DAMN IT! Afghan Soldier Murders US Marine and wounds another.

Sorry bastards.

How long are we going to play patty cake with these corrupt dogs?

Time to call in an airstrike on the entire GOD forsaken country and turn them and the land into glass.  I am so tired of our guys sacrificing and dying to help these primates.

Here's the story from Military.com...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier has killed one U.S. Marine and wounded another before being shot to death in return fire in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners blamed on government forces working with coalition troops.
Sunday's attack is among nearly 20 this year that have raised the level of mistrust between the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan partners as NATO gears up to hand over security to local forces ahead of a 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of combat troops.

Read the rest of it but its just bullshit.  Everything you need to know about this war is contained in the first paragraph.

Long story short.  Its time to go.

Oh and for the liberal readers that I have (and its nothing personal) but  if you think that I'm painting with a broad brush and that all Afghans aren't bad then I have this to say.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK.

Before you hit me with an ounce of equivalency take a few moments to think about this Marines Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Wife, Girlfriend, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Grandma, Grandpa and everyone else that calls him friend.

One Marine is worth that entire country to me.

And if you don't like it then pound sand.

Generational Dereliction of Duty. The latest example.

The vid is of the expose' done by 60 minutes on the F-22.

But my question is much larger in scope.  Are we living through the worst leadership in the history of our military?  Are we seeing generational dereliction of duty?

The evidence is stunning.

*General Shinseki relieved for telling the truth to US Senators...

*The revolt of the Generals.  Instead of speaking out while on active duty, they waited until retirement to bond together to speak out about the conduct of the war.

*General Pace in essence lying to the American public about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Things were worse than they reported.

*General Mullen doing the same.

*General Patreus embarking on a nation building program with conventional forces in Afghanistan...ignoring the fact that the Terrorist threat had been neutralized by then and we were involving ourselves in a civil war...the Northern Alliance (the current government) vs. the Taliban (the former govt).

*General Mattis ignoring the real and present threat of attacks by our SUPPOSED allies on coalition forces.

and now...

*Forcing pilots to fly an airplane that is causing pilots to black out and not having a solution in place.

I truly believe that many years ago military leadership would never have allowed any of the above to have occurred.  The only individual on this list that acted honorably is Army General Shinseki.  He is included because other General's didn't stand up and speak out against the administration.

Rumsfield succeeded in one thing.  He stated that he believed that the Military Leadership had become too powerful and he wanted to reassert civilian dominance.

He won and the American people lost.

Leadership is currently making many decisions that are politically popular and make a minority of the military smile with glee.  But just like in the 60 minutes video, a silent majority of military members are realizing that something is broken.

Its the civilian and military leadership.  Warfighting is no longer job one.

Social programing is.

Elements of Power goes Sub Zero on POGO...result? Flawless Victory!

Elements of Power goes Sub Zero and score a flawless victory on those hacks called POGO.

Excellent!

Check this part out and then go to his spot to read the rest....

From the obvious parallels, it immediately became apparent that we could also use Freeman’s POGO piece to illustrate clearly the kind of philosophical, conceptual, and technical dissonance that exists between the worlds of those who ‘do’ things in the real world and those who ‘second guess’ from the trench lines of ‘Reformerland’.

 Now don't get me wrong.

I'm still not completely sold on the LCS concept but the arguments that he uses to dismantle POGO can be used against them on any program they have in their sights....Whether its the F-35, the Sea Wolf sub, Stryker, ACV, MPC...just pick your poison.

11th MEU. Recon on Rappel.

F-22 Raptor (#4195)

2nd Cav getting field time.

Note:  I'm really starting to dig that Mobile Gun System.  But what's got my head spinning is that we haven't seen even a prototype of the Marine Personnel Carrier version of this vehicle.  My bet is that they're putting all there eggs into winning the M-113 Replacement Program for the US Army.  Compared to that program the MPC is small fry stuff.  But back to the MGS.  I'd love to see that on a Lockheed/Patria Havoc or a BAE/Iveco Super AV.

Short Belfast.

General characteristics

Crew	Basic aircrew 5 (two pilots, engineer, navigator and loadmaster)
Length	41.70 m (136 ft 5 in)
Wingspan	48.1 m (158 ft 10 in)
Height	14.33 m (47 ft)
Empty weight	59,020 kg (130,000 lb)
Max takeoff weight	104,300 kg (230,000 lb)
Powerplant	4× Rolls-Royce Tyne R.Ty.12, Mk. 101 turboprops, 4,270 kW (5,730 ehp) each
Maximum Speed	566 km/h (306 knots, 352 mph)
Range	8,368 km (5,200 miles) with capacity fuel load of 80,720 lb
Service ceiling	9,100 m (30,000 ft)

Length

41.70 m (136 ft 5 in)

Wingspan

48.1 m (158 ft 10 in)

Height

14.33 m (47 ft)

Empty weight

59,020 kg (130,000 lb)

Max takeoff weight

104,300 kg (230,000 lb)

Powerplant

4× Rolls-Royce Tyne R.Ty.12, Mk. 101 turboprops, 4,270 kW (5,730 ehp) each

Maximum Speed

566 km/h (306 knots, 352 mph)

Range

8,368 km (5,200 miles) with capacity fuel load of 80,720 lb

Service ceiling

9,100 m (30,000 ft)

Hmm.


A nice blast from the past.


Too bad the British have allowed their avaition industry to die in pursuit of joint programs.  The French have fought to maintain there manufacturer as have the Swedes.  The Brits should have done likewise.

MP7 with Larry Vickers.

A couple of things.  Endo-Mike at Everydaynodaysoff gets my hat tip for finding this vid....check him out for fun gun stuff...next Larry is back in the gym...I'm happy to see that.  He looks good after dropping pounds, I hope he keeps it up.  Next is HK.  Great gun makers, lousy marketers.

Last.  Why is Aimpoint beating EOTech when it comes to small optics?  The EOTech is easier to gain a sight picture with, has better battery life and has a strangle hold on the military optics market.

I keep coming back to style over substance...and thats a shame.  The EOTech is the better piece of gear but I guess the CHE is showing its power (Costa-Haley Effect)....If Costa and Haley run it on their guns then the whole gun community turns into a bunch of giggling school girls and follows the popular kids.