We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:53:38 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Where's my farking AGM-65 when I need it? Christ. These people just need killin'. - Instapilot... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:36:42 -0600 It's things like this that worry me the most. As far as I can tell, the only thing stopping Israel from simply walking artillery across every square yard of Gaza and the West Bank is... Israel. I really don't think doing experimental research into what it would take to get them to do this is a good idea. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63962 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63962 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:45:45 -0600 It certainly is tempting and maybe if we did things like that (along Sherman's, LeMay's et al concept of total war), we would have less enemy to deal with... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63954 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63954 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:35:18 -0600 Well, normally it'd be a Hellfire off either a Cobra, Apache or Predator but the Maverick would make a bigger, um, statement. That said, being an old Hog driver, while I looove the thought of the CBU (and the 87 especially), I just couldn't bring myself to suggest it given the inherent gotchas these things sometimes bring to the fight...like duds. Of course, they're aren't many friendlies in the area, but there are a number of non-combatants. So, the better angels of my nature held sway...but it's tempting, ain't it? Instapilot http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63952 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63952 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:53:31 -0600 their neighborhood. I know, the good guys aren't supposed to do that stuff, but damn...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63948 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/why_we_fight_no.html#comment-63948 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:42:18 -0600