The Confidence Man is pleased to read that our soldiers in the field are as resourcesful and smart as ever:
One soldier said U.S. forces watched the looters' trucks [at al QaQaaa] loaded with
bags marked "hexamine" -- a key ingredient for HMX -- being driven away
from the facility. Unsure what hexamine was, the troops later did an
Internet search and learned of its explosive power.
Like the Iraqi insurgents, our soldiers are good Moderns.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for the officer class:
Troops of the two units went to Al Qaqaa over a week in late April but
received no orders to maintain a presence at the facility, the soldiers
said. They also said they received no response to a request for help in
guarding the facility.
How difficult would it be for the armed forces to have spyware that would be looking out for Google searches on high explosives known to be held by Iraq?
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