World War III Watch: Britain goes all out neocon

Short Final: Planes, Trains, and Anti-aircraft Fire

World War II triple ace Col. Leonard “Kit” Carson, 18.5 air-to-air victories over the Luftwaffe, wrote one of the most comprehensive accounts of flying fighters over Europe. “Pursue and Destroy” not only describes in great detail Carson’s experience flying P-51 Mustangs with the 357th Fighter Group, but also that of any pilot who occupied a single-seat cockpit – on either side. His description of strafing trains is a prime example: “The ground f…

World War III Watch: Britain goes all out neocon

Prussian Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder wrote, “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength,” which is frequently bastardized as “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” I’m old enough to remember when debates in the United States were all about matching the Soviets in warheads, weapons, and delivery systems. The impetus was less deterrence than it was being able to fight …