Wednesday, January 21, 2009   Israeli claim: Iran elite forces killed in Gaza War TEL AVIV — Israel's military killed several Iranian military advisers deployed in the Gaza Strip, sources said. The Israeli sources said the military killed an unspecified number of advisers from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during the 22-day war with Hamas, which ended on Jan. 18. They said the IRGC officers helped the Hamas regime and Islamic Jihad fire BM-21 Grad rockets from urban areas. "We believe there were dozens of IRGC personnel in the Gaza Strip during the war," an Israeli source said. "Some were killed; others went into hiding, and others escaped." The sources said IRGC sent officers to the Gaza Strip to help Hamas improve the range and accuracy of missiles and rockets. IRGC was also authorized to help establish facilities to produce the Grad and other extended-range Katyusha-class rockets in the Gaza Strip. Well now that he's in the Oval office what will the Obama response to Iran be? Another abolishment of the war on terror and the embracing of the enemy? Time will tell and it will not be long in coming.

A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country Goodbye America Now, lets move on to that much vaunted Inaugural Ball My Inaugural Address The Scorpion and the Frog   One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river. The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back. Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream. "Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?" "Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly. "Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!" Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!" "This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!" "Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog. "Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!" So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current. Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs. "You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?" The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back. "I could not help myself. It is my nature." Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river. Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...

Last update - 06:47 06/01/2009 Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Golani brigade were killed and about 20 others wounded, one critically, after an errant IDF tank shell hit a building in which they were operating. The fire incident is the most grave so far for IDF troops in 10 days of Operation Cast Lead. Mor e:... . Friendly fire!!! Damn that's a rough blow, it could have been worse, while cleaning out that nest of scorpions. God speed Israel.

Almost 40 years ago, back at the base compound there was a general use urinal between dispatch and the motor pool repair tent, a simple affair really, just a jettisoned 120mm rocket pod from the helo squadron across the road, buried in a hole filled with gravel, no shelter, no privacy screens, just you and nature. Gawd that thing smelled bad, yellowed crystaline stalagmites had formed on it and flies even stayed away from it, but it was handy, everyone but the officers used it. Being special, they were shy I suppose, or maybe just 'different', at any rate they had their own pod. Drivers coming in off the road and those going out all used it. It was also handy for we early risers who had to rouse the others, usually after trudging back from the unified 24 hr. mess after breakfast we'd normally stop and utilize it in the cool predawn, when it was least ripe, just before reveille. One of those early birds was a certain SSGT who had slipped the bonds of the base camp for a nocturnal visit outside the wire somewhere. At first it started with a low pitiful whine and by the next morning you'd have thought it was the battalion air raid siren announcing incoming, naw it was only sarge vocalizing how difficult it was to piss. On fire. off he goes to the battalion clinic for some medicinal injections to clear up the problem, NSU eh!!!. By nightfall he was passing much quieter at Defcon 4 but the following morning he was back at Defcon 1 and both heads were loudly protesting. Back to the clinic it was, this went on back and forth for well over a week, you can't keep a secret like that with 180 men hearing his wakeup calls. Hell old sarge couldn't even go out on the road, the old man was about to neuter him and he was a real pain in the ass for everyone around him. Finally it went a bit drastic, seems old sarge was reinfecting hisself, being uncut, that flap was spreading the stuff back faster than the medic could load the syringes. The medical solution was to remove the source of re-infection, desperate, he went into surgery and started to heal. His infection was gone but there was no relief at the rocket pod though, as the urine burned the unkindest of cuts, since he went with out undies and the heat, sweat and rubbing all added to the misery. I'll bet he'll never forget those tight fitting jeans. Sorry Sarge, that's what popped into mind when I heard this tune. Shoulda stayed around that urinal sarge, you know how deadly those dirty toilet seats are!!!

