MOAB

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Are any of them Jedi?

Are they Siths?

 

[bbsam]

More than likely, he couldn't make the decision ... but he thought about it a lot.

OR he thought a lot about it and realized that aside from a big fireworks show and a lot of Internet "ooooooing and ahhhhhhing" nothing would be accomplished.

Much like 59 Tomahawk missiles hitting an airbase in Nowhere syria.

 

[oldngray]

The MOAB can only be used in limited situations. Not in urban areas unless you want massive collateral damage. Caves in middle of nowhere Afghanistan is the perfect scenario.

 

[wkmac]

Much like 59 Tomahawk missiles hitting an airbase in Nowhere syria.

Seems like a couple of MOAB's on that airbase would be cheaper and as a terror weapon, psychologically effective.

 

[wkmac]

The MOAB can only be used in limited situations. Not in urban areas unless you want massive collateral damage. Caves in middle of nowhere Afghanistan is the perfect scenario.

Would those be the same similar type caves like Tora Bora where Al Qaeda was never headquartered and thus never effected? But the video did play well to the American public so at least we got some entertainment value out of all those tax dollars dropped.

 

[Sportello]

Occam’s MOAB: The ground truth behind the Afghanistan strike

 

[ImWaitingForTheDay]

 

[wkmac]

In a "Wag the Dog" moment, that's funny.

 

[newfie]

OR he thought a lot about it and realized that aside from a big fireworks show and a lot of Internet "ooooooing and ahhhhhhing" nothing would be accomplished.

Much like 59 Tomahawk missiles hitting an airbase in Nowhere syria.

Yea we should never question Obama the military genius strategist.

 

[It will be fine]

The MOAB can only be used in limited situations. Not in urban areas unless you want massive collateral damage. Caves in middle of nowhere Afghanistan is the perfect scenario.

So it's really expensive and has hardly any practical use. Sounds like our military.

 

[oldngray]

So it's really expensive and has hardly any practical use. Sounds like our military.

Not that expensive. It was built in house by the military so real cost isn't known (not the bogus numbers being reported). Like any tool sometimes it is sometimes the best option for a situation but not always.

 

[newfie]

So it's really expensive and has hardly any practical use. Sounds like our military.

you think we should send our troops into the tunnels instead?

 

[It will be fine]

you think we should send our troops into the tunnels instead?

I don't think anything we're doing in the Middle East right now is actually aiding our national security. We'd be much better served commiting our resources to renewable energy so we wouldn't have any reason to care about the oil there.

 

[wkmac]

I don't think anything we're doing in the Middle East right now is actually aiding our national security. We'd be much better served commiting our resources to renewable energy so we wouldn't have any reason to care about the oil there.

I'm going to address this in another thread because I'm going to go OT as I do and I'd rather leave this thread to the issue of blowing $CHIT up for fun and profit!

 

[10 Pt]

So it's really expensive and has hardly any practical use. Sounds like our military.

And the dispatch supervisors at work.

 

[BrownArmy]

Yea we should never question Obama the military genius strategist.

Under which President was Osama Bin Laden brought to justice?

('Brought to justice' is a fatuous term, but you get my drift)...

 

[Catatonic]

I don't think anything we're doing in the Middle East right now is actually aiding our national security. We'd be much better served commiting our resources to renewable energy so we wouldn't have any reason to care about the oil there.

Other than fighting ISIS/ISIL, I agree.

 

[newfie]

I don't think anything we're doing in the Middle East right now is actually aiding our national security. We'd be much better served commiting our resources to renewable energy so we wouldn't have any reason to care about the oil there.

typical liberal slop. by the way you didn't answer the question.

ISIS would like to kill you if they get the chance. would you like us to kill them first before they kill you.

If by some strange chance you believe in supporting our troops would you like to send them in the tunnels as tunnel rats in close in combat with the enemy or would you prefer they stand back a couple of miles while we flatten the ground in and around the enemy.

Oh I don't think that helps anything lets work on better batteries instead.

watch Europe and learn. everytime a European goes to hug a "refugee" they get bent over or their throat cut.

 

[tonyexpress]

Other than fighting ISIS/ISIL, I agree.

36 Isis militants killed in US 'mother of all bombs' attack, Afghan ministry says

Dawlat Waziri, an Afghan ministry spokesman said of Thursday’s strike: “No civilian has been hurt and only the base, which Daesh used to launch attacks in other parts of the province, was destroyed.”

If this is in fact the case then bombs away!

 

[PT Car Washer]

typical liberal slop. by the way you didn't answer the question.

ISIS would like to kill you if they get the chance. would you like us to kill them first before they kill you.

If by some strange chance you believe in supporting our troops would you like to send them in the tunnels as tunnel rats in close in combat with the enemy or would you prefer they stand back a couple of miles while we flatten the ground in and around the enemy.

Oh I don't think that helps anything lets work on better batteries instead.

watch Europe and learn. everytime a European goes to hug a "refugee" they get bent over or their throat cut.

Because you fought with the US army in the Middle East and have personal experience or just another arm chair general.