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Overnight Open ThreadOh and congrats to our own Christopher Taylor who's just published his second book. Why 21st Century Warfare Is Different (and the US Military Is So Good) Here's a good roundup from Strategy Page on why the US military is able to kill our enemies so effectively while taking historically low causalities. After ten years of fighting, the war on terror has caused 51,600 American military casualties (6,200 dead and 45,400 wounded). This includes a small number of CIA, State Department and other agency personnel. Over 99 percent are Department of Defense. Not all the casualties were from combat, with 21 percent of the deaths from non-combat causes. In World War II that was 25 percent.This is due to a large number of improvements including better equipment (ubiquitous GPS and night vision), improved medical treatment, better strategies, as well as better troops in general. What made the experience so different today, versus past wars? It was a combination of things. The most important difference is that the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting smarter. While the Vietnam era troops were representative of the general population, the post-Vietnam era army is all-volunteer and highly selective. The troops are smarter, healthier and better educated than the general population. During the last three decades, new attitudes have developed throughout the army (which always got most of the draftees). The army, so to speak, has become more like the marines (which was always all-volunteer, and more innovative as a result). This ability to quickly analyze and adapt gets recognized by military historians, and other armies, but not by the media. It also saves lives in combat.And thanks to improved communication among the troops due to the Internet we're able to stay within the enemy's OODA loop as never before. Mark Steyn: Lessons for us from London in flames While the British Treasury is busy writing checks to Amsterdam prostitutes, one-fifth of children are raised in homes in which no adult works – in which the weekday ritual of rising, dressing and leaving for gainful employment is entirely unknown. One-tenth of the adult population has done not a day's work since Tony Blair took office on May 1, 1997. "In Britain, everything is policed except crime." Ten Years of Instapundit Blogging is easy. But continuing to blog day after day and producing good material is hard. So after a decade Glenn deserves a medal for perseverance. Actors With An Insane Acting Range “This is our concern, Dude.” With all his outstanding roles you might have forgot that Phillip Seymour Hoffman was in The Big Lebowski. He also brought “sharted” into the pop culture lexicon in Along Came Polly. Best Tattoo I've Seen This Year 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Caddyshack Snake Oil or Not? Women Spend 5 Hours Every Day Gossiping? Researchers found whether they are at home or at work women natter for around 298 minutes every day - the equivalent of more than one third of their waking hours.Well that doesn't leave much time for primping or nagging much less work. Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings Top 10 sockpuppeteers: The group. Yeah. Tonight's post brought to you by needlepoint: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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