Israeli warplanes rained more than 100 tons of bombs on security installations in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 230 people in one of the bloodiest days in decades of the mideast conflict. `snip! Why you would think that this was an unprovoked attack, the way the media is protraying it. Hey Condoleza Rice, you are bumping you gums just like Comrade Sarkosi. Have either of you UN Fuckwits ever endured a 122MM Rocket attack? I didn't think so, you were home pampering your respective protected asses while someone else was out in harm's way for you. Let me describe in detail just what the fuck it's like. You get no warning, just the sudden swizzing sound of the pressure waves ahead of the missile as it chuffs overhead, those are the over shoots, then there is the explosion as they fall, Laspe!!! Laspe!!! Laspe!!!, it sure isn't like in the movies. Their expanding fireball is white hot going from white to red as the splinters of steel cool while being hurtled through the air. Depending on your proximity you see the fireballl before the shockwave hits. If you are too close you get to see the fireball and hear it too, briefly!!! White hot shards of steel slicing through men, women and children, livestock, pets, vehicles and the surrounding buildings, destroying anything in it's path. As that fin guided 122MM Rocket's 45lbs of high explosive detonate just above ground level the blast concussion picks you up like a rag doll in a terriers teeth, shakes you violently, you are tossed back down, the pressure wave takes your breath away like some giant squeezing your chest!!! You are part of the shock wave, your hearing is gone, you can't believe your are still alive and concious. If you are lucky you only have blood running from your nose and ears, your eyes are bloodshot. Fear doesn't begin to describe the feeling of the experience. Is the next one going to be your last? Your adrenalin level is so high that you are having an out of body experience, you can't move fast enough or find enough cover. The headache afterward is phenominal as you come off that adrenalin high, you then count your blessings. That is what each and every Israeli citizen experiences every time Hamas launches mortars and rockets into their homes. "The Israeli government said the open-ended campaign was aimed at stopping rocket and mortar attacks that have traumatized southern Israel. More than 400 people were also wounded. People!!! As if they were fucking innocent, Bullshit!!! Most of the casualties were security forces, but Palestinian officials said at least 15 civilians were among the dead." Looks to me like the Israeli's made a surgical strike to only take 15 "Civies". The unprecedented assault sparked protests and condemnations throughout the Arab world, and many of Israel's Western allies urged restraint, though the U.S. blamed Hamas for the fighting. You bet your sweet ass it was Hamas and their constant firing of rockets into Israeli homes that brought on this so called "unprecedented assault" Where is the Arab world's condemnation of the indiscriminate slaughter of children and their parents at the hands of these Hamas butchers? The Israeli's have shown remarkable restraint in dealing with these monsters, now, because they retaliate to protect their people the world stands by condemning them. If you have never been fired upon you wouldn't know, if you have been in the line of fire you understand the frustration and the terror. There wasn't much you could do under attack except "pucker up and wait" as it's been said "you were in the hands of God." Another thing, if you think you are safe inside a bunker, think again, because you haven't seen what one 122mm Katyusha does to a bunker and it's contents. That is exactly what they are - "Terror Weapons". The 122mm rockets were 9K132 Grad-P, a single-tube version from the 40-tube BM-21 Grad , Russian Katyusha rockets. What's that you say? They are not Russian Rockets,. That they're using their own home made Kassam rockets, well you would only be partially right. Russian Rockets Are Bombarding Israel: "March 30, 2006: After Palestinian terrorists fired rockets from Gaza into southern Israel recently, the Israelis found missile fragments belonging to a Russian designed BM-21 rocket." For the last four years, Palestinians had been using home made Kassam rockets. This was the first time a factory made rocket had been fired into Israel by the Palestinians. Hamas designed the first Kassam in late 2001. This version, the Kassam I, was a 60mm weapon, about 31 inches long, weighed twelve pounds and carried a one pound explosive charge. It's range was about three kilometers, and it was unguided. You aimed it and hoped for the best. Hamas began firing these at Jewish settlements in Gaza, and