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2006-06-09 Afghanistan

Smart Bombs Force Change in Tactics on the Ground

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-09 09:30|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yup, and the Afghan government and increasingly their new Army will take care of those small attacks.

Posted by lotp 2006-06-09 10:20|| 2006-06-09 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Note also that the rocky Afghan mountain side produces a lot more secondary shrapnel on target than flatland Iraq.

Posted by Glaising Glaigum5899 2006-06-09 10:31|| 2006-06-09 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Is there anyone in Afghanistan that doesn't have a gun? I don't think so. So if only three guys come around and bully an entire village, why don't they just kill them and claim they never saw anything? I know what would happen in my little town if 3 or 4 guys showed up and started pushing everyone around.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-09 11:57|| 2006-06-09 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 You point out the flaw in their plan. If there are just a few of them, the locals will add them to the cooking pot just on principle. So they have to concentrate in larger groups for self-protection. But this makes them juicy targets for the black djinns of the USAF that fly by night and steal your soul. Plus make your body disintigrate.

Sucks to be them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-09 13:34|| 2006-06-09 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 insh'allah

Posted by lotp 2006-06-09 13:36|| 2006-06-09 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Naturally, Iraqis like to exaggerate such things, so most of them think that American troops merely have to point their fingers and mumble the magic words,

Not an exaggeration, but you must be pure. Not all can do it.

Posted by Apache Tracker 2006-06-09 17:46|| 2006-06-09 17:46|| Front Page Top

#7 I imagine they work snipers into this mix. This jihad crap has a short shelf life.

Posted by wxjames 2006-06-09 17:55|| 2006-06-09 17:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Anti-government forces know that if they are cornered, a JDAM will be arriving shortly, often within ten minutes.

JDAM = Judgment Day Arriving Momentarily

Posted by Mike 2006-06-09 18:06|| 2006-06-09 18:06|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL. Apache Tracker is well-schooled in the ways of The Force, lol. My jealousy is intense, heh. :)

Posted by Glavitch Angineter5765 2006-06-09 18:19|| 2006-06-09 18:19|| Front Page Top

#10 A heartwarming story. Like someone said, "the can run, but they'll only die tired".

My only question is how will JDAMs cope with the brutal Afghan winter?

Posted by SteveS 2006-06-09 21:24|| 2006-06-09 21:24|| Front Page Top

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