Do you know what the M97 flamethrower sounds like Bert?
It roars like a dragon a fiery god purging every thing in its path...
Hold down that trigger and the whoosh drowns out everything else.
Focus on the noise and you can almost convince yourself you don't hear the screams.
By the time the tank is empty everything is over...
Even the men are quiet, there is nothing but the crackling of burning thatch.
You see Bert, it's not the noise that keeps me awake at night.
It's the silence.

* Bert and Ernie, Silence. (Youtube)