into southern Israel as well, in early 2002. By 2003, larger versions were built. This was the Kassam II, which weighed 70 pounds, was 150mm in diameter and six feet long. It had a range of eight kilometers, and a 11-15 pound warhead. It wasn't until June, 2004, that one of these Kassam rockets actually killed an Israeli. By then, about 200 Kassams had been fired into southern Israel. Later came the Kassam III, which is 6.7 feet long, 170mm in diameter, has a range of about ten kilometers, and a warhead of 22-44 pounds. This one weighs about 200 pounds. By the end of 2005, over 400 Kassams had been fired at Israeli targets. About a third of them were the short range Kassam I's, fired at Israeli settlements in Gaza. The rest were larger Kassams fired into southern Israel. So far, the Kassams have killed six people ( two Israeli Arabs and four Israeli Jews). Several hundred Palestinian terrorists have died from the Israeli attacks on the Kassam workshops and launching sites. The discovery of BM-21 components indicates that the Palestinians can now buy, or build, more accurate, and longer ranged, rockets. The 150 pound, 122mm Russian designed BM-21 rocket is nine feet long and has a range of 20 kilometers and a 45 pound warhead. Developed in the late 1930s, the 122mm rocket is normally fired in large numbers from many launchers at spread-out targets.That's because the rockets are unguided. Aim lots of them at a target and you'll hit something. Aim a few of them at something, and you usually won't, But the rockets are made by many countries, are relatively easy to get, and favored by terrorists for attacks that terrorize, rather than actually do any damage. Well that's a matter of conjecture that " rather than actually do any damage." If you believe that shit you haven't been pounded by them. An Egyptian company manufactures the BM-21, including a longer range version of the 122mm rocket. This one has a range of 45 kilometers. The additional range is achieved by reducing the size of the warhead. Another terrorist favorite is the is the 42 pound, 107mm, 33 inch long, Russian BM-12. This rocket has a range of about six kilometers and three pounds of explosives in its warhead. Normally fired, from a launcher, in salvoes of dozens at a time, when used individually, they can only be aimed at a large target, like a large village, or small town, with any expectation of hitting anything. That folks is a weapon of terror and death. Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian terrorist group that is firing the rockets, says the BM-21s are Russian made, and of the 30 kilometer range variety. Although Israel still controls the main cargo crossings from Egypt into Gaza, the Palestinians and Egyptians are now in charge of dealing with smuggling operations. Before the Israelis pulled out of Gaza last Summer, it was a constant struggle to keep missile components out. Now, higher quality parts are getting in, and the terrorists are building more accurate missiles. While Israeli radars, aircraft and artillery still operate against the launching sites in northern Gaza, the missiles are still launched. Not as many as in the past, when, in 2004, as many as sixty a month were fired. But with more accurate missiles, Israeli civilians are more likely to get killed. This is primarily because larger Israeli towns, like Ashkelon, are now within range. Ashkelon's southern suburbs contain several industrial facilities, which make excellent targets for the rockets. Since 14 May 1948 when Israel declard independence the Palestinian Arabs have held Nakba Day on 15 May every year and have constantly been at war. Put your self in the Israeli position, your are in your own home when a rocket crashes in, destroying your peace and tranquility at a minimum, taking your life or that of your loved ones or neighbors at the worst. With the Palestinians terrorizing at all times. Would you retaliate? Probably not, but you would howl to the top of your lungs for someone else to intercede. Then when that young soldier has to take a life you can condemn him too!!! There was a time I would have disagreed with General Curtis LeMay but since WWII the pusillanimous UN and it's followers allow for continual atrocities with UN blessings and funding. "I'll tell you what war is all about, you've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting." ` Gen. Curtis LeMay The Nazi's killed 11 million the Communists over 100 million. Yet we tolerate and facilitate the bloody Palestinian's and their ilk around the world. The Israeli's are doing the necessary dirty work that the rest of the world doesn't have the stomach for, let them do it there or they'll be in our backyards next. Do I have any empathy for the Palestinian? Zero, none!!! No, nada, not a fucking bit!!!