Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Circumcised?

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From the article by Omer Farooq and the Times of India that aspect of circumcision and the military dimension thereof a subject for discussion.

"Circumcision no longer acid test to identify Indian spies"

"ISLAMABAD: In the past, jubilant Pakistani authorities have announced that foreign (read Indian) agents were involved in explosions and attacks in the restive Swat region based on examination of the corpses of the killed attackers."

Forensics as carried out on the dead bodies of suspected terrorists now standard-procedure throughout the world.

Within the context of the on-going low-intensity conflict as exists between Pakistan and India, a vital aspect of the forensic process the body examined for circumcision. The suspected terrorist if circumcised reasonably thought to be a MUSLIM. If not circumcised the terrorist reasonably thought to be a HINDU!

This criteria and "standard model" NO longer seen as valid!! You have to read the entire article!


Came across this image quite by accident: "Hindus were also targeted by the Pakistani forces and as such soldiers would routinely check whether men were circumcised to determine whether they were Muslim or not. At checkpoints where soldiers would force the men to prove whether they were circumcised, soldiers would then rape the men too." Here a Pakistani soldier making the East Pakistan national [called Bangladesh now] pull open his sarong to examine for the circumcision. That person if circumcised a Muslim and OK. If not circumcised a Hindu and not OK.

The Mumbai terrorists of 2008 too their bodies examined for signs of circumcision. Again, Hindu do not circumcise. Evidence of circumcision points to the Muslim attacker. This sort of stuff works both ways.

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S-602.

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Here with some further info regarding an event as has previously reported in a prior blog entry.

Thanks to the National Defense Interest.

"In 2015, a 30 Year Old French Nuclear Submarine 'Sank' a U.S. Aircraft Carrier"

"In March 2015, one of the largest nuclear-powered warships [USS Theodore Roosevelt] in the world was 'sunk' by one of the smallest [French submarine Saphir]."

"The Saphir, a French nuclear attack submarine, reportedly penetrated the defenses of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and scored simulated torpedo hits on her. The incident, originally reported by the French Navy, was later suppressed."

Read all the details as best are understood !

Within context and has been the topic of serious blog entries: [notionally sunk American ships during war games]

* The Swedes have also done it.

* The Japanese have also done it.

WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE MAYBE HAS ALSO SUNK AN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER DURING WAR GAMES!

Each and every American aircraft carrier having their own organic anti-submarine warfare warplane can ameliorate this problem? S-3 Viking to the rescue?

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Józef Bem

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Add the name of this man to the list of those senior combat commanders in the habit of leading from the front, wounded repeatedly and yet returning to the fray, their zeal during battle not diminished one bit!!

Józef Bem!

Thanks to the Internet web site War is Boring in all cases.

"The Polish War Hero Who Quelled an Aleppo Uprising"

"Józef Bem fought for Polish and Hungarian independence before converting to Islam and joining the Ottoman Empire"

While in combat command of Ottoman troops Bem demonstrating his mettle:

“General Bem had been wounded in seven or eight places and was under the care of special surgeons and doctors … Because his wounds had still not healed, he was cautioned to add yet another wound would cause a loss of blood which could cause him to lose his life, and he was advised to delay his circumcision until his wounds completely healed. Because he was adamant, having no other choice, the army surgeon was summoned and he was circumcised.”


Nice shot of Aleppo as it used to be. This particular image not dated. The citadel in the far background today an intense focus of battle between those combatants loyal to the despot Assad and those rebels opposed to Bashar and his minions. Control of the citadel seen as a vital symbol as to who exactly controls Aleppo. Click on image for a larger view. As it has been in ancient times so it is still now!! This image also courtesy of War is Boring.

Bem wounded "in seven or eight places" during one [?] engagement and while in hospital [and against the advice of the doctors at the scene] having himself circumcised as part of his conversion process.

Bem brave to the point of foolishness? Reckless and care-free with his life? You the devoted reader to the blog decide for yourself.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Caillaux.

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Here with a new one on me. NEVER heard of before. Perhaps devoted readers to the blog have not either.

Thanks to the Lew Rockwell Internet web site and the article by Bionic Mosquito

"Prelude to the Great War: France"

"It is well known, the bullet that killed crown prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria.  There is a second, equally important bullet that drove – or in this case, kept clear – Europe’s drive toward suicidal war."

"The bullet was fired by Henriette Caillaux, killing Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro.  She [Henriette] believed he [Calmette] was about to expose secrets about her marriage.  Apparently her [Henriette] husband was a man about town…and these secrets might have been equally embarrassing to her."

"man about town - - noun 1. a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier."

"Except for the bark of her Browning, Henriette’s husband Joseph Caillaux would have been France’s premier in July 1914."

"Caillaux was known for easing tensions in Europe, and certainly with Germany.  He was known for not favoring France’s military alliance with Russia.  He was not from Alsace-Lorraine, and therefore did not feel the same pull toward restoring these lands, lost to Germany some forty years earlier."

