Chiefs fan since the ’90s. Raconteur, troublemaker and general loudmouth who makes adhering to Rule 9 a way of life. AG’s resident Fool on the Hill.
My mind can be changed, but only by proper application of facts and reason. (Hint: If you are internet-arguing, it won’t happen.)
I can be reached by adding (at)Yahoo.com to the end of my screen name. That includes if you want me to edit your fanpost, and I’ll treat it just like any other piece from the regular writers that “crosses my desk”.
That depends, since even going back as far as WWII leaves the politics of that area controversial. I have a strong suspicion that the history of hostilities in the Levant goes all the way back to the first time someone took hold of that route militarily, or at latest when someone else decided to take it away from them. That pushes it back to the beginning of the Bronze Age, minimum, and possibly into the neolithic.
Considered in terms of total blood shed* per its unit area, the Jezreel’s probably the most bloodsoaked piece of geology on the planet.
*That means the total historical amount of deaths from fighting for control of it, regardless of their proximity to the valley itself. Ramses vs the Hittites on the plain of Meggido was undoubtedly about controlling the Jezreel, at least in significant part.
General Sharon said that during his four years as southern area commander he had realized that it might be neccessary someday to make a canal crossing and had made preparations for one. Where the two side roads reach the canal he had in previous years constructed a “yard,” a vehicleparking area about 400 yards long by 150 yards wide, protected by high earthen banks.
As along most of the canal’s length, at this point a high earthen bank towers over the water. The bank is very thick and would require a great engineering effort to breach, but General Sharon said he had ordered one portion of the bank to be made relatively thin. This weak spot had been marked by red bricks.
Waiting on the Tasa‐to‐lake road was a brigade of paratroops in half‐track personnel carriers and carrying rubber rafts for the canal crossing. Behind them was the Third Armored Brigade, accompanied by a fleet of self‐propelled rafts and barges capable of ferrying tanks across the water.
The key to the battle, however, was not the relatively easy movement of the units moving to the western side of the canal but rather the staggeringly violent fight to protect the bridgehead corridor from Egyptian counterattacks on the eastern bank.
A visit to the now‐quiet battlefield on the eastern bank makes clear how bitter the combat was. In a short stretch of a few thousand yards stand 24 totally burned out Israeli Patton tanks—most of a battalion. Few of their crews could have survived. Less seriously damaged tanks have already been removed for repairs. About 100 Egyptian tanks litter the battle area.
Israeli journalist Abraham Rabinovich, in his account of the Yom Kippur War, writes that despite being involved in intense fighting for several days, the Egyptian and Israeli soldiers in the Ismailia sector who survived the battle were among the first to reconcile, even when the first ceasefire was broken in the south and fighting resumed. On the morning of October 23, an Israeli paratroop company under Captain Gideon Shamir was deploying near the Ismailia Canal, when Shamir saw Egyptian commandos, probably from the unit he had engaged the night before, encamped in an orchard less than 100 meters away. Wishing to ensure there would be no more killing in his sector, Shamir instructed his men to cover him and, taking a soldier who spoke Arabic, went to the commandos, shouting “Cease-fire, peace” so as not to surprise the Egyptians. The commandos held their fire as the two Israelis presented themselves, and soon summoned their company commander, who identified himself as Major Ali.[60] Both men agreed to avoid shooting, and to avoid getting anyone on either side hurt. Ali even surprised Shamir by predicting that Sadat wanted peace with Israel, not just a cease-fire. In coming days, soldiers from both sides would come out to the clearing between their positions and fraternized. When shooting erupted in nearby sectors, they would return to their respective positions. Initially, the Egyptians would fire if it was nighttime, but the Israelis held their fire, and soon the Egyptians stopped firing as well. Soon, the commandos and paratroopers would meet daily, drinking coffee, playing backgammon and soccer, getting to personally know each other, and occasionally holding a kumzits, with the Egyptians slaughtering a sheep and the Israelis presenting food parcels sent from home. The example set by the Egyptians and Israelis here was soon emulated in other sectors, and even Sharon came to see for himself the “local armistice” that had taken place.
his best version?
Russo-Japanese war
I believe your point has been made, sadly
The US defeated the Japanese
not because we were smarter
But because we were more determined and we had a technology advantage
we created more carriers than the Japanese and more warplanes than the Japanese and more pilots than the Japanese
we have more Carriers and battle groups and planes and flyers than the world combined now
That is what has prevented WWIII
Boer War
WWII
The end of the the Battleships
WWI and other than the English defeating the German Battleships in WWII
the Battleship era was over in 1904
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was a tactical victory but a strategic defeat
Zulu war
Prisoners of our own device
Chains of our own choosing with the the keys in hand
William Wallace was always free
to leave
He was not a simple man
I think Don Henley did a dis service to his music pulling it from Youtube
I can smell ……
With steved an BRaG engaging I put the over/under at 123 (minus mine if it comes to that)
a meeting engagement would probably push the Number 🙂
Inchon Reservoir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir
Is it a meeting engagement when one side does not know the other side has “declared” war?
That depends, since even going back as far as WWII leaves the politics of that area controversial. I have a strong suspicion that the history of hostilities in the Levant goes all the way back to the first time someone took hold of that route militarily, or at latest when someone else decided to take it away from them. That pushes it back to the beginning of the Bronze Age, minimum, and possibly into the neolithic.
Considered in terms of total blood shed* per its unit area, the Jezreel’s probably the most bloodsoaked piece of geology on the planet.
*That means the total historical amount of deaths from fighting for control of it, regardless of their proximity to the valley itself. Ramses vs the Hittites on the plain of Meggido was undoubtedly about controlling the Jezreel, at least in significant part.
