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2006-12-05 Afghanistan

Taliban repel British assault in south Afghanistan

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Posted by Threregum Thrique8640 2006-12-05 16:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Again, for the umpteenth time: Why did we invent the MOAB bomb if we didn't intend to use it?

I'll bet that would fuc& up their trench system and whatever else but good!

Like you said, it all centers around the drug trade being their lifeblood. You'd do better with a KC-10 or two full of Roundup(TM). Imagine the headlines: "Taliban Ultimately Defeated by Roundup(TM)". Not so manly, I guess.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-05 17:36|| 2006-12-05 17:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I want to beat this reporter to death with a leaking baby seal in the spirit of journalistic relativism.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-12-05 18:01|| 2006-12-05 18:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Why did we invent the imbedded reporter if his only use is to subvert us.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-12-05 18:03|| 2006-12-05 18:03|| Front Page Top

#4 For the Umpteeth time + 1, the MOAB requires a certain time warning to use, since it's dropped out of a cargo plane, say 2 weeks. The weapon was a very successful exercise in high speed engineering. Nothing more, nothing less. Less than 5 exist.

Better to just say NUKE 'EM!

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-05 18:11|| 2006-12-05 18:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Did they have dark flashing eyes and gleaming teeeth set in faces etched with the lines of thousands of years of struggle? I think I'm in love.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-12-05 18:16|| 2006-12-05 18:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Just put the MOAB explosive slurry into old planes in the boneyard, add UAV control systems, and fly them into targets like this.

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-05 18:19|| 2006-12-05 18:19|| Front Page Top

#7 the MOAB requires a certain time warning to use, since it's dropped out of a cargo plane, say 2 weeks

They're not using this concept to its full potential by any means. Shame. Could have saved a lot of effort here.

Perhaps the MOAB bomb as it exists today is a bit of an overkill. Maybe a 5000 pounder would be more practical. If they are whining about not using it "because it's too heavy" then just lighten it up.

I don't see why cargo planes need two weeks notice to pick up a 20000# load. It's what they do.

Posted by gorb 2006-12-05 19:02|| 2006-12-05 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Probably a lot of forms to fill out.
In triplicate.

Posted by eLarson 2006-12-05 19:18|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-12-05 19:18|| Front Page Top

#9 That makes more sense than the rest of it! :-)

"Which option has less forms, the MOAB or the nuke?"

Posted by gorb 2006-12-05 19:39|| 2006-12-05 19:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Same. Same for everything. Same as for a replacement mess kit spoon.

Posted by .com 2006-12-05 19:42|| 2006-12-05 19:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Taliban will always put up stiff resistance when its opium they be fighting for.

Perhaps they are taliban by day and opium drug ring members by night....two jobs one purpose....

these are exactly the kind of places that many troops will be found...hope this is an expeditionary report.

Can you imagine the memory of crossing that bridge under a full moon...twenty years hence.....they'll never forget it.

Posted by Whenter Grenter7664 2006-12-05 19:56|| 2006-12-05 19:56|| Front Page Top

#12 Sounds like a 3 a.m. visit from Spooky is in order here. Or an Arclight strike. Need to stay in practice...

Posted by PBMcL 2006-12-05 19:58|| 2006-12-05 19:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Also, the restraint of these soldiers is almost superhuman. If the a$$hole who wrote this was anywhere near me in a combat zone, I doubt very much that I could resist the impulse to put one behind his ear. He and his ilk are the enemy.

Posted by PBMcL 2006-12-05 20:13|| 2006-12-05 20:13|| Front Page Top

#14 The Rooters byline is Peter Graff. Oddly enough, Peter Graff of Rooters, or another guy with the same name, was reporting from London not two weeks ago on the Litvinenko murder, as shown here. Reggie Bush doesn't get around that fast. Or is the story based mostly on the unnamed, affiliation-unstated, Rooters "cameraman"?

Posted by Matt 2006-12-05 22:02|| 2006-12-05 22:02|| Front Page Top

#15 That's why it should be SOP when all reporters enter the AOR they are told in no uncertain terms by team members what is expected of them wrt their adjectives in a story.

I like to ask folks their name, share a cup of joe, and then tell them how easy it would be for me to find them via ZABA search when I get back home.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-12-05 22:04|| 2006-12-05 22:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Gentlemen, it is time to kick out the fake "News" fluffers and take care of business. I have not the time, beer, nor the marijuana, to watch this continually for another 5 years. Afghanistan is a PC free zone. See how that works.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-12-05 23:30|| 2006-12-05 23:30|| Front Page Top

#17 P.S. Anyone need a Quartermaster out there? Always looking for work.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-12-05 23:34|| 2006-12-05 23:34|| Front Page Top

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