that's an unclassified number -the actual number is (is of course) classified
"mother of all bombs" dropped on Taliban tunnel complex -Afghanistan
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I just saw a news program with dozen of the bastards for immediate delivery. I'm guessing the number is hundreds.
China won't really help us because NK is an ally against Taiwan Philippines Japan South Korea and US. Same goes for Russia. Neither power wants a more preeminent USA
Given the length of this thread, we can all conclude....dudes love big ass explosions!
I too am guilty as charged, a good Hollywood blockbuster just doesn't cut the mustard unless a lot of shit gets blown up.
That said, I do not think big ass bombs are ever going to solve, or even reduce the threat of terrorism.
America's soft power in conjunction with good police work and intelligence capabilities are really the only viable approach. And anyone with an IQ over 75 knows it.
I too am guilty as charged, a good Hollywood blockbuster just doesn't cut the mustard unless a lot of shit gets blown up.
That said, I do not think big ass bombs are ever going to solve, or even reduce the threat of terrorism.
America's soft power in conjunction with good police work and intelligence capabilities are really the only viable approach. And anyone with an IQ over 75 knows it.
that's the conventional wisdom-the question is if lil Kim is too much of an irritant for China?
After all it did not accept the last coal shipments from NK.
No doubt China would prefer a junta gov't there instead-but what would it do to get there?
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Maybe that was the plan after all.
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The only one who gives a rats ass about how the public views it, are liberals who think that if we GO IN IT, TO WIN IT, we're wrong.
Fuck public opinion, when it comes to saving the lives of American troops and denying them the opportunity to complete their objective(s).
The object of war, is not to die for your country; but to make the other side die for theirs.
“No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.” - George S. Patton
You mean baking cookies, sitting around a campfire, and singing Kumbayah with the terrorists will cause them to love us?
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They built 20 of these things at a cost of about 16 million each.
Thus, they spent 16 million taxpayer dollars to kill about 90 easily replaced people. Stupid .. and demonstrates why we've been in Afghanistan so long.
We fired 59 cruise missiles at about a million dollars each to blow up nothing in Syria. The airfield is in use like nothing happened. Another 60 plus million taxpayer dollars to do nothing.
Trump's supporters are morons of the lowest order who would rather see useless shit blown up rather than provide healthcare for their fellow human beings.
Incredible
what is this continual meme the Syrian airBASE wasn't seriously damaged?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4392962/Satellite-images-destruction-Assad-s-air-base.html
And Trump didn't order the MOAB to be developed,he was just the first to use it -the costs were already there.
1 bomb destroyed a series of tunnels in the rocky remote highlands
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4392962/Satellite-images-destruction-Assad-s-air-base.html
And Trump didn't order the MOAB to be developed,he was just the first to use it -the costs were already there.
1 bomb destroyed a series of tunnels in the rocky remote highlands
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That airfield was operational the next day.
I never said anything about who build the MOAB. I questioned its costs and effectiveness .. and who used it.
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20 moabs were built. I heard a rumor that they had a limited shelflife. They will only be good till the end of 2018.
19 more to go
Does that mean we can expect 19 more tunnel systems or similar situations.
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Does this mean that Trump will make more profit?
No, people like you are of the lowest order. You claim you believe people should have healthcare coverage yet they still don't have it. That doesn't mean people like me haven't done the right thing. It means people like you that believe they deserve something haven't done enough. I don't owe them coverage. You they it is owed to them but don't do a damn thing personally about it. Hypocrite.
A small price for us taxpayers(which he is not one of) to pay to make our dear leader look like a tough guy (in his own mind & his followers)while symtaneiously making an ass out of himself to the rest of the world....
Example China:Syria strike the act of a weakened politician who needed to flex his muscles, Xinhua
I mentioned airBASE -the runways weren't hit, they are too easily repaired. The ancillary hangars and support buildings were scorched.
It is not a functional base ( and you are using RT as a source) anymore
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It's like, what, 11 tons of TNT? 1/3000th the power of Hiroshima, which was a very weak nuclear bomb? Who gives a shit? We dropped daisycutters that were nearly this powerful all over Vietnam.