I have been lost in thought since the 9 paratroopers from the famed, 82nd Airborne Division lost their lives in a suicide bombing attack. It was a very sad day for the 82nd and a sad day for military everywhere.
During the times the world was practicing Napoleonic warfare, basically two armies standing face to face shooting the hell out of one another, then advancing with fixed bayonets and engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat, war was considered honorable and the field of battle even sacred, but to the men who fought, it was insane warfare and suicidal.
WWI brought about trench warfare, now there was war in is purest form of stupidity. Biological warfare, mass suicide attacks, the thought of it is enough to make someone want to stay in the trench, a little bit of cover is better than nothing.
WWII brought about new and improved ways to battle, naval guns peppering the landing zone till nothing stands, waves of transports hitting the beach and military hitting the beach running straight into machine gun emplacements and rocket attacks.
Viet Nam consisted of a number of well known military engagements, meeting an oncoming enemy in much like our brothers in WWII. It also had new forms of warfare, counterinsurgency and search and destroy, a total war of attrition.
Iraq and Afghanistan is an entirely new form of warfare, fighting an unseen enemy laying in wait with IED's or explosives strapped to their chest running into crowded areas and blowing themselves and the crowd into nothingness.
Someone once said that war is hell, they were so right too. I have seen the elephant and as many of my brothers can say it is stupidity in its purest form, no matter how it is fought, it still must have boots on the ground placing their lives on the line and some paying the ultimate price.
I am saddened over the latest loss of brave souls and sad that the future in these areas do not seem bright, in fact they look pretty dull and foreboding.
My thoughts and prayers and are with these brave men and women and I pray it will soon be over and they can return to their lives.
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