THE INFERENCE IS QUITE CLEAR. CAILLAUX AS FRENCH PREMIER ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DURING A CRISIS AND THE GREAT WAR AVERTED. AS SIMPLE AS THAT. IF NOT FOR MADAME CAILLAUX.

It all sounds so easy. We however know  the rest of the story!!

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Monday, January 2, 2017

S-3 Viking.

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As taken out of the inventory in 2009 that decision with hindsight now regretted? S-3 Viking.

"Chief of Naval Operations Richardson: US Navy is Focusing on Enemy Submarine Threat"

American aircraft carriers at this exact moment in time LACKING an organic long-range anti-submarine-warfare [ASW] warplane!

"U.S. Navy: Time to Bring Back the S-3 Viking?"

"The retired aircraft [S-3 Viking] could help fill a significant capability gap for carrier strike groups."


A Viking as taking off from an American aircraft carrier. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Philip A. McDaniel.

"The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-seat, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft that was used by the U.S. Navy to identify and track enemy submarines. In the late 1990s, the S-3B's mission focus shifted to surface warfare and aerial refueling. The Viking also provided electronic warfare and surface surveillance capabilities to the carrier battle group. A carrier-based, subsonic, all-weather, multi-mission aircraft with long range; it carried automated weapon systems, and was capable of extended missions with in-flight refueling."

S-3 Viking needed NOW for both air-air refueling missions and also anti-submarine-warfare [ASW]. American aircraft carriers and attendant warships flying helicopters with dipping sonar what it is called BUT not possessing that ORGANIC long-range ASW capability? A carrier and attendant warships dependent on P-3 Orion and P-8 Poseidon for that mission?

Viking also capable of carrying atomic munitions if necessary. Has that "extended range" NOT normally found in carrier aircraft. Deep-strike more expeditiously against enemy targets far inland a possibility with Viking.

VIKING NEEDED? AND NOW?

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David Fagen.

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“Fagen was a traitor, and died a traitor’s death, but he was a man, no doubt, prompted by motives to help a weaker side, and one to which he felt allied by ties that bind . . . He saw, it may be, the weak and the strong; he chose, and the world knows the rest.”

Here again with the type of blog entry that some might find troublesome. I can get in difficulty in some quarters for merely publishing this post?

Thanks to a variety of Internet web sites to include Socialist Action.

BEFORE THERE WAS SALT AND PEPPER THERE WAS DAVID FAGEN!!

Salt and Pepper perhaps the figment of a fevered imagination? David Fagen undeniably not so!!

David Fagen! American black troop with the 24th Regiment during the Philippine Insurrection deserting and rallying to the cause of the adversary, becoming a combat commander quite skilled. Treacherous and traitorous action causing considerable dismay among senior American military commanders.

See various Internet web sites the topic of which is David Fagen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fagen

http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/fagen-david-1875

http://www.academia.edu/242727/A_HOMAGE_TO_DAVID_FAGEN_AFRICAN-AMERICAN_SOLDIER_IN_THE_PHILIPPINE_REVOLUTION

http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/black-american-anti-imperialist-fighters-philippine-american-war

Regarding desertions and defections from U.S. Army units fighting in the Philippines during that period:

“The desertions from the Negro regiments were large-much larger, I believe, than from the white organizations; and these desertions were invariably of a different character. The white man deserted because he was lazy and idle and found service life irksome. Sometimes he joined the insurgents; but he did so, evidently, because that was the only way in which he could obtain his dream of becoming a wild man in the woods. But the Negroes deserted in scores and for the purpose of joining the insurgents, and many of them, like the celebrated Fagan, became leaders and fought the white troops or their former comrades with zest and ability.” - - Stephen Bonsal.

Plus this bit of war poetry as written by the sister-in-law of General Funston, the subject of which was David Fagen and written in a mocking [?] tone:

"By Jimmy Christmas Fred
What’s this I see?
Poor old Fagen
Hanged to a tree?
How did it happen
This is queer
Tell us about it
We’re dying to hear"

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AS-12.

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Some details regarding the Losharik Russian submersible as will be slung and nested underneath that Russian BS-64.

Losharik! "NATO reporting name for this submarine is NORSUB-5"

Carried to the scene of the action by the much larger mother-ship [BS-64] and then deployed. Capable of operations at great depth. Titanium-hulled and nuclear powered.


NOT a combat vessel. As is generally assumed Losharik: "a combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater intelligence-gathering." Lights, claws, divers, remotely operated underwater vehicles, etc. Click on image to see an enlarged view.

"Losharik . . . is the nickname of a Russian submarine . . . The real name is AS-12 (Russian: АС-12, where 'АС' stands for 'Атомная Станция' . . . ('nuclear deep water station') of Project 10831. It is powered by a nuclear reactor and is believed to be able to operate at a depth of many 1000's metres due to the unique spherical construction elements. The exact operational depth is unknown but it is known that this submarine operated at about 2000–2500 m depth in the Arctic in 2012."

I am impressed!!

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