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November 24, 2008
A terrifying lesson
Details emerge of Gurkha daring as they risked life and limb to recover the body of their fallen comrade, Rifleman Yubraj Rai of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Gurkha Rifles. I have already offered the opinion the Taliban have made a strategic error. Commenting at Rantburg, Anonymoose elaborates in detail.
I suspect the Taliban are about to learn a really terrifying lesson of what happens when you kill a Ghurkha.
A favorite classical technique of theirs is to sneak into an enemy camp, find two men sleeping together, and cut one of their throats. The next morning, the other man is the alarm clock to wake everyone else up.
In WWII, as few as half a dozen Ghurkhas caused a fresh Japanese infantry battalion to surrender without firing a shot. They snuck into their barracks at night, and painted a word on the sole of every Japanese soldier and officers' boot.
The preferred Gurkha method of silencing a sentry is to just use a large Kukri knife to split their head in half, vertically. If they are wearing a helmet, the Gurkha approaches laterally and cuts their head clean off.
A favorite classical technique of theirs is to sneak into an enemy camp, find two men sleeping together, and cut one of their throats. The next morning, the other man is the alarm clock to wake everyone else up.
In WWII, as few as half a dozen Ghurkhas caused a fresh Japanese infantry battalion to surrender without firing a shot. They snuck into their barracks at night, and painted a word on the sole of every Japanese soldier and officers' boot.
The preferred Gurkha method of silencing a sentry is to just use a large Kukri knife to split their head in half, vertically. If they are wearing a helmet, the Gurkha approaches laterally and cuts their head clean off.
Assuming, of course, the Gurkhas are not held in check by the most dangerous enemies of civilization: Lawyers and the press.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 24, 2008 07:07 AM
