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...easy answer is: another Gulf War. But like most easy answers, that one just begs more questions. Most military analysts assume that to be sure of success, a second Gulf War would have to be fought like the first. That is, the U.S. (and any allies it might rope in) would spend months assembling, say, 500,000 troops on the ground, launch massive air strikes, and then march on Baghdad. But that strategy--so successful in 1991--would be more tricky a second time. For one thing, Iraq would not give the U.S. the luxury of a leisurely build...
...tracking down bin Laden and his lieutenants will fall to the supersecret Delta Force. Forming into 15- to 21-man troops or four- to six-man teams, they will chopper into place, flying into canyons under cover of darkness. Then, protected by Kevlar body armor, they will fast-rope to the ground, bending under the weight of night-sighted M-4 carbines and grenade launchers, carrying radios and handheld global-positioning gear. Some of the teams will feature snipers; others will race across the desert in specially equipped dune buggies; yet others will practice their mountaineering skills, crawling over Afghanistan...
...tracking down bin Laden and his lieutenants will fall to the supersecret Delta Force. Forming into 15- to 21-man troops or four- to six-man teams, they will chopper into place, flying into canyons under cover of darkness. Then, protected by Kevlar body armor, they will fast-rope to the ground, bending under the weight of night-sighted M-4 carbines and grenade launchers, carrying radios and handheld global-positioning gear. Some of the teams will feature snipers; others will race across the desert in specially equipped dune buggies; yet others will practice their mountaineering skills, crawling over Afghanistan...
Matchett used a system called “lashing” to secure the poles. “It’s what sailors use to keep things together. You bind the wood together with rope, then wrap more rope around those bindings. The friction in the ropes keeps anything from slipping. I tell people, ‘Friction keeps me sleeping soundly at night’,” he explains. And the ropes do not budge. When in the “down” position the bed frame itself rests on the wooden structure. But when...
Matchett has been building things for a long time. He learned and practiced the technique of lashing as a Boy Scout and as a counselor for three years at Boy Scout camp. “When I was in fourth grade, my Dad and I built a rope bridge in my backyard. At camp, we would build these observation towers using the same technique, and I did one or two a week. I’ve built fences and even a revolving door this way once,” he says...