A story in the papers this week suggests the Taliban and their supporters are pumping poisonous gas into educational facilities for girls.
Ho-hum. And on we go.
Here's what I'd do with that little tactic.
Make a list of Afghani towns, ranking them according to their acceptance of a Taliban presence.
When something like this happens, pull out the list, pick the town that is the "softest" on the Taliban and...I don't know...bomb their municipal offices, humiliate their leaders or drag out a few men and cut off their noses. Just do something disgusting and terrifying.
If another girls' school is attacked, move down the list to number 2 town. Drag out a few influential males and cut off their ears.
Repeat as required.
See how long it takes for the attacks to stop.
End of story.
Learn from Ghengis Khan and the Romans. Live long and prosper.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wait a sec!
Oh, those Faroe Islanders.
A couple of weeks ago, I was ranting along about the enviros picking on the poor, innocent, little Faroe Islanders and their understandable desire to keep up their traditional fishing lifestyle.
Well, seems those Faroe folk are not as innocent as they seem.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Fishermen-blockade-ship-in-mackerel.6480105.jp
In fact, they seem to be hell bent on sparking another fish war between Iceland and Britain. I don't know who is right in this argument, but I do know that the Faroe Islanders are at the root of it...again.
Maybe it's time to ask the fundamental question. Who are these guys, and what are they up to?
Which goes to show...things are not always what they seem. And you're not always right.
A couple of weeks ago, I was ranting along about the enviros picking on the poor, innocent, little Faroe Islanders and their understandable desire to keep up their traditional fishing lifestyle.
Well, seems those Faroe folk are not as innocent as they seem.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Fishermen-blockade-ship-in-mackerel.6480105.jp
In fact, they seem to be hell bent on sparking another fish war between Iceland and Britain. I don't know who is right in this argument, but I do know that the Faroe Islanders are at the root of it...again.
Maybe it's time to ask the fundamental question. Who are these guys, and what are they up to?
Which goes to show...things are not always what they seem. And you're not always right.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Tough guys; tough targets
Sea Shepherd and friends have bravely assaulted another fortress of environmental evil.
Moving courageously behind enemy lines, the plucky environmentalists have exposed the latest heinous crime of yet another declasse people living a disgustingly primative lifestyle. This time, it's the Faroe Islands, a collection of fewer than 50,000 descendants of the Vikings who cling tenaciously to their traditional fishing lifestyle. Their crime is the annual "slaughter" of pilot whales, apparently a food source for these backward rubes.
Let's listen in.
"The disembowelled bodies of brutally slaughtered whales line a dockside just 230 miles from Britain - as families with children wander among them, according to a report from The Sun."
Imagine that! Only 230 miles from the almost-centre of all that is good and holy in this ever-so-precious 21st century. Butchered bodies on the beach...and children wandering among them! What savages!
The environmental Cromwells must be warming up for another full-frontal attack on marginalized Newfoundland outposts.
Be warned, you evil widows and orphans. You filthy throw-backs who wrest your meagre living from God's seas and soils and gardens. The enviros are coming to unmask you!
Tragic. Simply tragic.
Moving courageously behind enemy lines, the plucky environmentalists have exposed the latest heinous crime of yet another declasse people living a disgustingly primative lifestyle. This time, it's the Faroe Islands, a collection of fewer than 50,000 descendants of the Vikings who cling tenaciously to their traditional fishing lifestyle. Their crime is the annual "slaughter" of pilot whales, apparently a food source for these backward rubes.
Let's listen in.
"The disembowelled bodies of brutally slaughtered whales line a dockside just 230 miles from Britain - as families with children wander among them, according to a report from The Sun."
Imagine that! Only 230 miles from the almost-centre of all that is good and holy in this ever-so-precious 21st century. Butchered bodies on the beach...and children wandering among them! What savages!
The environmental Cromwells must be warming up for another full-frontal attack on marginalized Newfoundland outposts.
Be warned, you evil widows and orphans. You filthy throw-backs who wrest your meagre living from God's seas and soils and gardens. The enviros are coming to unmask you!
Tragic. Simply tragic.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)