Horrid hot rainy jungle?

[Monty/Judith Herr]

Roger said:  "horrible East Asian rainy, hot, humid weather, here
it's mountain caves, searing desert heat and frigid mountain snowy
winters"
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We are very fond of the jungles, so don't go maligning the rainy, hot, humid
weather in East Asia  unless you've tried it under reasonably peaceful
conditions.   Of course, there wasn't a war  only a few bandits in the hills
when we lived there.   (If you're interested in a perspective on survival in
the jungles, find the book called, "The Jungle is Neutral" that describes
the experience of a man who moved around  the jungles  of Malaysia
throughout the Japanese occupation.)

  On the other hand, the Asian side of the Himalayas  even in September and
October,  stopped us..  And, when we tried flying , we got stranded by bad
weather   couldn't get back out by road, bus, walking, or plane for longer
than we wanted to be where we were.

Special Forces folks I've talked to say, "give us a desert anytime."
-----Original Message-----
From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Jon Ford
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:21 PM
To: frances_morey@excite.com; michaele@ando.pair.com;
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Subject: Re: show me


Frances--If the Afghans aren't hitting any thing in the "shots," that's
probably because it's just posed news footage. There aren't too many Western
reporters behind the Taliban battle lines--and when US soldiers hit the
ground, you probably still won't see too much actual battle footage because
of censorship.Can they hit anything? Well, I've heard they can; they
certainly killed a lot of Russians, and they've had some great training from
the CIA! I'm betting the land battle will
see some serious US losses. Most obviously, the Afghans, despite their
vintage weapons, know the terrain. It was the same thing in Vietnam--there
it was jungle and that horrible East Asian rainy, hot, humid weather, here
it's mountain caves, searing desert heat and frigid mountain snowy
winters.Desert Storm was a cake-walk compared to this place!

Jon


>From: Frances Morey <frances_morey@excite.com>
>Reply-To: <frances_morey@excite.com>
>To: jonmfordster@hotmail.com, michaele@ando.pair.com,
>austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: show me
>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 17:27:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
>For all the repititious shots of Afgans shooting off their weapons there is
>little to indicate that they ever hit anything. There seem to be no
>corpses,
>in body bags or lying about, just warriors in robes with those head-dresses
>that are designed to keep blades from splitting their skulls. Is it just
>me,
>or have any of you noticed this absense of casualties which one would
>expect
>to be broadcast for all the world to see? They don't even act like there is
>combat going on--like guys ducking in trenches. They are just so out there,
>firing off their guns as if this was a photo opportunity to show off their
>weapons.
>Frances
>
>
>On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:47:58 -0700, Jon Ford wrote:
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