Sending someone a scanner or shortwave radio might make you feel warm and
fuzzy inside, but unless the solider in question spoke the enemy's language,
I think it would only be useful to hear what the BBC says s. I doubt Bin
Laden or Saddam are rallying the troops in English any more than the hit-men
attacking our troops daily. Since a scanner can only receive, it would not
help the soldier tell anyone anything useful about anything, including the
enemy.

If this ill-begotten adventure were thought out sufficiently, we would have
foreseen the mess we have now and would have equipped our men with
reinforcements and proper equipment resupply. The ultimate shock and awe is
a thermonuclear detonation. I guarantee, when someone detonates a nuke, it
shocks and creates awe. It also removes guerillas. It also silences
interference, and cleans the reportorial slate - liberal or conservative: it
silences all arguments. It also incinerates biochemical agents.

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