Wednesday, April 13, 2005
KAMIKAZE!!!
It seems to me that the suicide bombings in Iraq have decreased somewhat in the last 6 weeks, and this bodes well for the Coalition troops stationed there, as well as the Iraqi Police and civilians also targeted. Suicide bombings are designed to strike terror against their opponents, and sometimes do just such, but they are an indication of a failed ideology. Don't believe me?
Kamikaze- 'Divine Wind' (wind of the Gods). In 1274, the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan invaded Japan, on the island of Kyushu. The Mongol fleet was hit by a hurricane, and lost 200 ships and 13,000 men. They retreat.
Kublai Khan was furious. He vowed to punish Japan severely. More than 3,500 extra ships were built to carry another invasion force of 140,000 men. In 1281 he tried again. You guessed it, they were caught in a hurricane again, and lost 4,000 ships and 100,000 men. They never tried to invade Japan again. Japan had been saved by the "Divine Wind", but it was the luck of nature, not God protecting their society.
1944. Japan's idea of world conquest is coming to an end. After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese knew they would be beat. They came up with an idea to pack aircraft with explosives, and fly them into ships, killing the pilot, many on board, and disabling the ship. This was a desperation measure, but if it worked Japan would once again be saved by the Divine Wind, hence the name for the young pilots and their aircraft.
The name of the operation was Kamikaze, and the first Kamikaze flight came on October 25, 1944, off the Philippine island of Leyte. Twenty-six Mitsubishi Zeros were split into four groups to attack shipping, and five of these were able to hit the carrier USS St. Lo with their load of 250kg of explosives, and sank her. Others hit and damaged several other carriers, and a submarine attack added to the confusion.
This success was followed by an immediate expansion of the program, and over the next few months over 2,000 planes made such attacks. This included new types of attacks, including purpose-built Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-bombs, small boats packed with explosives, and manned torpedoes.
Their "high-point" came during the Battle of Okinawa when waves of planes made hundreds of attacks. The effort included a one-way mission by the battleship Yamato, which failed to get anywhere near the fight after being set upon by US fighters several hundred miles away. Starting with destroyers on "picket duty" and then moving on to the carriers in the middle of the fleet, the Kamikaze aircraft attacks created enough havoc to threaten the Allied mission. By the end of the battle just under 30 ships had been sunk, and over 160 more damaged, expending 1,465 planes in the process. The Japanese had casualties of over 100,000, the Americans had 49,500 casualties, and there were about 100,000 civilian casualties..
The fighting at and around Okinawa was so fierce, and the Kamikaze attacks such a factor, that the American High Command now was concerned about the resistance they would meet once they invaded the Japanese homeland. The fierce Battle of Okinawa was a major factor in the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan, so as to save American casualties.
Japan surrendered, and with Allied help, went from a feudal society to a modern, prosperous, industrial state in 30 years. The Islamofascists will fail also, let us make sure it is sooner, rather than later.
So you see, suicide bombers are not a new phenomena, but they are an indication of a failed society and ideology, as indicated by the cowardly "Kamikaze" attack on 9/11, and are destined for the "scrap-heap" of history.
Kamikaze!!
Mitsubishi "Zero"
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-bombs
USS St. Lo hit by Kamikaze plane off Leyte
USS St Lo
Atomic Bomb
Little Boy
Fat Man
Enola Gay
Funny how some societies miss the whole point of life. Basically the following quote sums it up for me.
"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson
Warily scanning the horizon for the "Kamikaze" threat, Katey slips back into port!
After patrolling the skies in Piper Navajo C-FBKK, the "crew" returns from another successful mission!
Another coastal patrol in deHavilland Otter C-FUKN complete, Shane smiles down at the "bevy of females" awaiting his return!!
Kamikaze- 'Divine Wind' (wind of the Gods). In 1274, the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan invaded Japan, on the island of Kyushu. The Mongol fleet was hit by a hurricane, and lost 200 ships and 13,000 men. They retreat.
Kublai Khan was furious. He vowed to punish Japan severely. More than 3,500 extra ships were built to carry another invasion force of 140,000 men. In 1281 he tried again. You guessed it, they were caught in a hurricane again, and lost 4,000 ships and 100,000 men. They never tried to invade Japan again. Japan had been saved by the "Divine Wind", but it was the luck of nature, not God protecting their society.
1944. Japan's idea of world conquest is coming to an end. After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese knew they would be beat. They came up with an idea to pack aircraft with explosives, and fly them into ships, killing the pilot, many on board, and disabling the ship. This was a desperation measure, but if it worked Japan would once again be saved by the Divine Wind, hence the name for the young pilots and their aircraft.
The name of the operation was Kamikaze, and the first Kamikaze flight came on October 25, 1944, off the Philippine island of Leyte. Twenty-six Mitsubishi Zeros were split into four groups to attack shipping, and five of these were able to hit the carrier USS St. Lo with their load of 250kg of explosives, and sank her. Others hit and damaged several other carriers, and a submarine attack added to the confusion.
This success was followed by an immediate expansion of the program, and over the next few months over 2,000 planes made such attacks. This included new types of attacks, including purpose-built Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-bombs, small boats packed with explosives, and manned torpedoes.
Their "high-point" came during the Battle of Okinawa when waves of planes made hundreds of attacks. The effort included a one-way mission by the battleship Yamato, which failed to get anywhere near the fight after being set upon by US fighters several hundred miles away. Starting with destroyers on "picket duty" and then moving on to the carriers in the middle of the fleet, the Kamikaze aircraft attacks created enough havoc to threaten the Allied mission. By the end of the battle just under 30 ships had been sunk, and over 160 more damaged, expending 1,465 planes in the process. The Japanese had casualties of over 100,000, the Americans had 49,500 casualties, and there were about 100,000 civilian casualties..
The fighting at and around Okinawa was so fierce, and the Kamikaze attacks such a factor, that the American High Command now was concerned about the resistance they would meet once they invaded the Japanese homeland. The fierce Battle of Okinawa was a major factor in the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan, so as to save American casualties.
Japan surrendered, and with Allied help, went from a feudal society to a modern, prosperous, industrial state in 30 years. The Islamofascists will fail also, let us make sure it is sooner, rather than later.
So you see, suicide bombers are not a new phenomena, but they are an indication of a failed society and ideology, as indicated by the cowardly "Kamikaze" attack on 9/11, and are destined for the "scrap-heap" of history.
Kamikaze!!
Mitsubishi "Zero"
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka rocket-bombs
USS St. Lo hit by Kamikaze plane off Leyte
USS St Lo
Atomic Bomb
Little Boy
Fat Man
Enola Gay
Funny how some societies miss the whole point of life. Basically the following quote sums it up for me.
"We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson
Warily scanning the horizon for the "Kamikaze" threat, Katey slips back into port!
After patrolling the skies in Piper Navajo C-FBKK, the "crew" returns from another successful mission!
Another coastal patrol in deHavilland Otter C-FUKN complete, Shane smiles down at the "bevy of females" awaiting his return!!
