"Afghan war has lessons for U.S. pilots in Iraq"

"Mike" wrote in
ps.com:

Afghan war has lessons for U.S. pilots in Iraq
By Timothy Gusinov

[snip]

c Timothy Gusinov served 41/2 years in Afghanistan as a military
linguist for the Soviet army. He retired in 1992, emigrated to the
United States and became a U.S. citizen. He currently works as a
linguist in support of multinational exercises overseas organized by
the U.S. military.

Evidently Tovarisch Gusinov is aware that the US military studied
what the Spetnaz were doing toward the end of the Afghan incursion
and drew some imortant lessons from those operations.
Dive and hide works up to a point but not if snipers are available
since they can reduce the exposed weapons left behind after the
"hide" to so much scrap metal from very considerable distances.
Not to mention that air assets can stay out of the engagement
envelope of the sort of heavy MGs the Afghans used and launch
PGMs from distances too far to be seen. A bunch of "beards" with
a heavy weapon can only mean one thing and sensors these days
are real good at finding such assemblages.
I dare say the current Flak traps the Iraqi Asshats are employing
will rapidly become death traps for the Asshats. Tactics evolve
rapidly you know. Snake Eater tech will very quickly allow the
Intel crowd to characterise and stomp on the Asshats organising
these little forays and the raisin supply will be even further
taxed.

On Feb 23, 1:20 am, Ian MacLure wrote:
A bunch of "beards" with
a heavy weapon can only mean one thing and sensors these days
are real good at finding such assemblages.

Well, normally I'd agree with you, but apparently it can also mean a
wedding, so...?