Attacks like this week's siege in Nairobi reinforce what we've already seen in places like Mumbai and Karachi: that urban environments, including complex pieces of urban terrain like shopping centres, hotels and industrial facilities, are the battlegrounds of the future. And the urban siege, with its commando-style tactics and guerrilla infiltration of a big city's ebb and flow, is increasingly the tactic of choice for a wide range of adversaries.And let's face it: No one wants to live w/ hicks & wild (animal) life.
*Take (Please!) the Westfield Mall in Century City. So similar a name.
I'd rather die in a city than live in the exurbs.
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It seems that many (if not most) of the foreign attacks are carried out by (relatively) well trained, well armed, dedicated cadre while most of our attacks are lone nuts.
We must be doing something wrong.
OK. Stupid joke time:
Q: How many deadheads does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: A million and one. One to screw it in and a million to follow it around 'till it burns out.