Afghanistan---maybe ancient weapons training isn't that obsolete.....

[Ky-Fi]

“US special forces troops have ridden alongside Northern Alliance cavalry and joined in saber charges against Taliban positions.”, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wofowitz. “….our special forces have taken a page from the past, from the history of the horse cavalry, with our soldiers armed with swords and rifles, maneuvering on horseback”….Wolfowitz told an audience Wednesday night.

[Felipe Bido]

Sword forms come in handy sometimes :cool:

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No more D, buddy...No more D!- Tenacious D

[Budokan]

I really find this doubtful.

K. Mark Hoover

[rogue]

Doubtful. I'd be very surprised if that really happened.

A B-52 is also an ancient but effective weapon.

[I]Signed,
Rogue, Soke and Senior Grandmaster of Southeast American Brazillian Bagua Combat Chi jitsu Kempo Karate Do and Choral Society.

The only tactical principle which is not subject to change; it is, “To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

Now I want you to remember that no ******* ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb ******* die for his countr

[JWTAYLOR]

Rumsvfeld held up some photos of it actually happening on Fox News. Go to www.foxnews.com (http://www.foxnews.com) and you can see some of the photos. There is a calvary charge, but the US troops are not weilding swords.

JWT

If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

[cwheelie]

Is someone go up against Osama with a Kwan Dao :eek:

de ja fu - The feeling that somewhere, somehow you've been kicked in the head like this before.

[rogue]

I was wrong.

I wonder how a group like the Nothern Alliance after years of not getting anywhere suddenly turn into an effective fighting force.

Prediction, SEALs become passe and the Green Hats become the cool SO group again.

[I]Signed,
Rogue, Soke and Senior Grandmaster of Southeast American Brazillian Bagua Combat Chi jitsu Kempo Karate Do and Choral Society.

The only tactical principle which is not subject to change; it is, “To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

Now I want you to remember that no ******* ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb ******* die for his countr

[Royal Dragon]

I don't know about you guys, but "I" could not make out any US soldiers on horses.

"If" it actually "IS" true, I for one would be either dissappointed, or laughing that such a joke was acyualy effective against the Talaban. Hell, "If" it is true, then we should just send some Bikers over there, and give them free run of the country!! (Air dropping a bunch of guys and thier Harleys?)

Seriously, "IF" we actually "DID" put our men on "Horses?", then the Talaban are a joke, and were're just playing with 'em now!!!

Personaly, I think we've seen the best they have already. All they can do is muster a couple of Hi Jackings and Mail a little Anthrax once and a wile........from a war standpoint, an inconvenience at best. Besides, now our troops have a new "play ground" to go play with thier toys at.

Osama must be ****tting in his (Whatever those goofy things are they wear). He's single handedly responsible for getting his regime exterminated. Personally, I hope we don't catch him untill the end, so he can watch his precious "Network" and lifes work crumble before his eyes, due to his own actions!!! Then, I say we just throw him in jail, and let our inmates tourture him to near death, save him, heal him and then throw him back and let it all start again untill he just dies of depression and torment.

Royal Dragon

Those that are sucessful are also the biggest failures. the difference between them and the rest of the failures is this, they keep getting up over and over again, until they succeed. "The more they try, the more they fail, BUT, the more they try & fail, the more opertunity they have to succeed, and succeed they do!!"

Check out the Royal Dragon Web site

http://www.Royaldragon.4dw.com

[atsai]

Hey, at least they didn't put our guys on donkeys.

The $27 milliion for bin laden dead or alive should look very enticing to a lot of people now...

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[atsai]

I was wrong...

http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Nov2001/011112-D-0000X-002.jpg
also this: http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Nov2001/011112-D-0000X-001.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Nov2001/011112-D-0000X-002.jpg

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[rogue]

That's what happens when you forget to put a parachute on the hummvee.

Signed,
Rogue, Soke and Senior Grandmaster of Southeast American Brazillian Bagua Combat Chi jitsu Kempo Karate Do and Choral Society.

The only tactical principle which is not subject to change; it is, “To use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."