle East are indoctrinated from the time they can barely speak. Watch the "Obsession" video to see kindergarteners declaring how they want to be suicide bombers.

Oh, and get a clue, once a windshield is cracked, its structural integrity is thoroughly compromised. A sniper or an IED has a much better chance of killing the vehicle's occupants after the first round of damage is already done. These rock-throwing kids are exposing our military personnel to increased danger and I don't like it. This is nothing but low-grade warfare utilizing illegitimate targets, something the Middle Easterners are famous for. A couple of run over or dead kids would make their parents think twice about putting children in harms way..

The MME (Muslim Middle East) countries are quite simply crippled by this sort of hatred. These rock-throwing kids aren't doing it just for fun they know that their targets are military. I have little doubt that their parents encourage them. The sheer ingratitude of this is almost more galling than anything else. Some liberal super-soaker applications of mace would cut this shit out in a heartbeat.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 16:56|| 2006-11-02 16:56|| Front Page Top

#12 A bit OT, but what's up with arab youths, and stoning???

a5089, I seem to remember that they had to put tarmac or concrete over the streets of Paris because the residents were in the habit of tearing up the cobblestones and hurling them at those they disapproved of... like the French army during the first Revolution. And the second revolution, and...

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-02 17:02|| 2006-11-02 17:02|| Front Page Top

#13 A bit OT, but what's up with arab youths, and stoning???

It is realted to Sharia. Dhimmis have no right to raise a hand on a Muslim even in self defence. Muslim adults are not supposed to gratuitously harrass dhimmis but youngs are encouraged to it. A way to show both to the youngs and the dhimmis that even a five year old Muslim brat is superior to a dhimmi

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-02 17:16|| 2006-11-02 17:16|| Front Page Top

#14 It's not just the youths that are into stoning. Ask a rape victim (without five witnesses) in the Islamic world. They're just practicing for judicial careers.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-02 17:59|| 2006-11-02 17:59|| Front Page Top

#15 One thing P.J O'Rourke noticed that besides all the rock throwing practice the Arab youths have no aim and can barely hit vehicles. Good thing they play soccer and not baseball.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-02 18:00|| 2006-11-02 18:00|| Front Page Top

#16

Posted by Speng Thater 2006-11-02 18:12|| 2006-11-02 18:12|| Front Page Top

#17 They turn so..so..so ~~Euro~~ French so quickly these days :)

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-11-02 18:15|| 2006-11-02 18:15|| Front Page Top

#18 punish the town - the parents - the inciters. Cut of all water and power to the town for a month

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-02 18:43|| 2006-11-02 18:43|| Front Page Top

#19 So there

Nothing like mature, thoughtful debate to impress one's readers.

Posted by lotp 2006-11-02 18:47|| 2006-11-02 18:47|| Front Page Top

#20 Rubber bullets or paint ball.
If no changes, pit bull release.
That should keep the little darlings off the streets.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-02 18:50|| 2006-11-02 18:50|| Front Page Top

#21 Paintballs of 62 caliber with fluorescent pink dye and capsaicin first.
If that fails, 12 gauge shotguns with rocksalt.
If that fails, then rubber bullets {they can be fatal at times, so use them third in line}.
If that fails, live ammo.

Allows sufficient time for a learning curve, with demonstrable negative effects if negative behavior continues.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-02 18:58|| 2006-11-02 18:58|| Front Page Top

#22 How about big bags of rocks? The want a rock fight, give 'em a rock fight?

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-02 19:01|| 2006-11-02 19:01|| Front Page Top

#23 I believe the IDF some years back developed a device that would throw the rocks back. That would certainly fair, right.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-11-02 19:16|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-11-02 19:16|| Front Page Top

#24 Time to use that new microwave nonlethal (sigh) device.

Posted by Sid 6.7 2006-11-02 19:25|| 2006-11-02 19:25|| Front Page Top

#25 Heavy wire slingshot with a piece of rubber tube, a marble sized stone, and at about 200 to 300 feet per second, big red welts appear.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-02 19:26|| 2006-11-02 19:26|| Front Page Top

#26 Heavy wire slingshot with a piece of rubber tube, a marble sized stone, and at about 200 to 300 feet per second, big red welts appear.

You'd have to open the vehicle's canopy somewhere to let off a shot. No go.

Shieldwolf's program of escalating retaliation fills the bill. During the first round, track back all of the pinked-out kids to their homes and toss each location thoroughly for evidence of terrorist cooperation. Make the visits extremely uncomfortable and destructive. Monitor these familes afterwards as well.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 19:33|| 2006-11-02 19:33|| Front Page Top

#27

Posted by Speng Thater 2006-11-02 19:47|| 2006-11-02 19:47|| Front Page Top

#28 No mercy for the parents of the children who are used to advance terror.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-11-02 20:11|| 2006-11-02 20:11|| Front Page Top

#29 So there.

Did I mention that I hate idiots? Juvenile idiots? Juvenile idiots that post via German anonymisers?

You meet all three. You're redacted. Buh-bye.

Posted by Pappy 2006-11-02 20:36|| 2006-11-02 20:36|| Front Page Top

#30 Thank you Mr. Moderator for proving my point. Btw, you should look up the meaning of the word redact.

Posted by Speng Thater 2006-11-02 20:48|| 2006-11-02 20:48|| Front Page Top

#31 Keep on poking Pappy with that stick, Speng Thater, he's bound to warm up to you sometime real soon.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 20:51|| 2006-11-02 20:51|| Front Page Top

#32 No mercy for the parents of the children who are used to advance terror.

There you go. These kids are only doing what their parents want.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-11-02 22:46|| 2006-11-02 22:46|| Front Page Top

#33 isn't throwing rocks a crime? it should be! just round them up and make their parents pick them up

Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-11-02 23:00|| 2006-11-02 23:00|| Front Page Top

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