09 July 2015

Oh Debka, Debka...: Our new elite Commando Brigade, indiscriminately murderous Apaches etc.

After a longish period of silence last year, Debka is at full steam again, it is time to add a new episode to the "Oh Debka, Debka..." series. So here it goes.

Under a headline Israel merges IDF elite units to form the new Commando Brigade tailored to combat ISIS Debka tells about the decision of our CoS to create "a unique, multi-purpose commando ground force, especially tailored to fight ISIS and provide the “boots on the ground” which the US-led coalition has kept back from the Islamists’ constantly expanding warfront".

I wouldn't know whether this tidbit is true or not and don't especially care. But the word "tailored" in the above drew my attention. Since I am not an expert on matters military in general and on the tailoring needed to kill the ISIS (Daesh) folks in particular, I searched the article for an answer to that tailoring. And I think I have found it in the picture that illustrates the piece:

Israel Special Operations Forces
If the word "tailoring" were absent from the article, I would have been sure it's a standard garb of US Army. Now, with that word present, I am not so confident. Anyhow, if the picture shows an Israeli special forces team, I am ready to eat the Debka author's head without garnish.

The other piece that deserves a special mention was so good that I've decided to take a snapshot for posterity:


The sentence that charmed me so much is "The Apaches strike any moving object.".

Some people say that guns don't kill people. What about Apache copters running amok over the Sinai peninsula dunes? Do they kill people?

I shall leave you at this point to ponder this loaded question, to think about Debka, walruses, cabbage, kings...

10 comments:

LouiseShah said...

What's CoS?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Oh, sorry - Chief of Staff.

LouiseShah said...

That right there is why I thought you might be Canadian at one time or another. We have a copyright to the word "sorry", doncha know?

Anyway, good morning, or what ever it is where you are.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

I can assure you that, unlike a Canuck, I use a lot of un-parliamentary expressions. So I wouldn't pass.

Dick Stanley said...

Hey, now Our LIttle Barry has a counter-copyright on "sorry" you know. He uses it on his apology tours.

Dick Stanley said...

Pink rifles? This is a woman's brigade, correct? Or are they merely the Hello Kitty version?

Akaky said...

I find it highly racist that anyone would suggest that Apaches are taking part in the problems in the Middle East. Most Apaches live in the southwestern United States and do not have a stake in the Middle East conflict.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yeah. "sorry" opens a lot of doors. And a lot of traps too, when appropriate.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

That must be it. Gender didn't enter my mind when reading this ;-)

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Who knows - they might be aiming to open a casino or two in Dubai or somewhere like that.