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01/31/2003 Archived Entry: "The answer is..."

IS SADDAM DUMB OR CRAFTY?: Asks Steven Den Beste. His answer? Dumb.

One of the lines of defence he plans to employ are trenches, or as Den Beste refers to them, pre-dug graves.

"The solution to trenches is cluster bombs or thermobaric weapons. Cluster bombs burst relatively high and distributes what amounts to hundreds of hand grenades over a wide area. They fall into anything, including trenches and foxholes, and then explode and kill anyone nearby. They can be dropped by heavy bombers or fighter-bombers or be delivered by MLRS.

"And everyone now knows about thermobaric weapons (sometimes called 'Fuel-Air Explosives') which generate an immense concussion in a huge area, and not incidentally consume all the oxygen there. Anyone not blown apart by the shock, or incinerated by the flame, has a good chance of smothering afterwards. And a trench is no defense. (Or, if you want to fight on the cheap, you use napalm.)"