Fighting on Ramadan: There was an article on the Slate Magazine website today (November 1, 2001) advocating that America stop bombing Afghanistan during Ramadan, to which I posted this reply:

I say, "Fight, fight day and night, fight during Ramandan, fight on Thanksgiving and fight on Christmas. Fight tooth and nail, hammer and tong. And bring back them damn flamethrowers. Go to the Army-Navy Surplus stores in the South and buy them back for the Army."

The reference to flamethrowers relates to an article yesterday (October 31, 2001) on the Slate website to the effect that the U.S. no longer has flame throwers in its arsenal. The fuel for these is napalm, which the author said fell into disrepute during the Vietnam War; after making a great showing during WW II in the Pacific where the Marines had to burn the Japs out of their caves and tunnels. Afghanistan is full of caves and tunnels and this is where Osama Bin Laden, and his commanders, are believed to be hiding.
See an earlier posting below on fighting during Ramadan dated 10/29/2001.
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