On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 8:22:10 AM UTC-6, trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 12:21:55 AM UTC-5, T wrote:
On 01/14/2016 06:23 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per T:
I am a Vietnam era vet. I know what carpet bombing is.
Would you agree that carpet bombing is total destruction of an area
without any regard to civilian casualties?
If so, and if one accepts the fact that ISIS embeds itself into the
civilian population, it would seem that Cruz is basically advocating
butchery...... and getting substantial boosts in the polls out of it.
Hi Pete,
How about you adding up the civilian deaths by going after these
*******s versus the deaths their continued existence will and
has caused?
That doesn't make carpet bombing the only solution or even an
acceptable solution. The deaths of civilians are now on the hands
of ISIS. Do you really want massive civilian deaths on the hands
of the USA? Pictures of dead women and children from American B52's?
How is that any different than the war crimes Assad is committing
by dropping barrel bombs in civilian areas?
Those that hide in the civilian population are the ones morally
responsible for their safety, not those that go after them.
You are confusing the two.
Going after them with reasonable means and carpet bombing are
two very different things.
It totally sucks if you the one who has to give the order, but
that is what a real leader is all about. I would add "what
a real man is all about".
So, carpet bombing makes you a man. How interesting.
The military has something now that was not available in WWII or Vietnam. It's PGM, Precision Guided Munition which in most cases make carpet bombing unnecessary. It's my understanding that an attacking aircraft can send one through the window of a building. From what I've read, the military is using what's called a small diameter bomb because less explosive is needed for a precision strike. PGM's are supposed to limit collateral damage by design.. ^_^
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision-guided_munition
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