The Unseen Hand of Allah

Sgt. Stryker has posted excerpts from a Reuters article about the four day battle of Kifl. I'm not terrible surprised that there was fighting in the city. That's what the Iraqi Army and its irregulars are supposed to do - make it as difficult as they can for us to take over a target.

I am really impressed with how we're using our weapons in ways they weren't really intended.

The officers said the tank unit fired two 120 mm high velocity depleted uranium rounds straight down the main road, creating a powerful vacuum that literally sucked guerrillas out from their hideaways into the street, where they were shot down by small arms fire or run over by the tanks.

But can you imagine what has got to be going through the mind of the poor Iraqi sucked into the street. It's almost like the invisible hand of Allah has smacked him out there to see the tank round go into his favorite bar just before he gets involuntarily martyred.

Someone running Psy-Ops needs to exploit this. It might get some of the hardcore religious nuts to drop out of the fight. The first time they see Allah push Ali in front of a tank- they'll be done and the word will start to spread.

It would require a few more Iraqi soldiers dying this way, but it could potentially save the lives of thousands of soldiers as they realize that Allah is on our side.

UPDATE: I've just been notified by someone much more knowledgeable about things like this, Donald Sensing, that this is probably just a case of an overexcited reporter or a tanker having some fun at the reporter's expense. I guess I need to stick to areodynamics (where I have some knowledge) or economic matters. I also need to remember that just becuase it seems theorectically possible, it isn't necessarily true. Theory and reality can be two different things.