Smart Bombs. Drones. Night vision goggles. The weapons and tools of the 21st century.
And, of course, Holly sticks.
We’re fighting low-tech weapons (roadside bombs) with low tech weapons of our own. The Holly stick is a long bamboo pole with a scythe on the end. You poke the ground ahead of you looking for trip-wires or recently-dug earth.
Leon Panetta wields a Holly stick in Afghanistan
Photo by Kevin Baron/Stars and Stripes
Photo by Kevin Baron/Stars and Stripes
The holly stick: $3 each in Afghanistan. Or, order them direct from the Pentagon at $753.99 each, plus tax.
(Just kidding …I don’t think the Pentagon can charge tax).
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