16 Mar 2006
Ominous Parallels

1966

Vietnam Choppers

U.S. and Vietnamese forces today launched the largest air assault operation since the intervention in Vietnam nearly three years ago, the U.S. military said. More than 250 aircraft are involved in Operation Birmingham, supporting more than 5000 Vietnamese and U.S. troops near Tay Ninh, about 75 miles north of Saigon. The aircraft also delivered troops from the South Vietnamese and U.S. Army to multiple objectives.

(summary) [from Cold War Files], and also from Googled sites

2006

Vietnam

U.S. and Iraqi forces today launched the largest air assault operation since the invasion of Iraq nearly three years ago, the U.S. military said. More than 50 aircraft are involved in Operation Swarmer, supporting more than 1,500 Iraqi and U.S. troops near Samarra, about 75 miles north of Baghdad. The aircraft also delivered troops from the Iraqi and U.S. Army to multiple objectives.

(link) [CNN.com]

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Oil shortage threatens military

I was quit amused by the characterization of the War in Iraq as a "War for Oil". It wasn't and isn't - yet. Someday, however, there will be wars (plural) for oil, and they won't just involve the US as "aggressor". Until and unless we get a grip on alternative energy supplies, they're inevitable.

A grim view of the nation's energy future, and its implications for the military, emerges in a just released report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(link) [U.S. News & World Report]

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Generate your very own silly walk

How silly can you get?

It's not often we come across something that combines two of our passions: The Web and Monty Python. But that's exactly what this...

(link) [CNET News.com]

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