U.S. Trying to "Kill Its Way Out" of Afghan War?

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

Air strikes in Afghanistan are up 50 per cent and now Defense Secretary Gates has ordered a second aircraft carrier, the USS Lincoln, into the fight.

Two carriers operating off the coast of Pakistan means about 120 aircraft available for missions over Afghanistan. And that's not counting U.S. Air Force missions flown out of Bagram and Kandahar.

Although American commanders frequently say "we cannot kill our way out of this war," that appears to be exactly what the U.S. is doing - unleashing air strikes and special operations raids against the Taliban in an effort to force them to the bargaining table.

It's not likely to change the mind of the Taliban leadership, which remains safe in Pakistan, but the hope is local commanders in Afghanistan will either come over to the government side or agree to cease fires.



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[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. I only have one thing to say.

:banghead:

[One Fly]

2. Ba ba bomb da packies

This is just the kind of mentality we need here. Bomb 'em into fucking submission. You betcha!!

[uppityperson]

6. wtf? "bomd da packies"?

"This is just the kind of mentality we need here. Bomb 'em into fucking submission. You betcha!!"

[w8liftinglady]

9. i like your blogspot...it has some good articles.

on DU,you need to put "sarcasm" with posts that are meant to be sarcastic speech references.Sometimes,it gets confusing...:)

[ixion]

3. *sigh*...

:cry: :puke:

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Your sig line reminds me of someone els's tagline...

"A terorist is a guy with a bomb and no airplane."

[awoke_in_2003]

5. it worked so well in Viet Nam. nt

[uppityperson]

7. If they spent even 1% military budget on schools instead...

[BeFree]

8. Schools

If all we did was protect the schools and the students, in a few years those students would change their world AND they'd be our friends.

As it is, we might actually be bombing some schools.

[WinkyDink]

10. Do they bomb to the strains of "Ride of the Valkyries"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7XNb3Q9Ek

[Bragi]

11. Good job creation for bomb factories

Too bad about all that death and destruction, though.

[PurityOfEssence]

12. Hey, it worked in Vietnam, didn't it?

We're out, aren't we?