"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Taliban Terrified of Semi-Nude Lithuanians
Exurban League has the link to a great piece by Michael Yon which includes a fascinating look at the exploits of Lithuanian Special Forces in Afghanistan.
I thought the headline said that the Taliban were terrified of semi-nude Lutherans.
They visit the beaches here from up north and while I don't find them all that terrifying, I am going to vote against allowing any nude beaches in my area.
It's often forgotten but at the same time as the crusaders were busy around Jerusalem and parts, another crusade of equal theological merit was being waged against the ancestors of the Lithuanians and involved even harder fighting. The recent pacifist instincts in that part of the world have largely erased our memories that these were serious warriors once upon a time and in the case of Lithuanians still are.
War is partly brinksmanship, but it is many other things as well. Convincing your enemy, or at least giving them reason to believe, that you are as mad or more so than they are, is helpful.
I thought the headline said that the Taliban were terrified of semi-nude Lutherans.
ReplyDeleteThey visit the beaches here from up north and while I don't find them all that terrifying, I am going to vote against allowing any nude beaches in my area.
It's often forgotten but at the same time as the crusaders were busy around Jerusalem and parts, another crusade of equal theological merit was being waged against the ancestors of the Lithuanians and involved even harder fighting. The recent pacifist instincts in that part of the world have largely erased our memories that these were serious warriors once upon a time and in the case of Lithuanians still are.
ReplyDeleteWar is partly brinksmanship, but it is many other things as well. Convincing your enemy, or at least giving them reason to believe, that you are as mad or more so than they are, is helpful.
ReplyDeleteCAC: Quite so. The Lithuanians, as I recollect, were targeted by the Teutonic Knights.
ReplyDeleteSwampWoman: Lutherans, HAW!