By now, everyone's probably heard of what went on in the UK.

It appears that the Islamists have managed to muff this one as well, courtesy of incompetence in their personnel and bravery on the part of English police. It goes without saying that thanks to Almighty God will be said in the evening prayer tonight. We may have thrown off the Empire over two hundred years ago, but that doesn't mean that I retain considerable sentiment and favor towards them.

After all, the British Isles may be a 'shadow front' in the war on Islamist violence. Better luck next time, you ignorant cretins! No virgins for you!

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Three-time ace Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF (ret) has died at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

General Olds served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam and was credited with 16 kills over the course of that period. He is also given credit for the success of Operation BOLO, wherein the USAF exercised some sleight-of-hand to make North Vietnamese interceptors attack a formation of F-4C/D Phantom IIs instead of their usual targets, F-105D Thunderchiefs. If I understand it correctly, the F-4s flew together in a formation usually reserved for the F-105s and acted like the Republic monsters.

The North Vietnamese, hoping to disrupt the inbound strike, swarmed up in their Soviet-supplied fighters. Much to their dismay, Robin Olds' 8th TFW was waiting on them. According to the Air Force, 7 MiG-21 Fishbed interceptors were destroyed. Tough luck, Charlie.

General Olds was famous for his handlebar mustache, described somewhere as being of the Otto von Bismarck variety.

Thank you for your service, General.

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Victor Davis Hanson has a nice article up at NRO about Operation OVERLORD. It is worth reading, in my opinion.

A valuable quote:

Nevertheless, the Normandy campaign reminds us that war is by nature horrific, fraught with foolish error — and only won by the side that commits the least number of mistakes. Our grandfathers knew that. So they pressed on as best they could, convinced that they needn’t be perfect, only good enough, to win.

Worth remembering in the current contest.

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