Comments on: Special Operations and the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/07/10/special-operations-and-the-hunt-for-osama-bin-laden/ News & Commentary on Warfare, Policy and Counterterrorism Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:18:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jbrookins http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/07/10/special-operations-and-the-hunt-for-osama-bin-laden/#comment-26149 jbrookins Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:54:15 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/?p=1191#comment-26149 Just a note. Special Operations and Counterinsurgency are not the same. Special Forces maybe. Just a note. Special Operations and Counterinsurgency are not the same. Special Forces maybe.

]]> By: Warbucks http://www.captainsjournal.com/2008/07/10/special-operations-and-the-hunt-for-osama-bin-laden/#comment-26124 Warbucks Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:13:49 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/?p=1191#comment-26124 Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw in the 1973 movie, The Sting: DoD plays Paul Newman, Pakistan plays Robert Redford, and of course OBL plays bad guy Robert Shaw’s roles. The great theme music plays in the background. We are just about to the part where the bad guy, Robert Shaw’s character, Doyle Lonnegan, our OBL character, says to our young hero, (the western alliance leaning remnants of modernization in Pakistan cobbled together by President of Pakistan, Perez Musharraf) “Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly, how does he do it?" ... the “boss” of course is DoD, our far seeing, orchestrator, main character, Paul Newman, embodies the wisdom of the ages in warfare. The famous response: “He cheats” …. Followed by more music, end of scene. Note to DoD: Let’s play the final scene guys. The country needs closure. Warbucks Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw in the 1973 movie, The Sting: DoD plays Paul Newman, Pakistan plays Robert Redford, and of course OBL plays bad guy Robert Shaw’s roles.

The great theme music plays in the background. We are just about to the part where the bad guy, Robert Shaw’s character, Doyle Lonnegan, our OBL character, says to our young hero, (the western alliance leaning remnants of modernization in Pakistan cobbled together by President of Pakistan, Perez Musharraf) “Your boss is quite a card player, Mr. Kelly, how does he do it?” … the “boss” of course is DoD, our far seeing, orchestrator, main character, Paul Newman, embodies the wisdom of the ages in warfare.

The famous response: “He cheats” …. Followed by more music, end of scene.

Note to DoD:

Let’s play the final scene guys. The country needs closure.

Warbucks

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