We have elected to fight this war in a manner which does as little damage to non-combatants and their property as humanly possible. This is costing American lives, and the sacrifice does not seem to impress the shit-slingers in the least.
In this mode, America does not drop MOABs on Fallujah. Our Marines go in, and fight and die street by street, so that a lot of people who aren't insurgents don't get killed unnecessarily.
If we had flattened Fallujah in April in a single night, thousands of Iraqis would be dead who are alive now. Probably including Zarqawi and a lot of other bastards holed up there. And maybe a hundred or so American soldiers would be alive now that aren't today.
An air war, bombing targets from the stratosphere, normally has few to no casualties on our side. Idiots have a lot of fun pointing out how Clinton's Bosnia air war didn't kill as many Americans as the Iraq War has. Bosnian casualties? Reply hazy--ask again later.
But that's not the kind of war we're fighting in Iraq. So Americans are on the ground, making choices, and dealing with Iraqis face to face. Killing and capturing some. Saving others. And a lot of them are dying.
Once we decided to go to war, a decision was made to risk American lives to save Iraqi ones. And a lot of people are either too immature or too stupid to understand this.
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MOABs on Fallujah
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- The Recycle Trick.
- Frankly, Bowser, I don't give a damn. I lost any sympathy for terrorists that I ever might have had a long time ago; September 11, 2001 to be exact. (n/t)
- And you advocate terrorism - carpet-bombing cities. Sez a lot. It all, really. (n/t)
- Where did you get that nonsense? (n/t)
- Why deny something so easily demonstrated?
- Wrong. I NEVER said that.
- Dont lie, you bigoted hack
- Moab is NOT carpet bombing. It is a single bomb directed at a single, hardened target.
- re: Moab is NOT carpet bombing. It is a single bomb directed at a single, hardened target.
- Test of first MOAB (modernized 'daisy cutter') here
- More on MOAB to educate DFM
- Get YOUR facts straight- MOAB stands for Massive Ordinance Air Burst and is meant for taking out LARGE formations of troops- it is not a 'penetrating' warhead- educate yourself
- R.L. says his favorite word again. He really likes it you know. :-D (n/t)
- MOABs on Fallujah
- Moab is NOT carpet bombing. It is a single bomb directed at a single, hardened target.
- Dont lie, you bigoted hack
- Well, you could start by pointing out that we have not done any "carpet-bombing" in the current Iraq war.
- Wrong. I NEVER said that.
- It's been one of his regurgitated mantras for weeks. (n/t)
- Why deny something so easily demonstrated?
- Where did you get that nonsense? (n/t)
- It has nothing to do with sympathy
- America Degenerates into Nazism.
- Sorry, no sympathy for terrorists. Fuckem. (n/t)
- How 'bout those terrorists at the Boston Tea Party?
- Any sympathy for the untried accused? Any sympathy for the rule of law? (n/t)
- These people are OUTSIDE the pale of the law. They have cancelled their rights by their actions. They are specifically EXCLUDED from protection by the Geneva Conventions. The hell with them. (n/t)
- Any sympathy for decent people whose country has degenerated into this? (n/t)
- Sorry, no sympathy for terrorists. Fuckem. (n/t)
- And you advocate terrorism - carpet-bombing cities. Sez a lot. It all, really. (n/t)