We condemn “barrel bombs” because they can be made for a couple hundred bucks, while our cruise missiles, at $1.3 million each, do about the same amount of damage and require a billion dollar plus vessel to get them to the drop site. Where they then may, or may not, hit the actual target we’re aiming for. Maybe DOD should start buying from Amazon or COSTCO.
Happened under Trump’s watch, things like this weren’t happening under Obama and they still called him “feckless” Now we have complete incompetence, but we’ll cheer him for shooting his rockets at nothing and killing the children in his own country with “legal” chemicals and gasses.
Now, we’ve dropped “The Mother of All Bombs” on Afghanistan to hit the tunnels that ISIS uses to get between countries to attack our military advisers there.
A variant of the “daisy cutter” we used in Nam, just bigger, and been sitting in a warehouse for 13 years, so let’s use it before it rusts out. BTW the intent in dropping ‘em on tunnels is the pressure wave kills folks inside, it doesn’t collapse the tunnel. In Nam it was to take down tree cover, and several times saw them used, then with the trees gone we did see the folks running out of the tunnels, so, effectiveness??
montessoriteacher about 7 years ago
Assad has not stopped due to the recent action ordered by trump.
NeoconMan about 7 years ago
^ Quite right; anyone who disagrees with America’s foreign policy is completely immoral.
Dtroutma about 7 years ago
We condemn “barrel bombs” because they can be made for a couple hundred bucks, while our cruise missiles, at $1.3 million each, do about the same amount of damage and require a billion dollar plus vessel to get them to the drop site. Where they then may, or may not, hit the actual target we’re aiming for. Maybe DOD should start buying from Amazon or COSTCO.
Mr. Blawt about 7 years ago
Happened under Trump’s watch, things like this weren’t happening under Obama and they still called him “feckless” Now we have complete incompetence, but we’ll cheer him for shooting his rockets at nothing and killing the children in his own country with “legal” chemicals and gasses.
rekam Premium Member about 7 years ago
Now, we’ve dropped “The Mother of All Bombs” on Afghanistan to hit the tunnels that ISIS uses to get between countries to attack our military advisers there.
kaffekup about 7 years ago
They’ve been dying to use that bomb since the bushies wanted to drop it on Iran and start a third unwinnable war.
Dtroutma about 7 years ago
A variant of the “daisy cutter” we used in Nam, just bigger, and been sitting in a warehouse for 13 years, so let’s use it before it rusts out. BTW the intent in dropping ‘em on tunnels is the pressure wave kills folks inside, it doesn’t collapse the tunnel. In Nam it was to take down tree cover, and several times saw them used, then with the trees gone we did see the folks running out of the tunnels, so, effectiveness??