Questions for US military after doubt cast on efficiency of Afghan bombing

[HAB911]

After dropping its largest conventional bomb ever used in combat in Afghanistan on 13 April, the US military said the massive ordnance air blast, or Moab, was a “very clear message to Isis” that they would be “annihilated”.

Defence secretary Jim Mattis said the bomb was “necessary to break Isis”. The Afghan government claimed the bomb killed 94 Isis militants, while harming no civilians.

But a new investigation by independent analysts casts doubt on the efficiency of the bomb, suggesting it inflicted far less damage than initially reported – and raising questions again over why the bomb was dropped.

Using satellite imagery, ground footage and 3D visualisation, Alcis, an institute for geographical analysis, surveyed the targeted area in Nangarhar province.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/05/us-military-afghanistan-bomb-moab

[Freethinker65]

1. Is anyone surprised? Anyone???

This, and all of the propaganda surrounding it, is the stuff we pay for instead of helping to provide healthcare for our citizens. Sad.

[superpatriotman]

2. Know what else could have killed 94 Isis militants?

94 bullets.

eom

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. A week later 200+ afghan millitary were slaughtered in their own camp as payback.

Doing these reality TV show stunts don't play out the way they do in a picture tube.

[gratuitous]

4. But it was the biggest conventional bomb ever used!

That's gotta count for something.

Sadly, it does count for something with far too many people in our country.

[spanone]

5. our military lies to us???? color me shocked!!!!

of course they do.

under trump, probably more than ever.