Stardate 20011222.1247 (On Screen): Arthur C. Clarke famously stated that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." It seems to me that our Forward Air Observers are sorcerors. They hold a mystical object in their hand, speak special words into it -- and call devastation from the skies onto whatever they want. Can Gandalf do any better? Never mind that the mystical object is a radio and not a magic wand; does that really matter? Indeed, the destruction that an FAO can call with
his magic makes the results of a wizard's lightning bolt look puny.
(discuss)Which would you rather have attack you: a dragon or a fully-armed B-52?