I had not even formulated the thought yet
I have a sense that no one on the field of Armegeddon
deserves Heaven
I would think is would be a desicision rendered unto God
the mearest possibility
it took me a few minutes to respond
I lost 20K in bitcoin 🙂
Nostradamus re-born
Armegedon is presumed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo
is the presumed site
just biblical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo
we are all
no, not everyone …
Beatles are everywhere
1st one was “meh” but the dude can play
That’s the First one of these resto’s I’ve watched …Pretty Cool ! … ; )
interesting question
Does the Suez or the Panama canal create more wealth
I would assume the US wealth creation is greater with the Panama canal?
IF
the middle east was more agreeable
an oil pipeline would ease a lot of the need to move Oil through the Suez from Saudi to northern markets
Russia would not allow that
they have Europe over the Nat Gas Barrel
wassup dude. not into geopolitical this evening,
How’s your boy doing, well enough I hope
probably mad at me
didn’t feel like a doing a Memorial day family thing
Hell the fourth of July is like a month away
You having a good weekend?
Saw my bro, got grayer, his wife and an old friend ,like old times. We went thru the same shit for years, was nice
good
I am sorta slow
I miss my entire family from so many years of holidays
just being sorta pissy today
I am not used to 7 people, when I live with two dogs now
I did think about calling and spending the day with my dad
he would understand
but I got all scared or something he would say yes?
Anxiety is a real thing
let him say no, if he’s so inclined. Assuming you are making a genuine effort.
I did not call my dad
My son called me and he let me say no
I have tomorrow to visit my dad
ah, sorry misread. All I will say is don’t press the issue
Erie canal and Si. Lawrence Seaway were moneymakers too
General Sharon said that during his four years as southern area commander he had realized that it might be neccessary someday to make a canal crossing and had made preparations for one. Where the two side roads reach the canal he had in previous years constructed a “yard,” a vehicleparking area about 400 yards long by 150 yards wide, protected by high earthen banks.
As along most of the canal’s length, at this point a high earthen bank towers over the water.
The bank is very thick and would require a great engineering effort to breach, but General Sharon said he had ordered one portion of the bank to be made relatively thin. This weak spot had been marked by red bricks.
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/12/archives/israeli-general-tells-how-bridgehead-across-the-suez-canal-was.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=water+cannon+on+suez+canal&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS950US950&sxsrf=ALeKk00S-5eiYe9hv6p5yYqsbbwyIwBElQ:1622418421973&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSj9_Ny_LwAhUJKVkFHRrjBy0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1360&bih=625#imgrc=o0TW0kP1cCtHSM
Waiting on the Tasa‐to‐lake road was a brigade of paratroops in half‐track personnel carriers and carrying rubber rafts for the canal crossing. Behind them was the Third Armored Brigade, accompanied by a fleet of self‐propelled rafts and barges capable of ferrying tanks across the water.
The key to the battle, however, was not the relatively easy movement of the units moving to the western side of the canal but rather the staggeringly violent fight to protect the bridgehead corridor from Egyptian counterattacks on the eastern bank.
A visit to the now‐quiet battlefield on the eastern bank makes clear how bitter the combat was. In a short stretch of a few thousand yards stand 24 totally burned out Israeli Patton tanks—most of a battalion. Few of their crews could have survived. Less seriously damaged tanks have already been removed for repairs. About 100 Egyptian tanks litter the battle area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ismailia
Israeli journalist Abraham Rabinovich, in his account of the Yom Kippur War, writes that despite being involved in intense fighting for several days, the Egyptian and Israeli soldiers in the Ismailia sector who survived the battle were among the first to reconcile, even when the first ceasefire was broken in the south and fighting resumed. On the morning of October 23, an Israeli paratroop company under Captain Gideon Shamir was deploying near the Ismailia Canal, when Shamir saw Egyptian commandos, probably from the unit he had engaged the night before, encamped in an orchard less than 100 meters away. Wishing to ensure there would be no more killing in his sector, Shamir instructed his men to cover him and, taking a soldier who spoke Arabic, went to the commandos, shouting “Cease-fire, peace” so as not to surprise the Egyptians. The commandos held their fire as the two Israelis presented themselves, and soon summoned their company commander, who identified himself as Major Ali.[60]
Both men agreed to avoid shooting, and to avoid getting anyone on either side hurt. Ali even surprised Shamir by predicting that Sadat wanted peace with Israel, not just a cease-fire. In coming days, soldiers from both sides would come out to the clearing between their positions and fraternized. When shooting erupted in nearby sectors, they would return to their respective positions. Initially, the Egyptians would fire if it was nighttime, but the Israelis held their fire, and soon the Egyptians stopped firing as well. Soon, the commandos and paratroopers would meet daily, drinking coffee, playing backgammon and soccer, getting to personally know each other, and occasionally holding a kumzits, with the Egyptians slaughtering a sheep and the Israelis presenting food parcels sent from home. The example set by the Egyptians and Israelis here was soon emulated in other sectors, and even Sharon came to see for himself the “local armistice” that had taken place.
I suppose you could say that in a strange but real way, each unit held the other as prisoners of peace.
I agree
Egypt and Israel
and Sadat did sign a peace accord with Israel brokered by President Carter eventually that is still in place from that time
Some Boston
Was Boston not the encyclopedia idea for a Shooting Star? 5-6 years and done…
BOC tonight?
from the movie Behind Enemy Lines … Ryan Adams – Rescue Blues
Memorial Day Tribute 2021 | Memorial Day 2021All Gave SOME, Some Gave ALL
I’m Proud To Be An American Lyrics*SING ALONG* 🙂
Patrick Mahomes wants Chiefs to become first NFL team to go 20-0
I love it!
Damn
He will have to fight Andy at 16-0 🙂