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Originally Posted by Kevsh
Fair, but a large part of the criticism comes from the methods the US military is famous for - namely dirty bombs and carpet bombing, regardless of civilian casualties. The impression is, rightly or wrongly, that the U.S. leaders attitude is "we don't mind killing and maiming a few kids and old ladies if we think we might get a terrorist or two".
That attitude doesn't go over well with the locals, obviously!
And it seems it much easier to do this in countries like Somalia or Iraq where, generally speaking, there isn't a heck of a lot of sympathy for their people back in the U.S. ... but would the military use these tactics inside the U.S.? ... I rest my case.
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I'm not a fan of civilians getting killed.. but do you remember ww2? Hundred of thousands of civilians were killed by carpet bombing. In Africa millions have been killed by these warlords and rogue govt's with their ethnic cleansing.
This is the kind of attacks "The Real War on Terror" should be made up on. The invasion of Afghanistan was the right thing to do.. That should have been the number one priority because that is where bin Laden was based and most of his orgination was trained.
I fully supported the war in Afghanistan because it was part of the "true" war on terror. The deal in Iraq was total BS and the real war on terror has suffered along with the war in Afghanistan.
We should have put full effort into cleaning out Afghanistan and then went on to do pin point targeting in Africa and parts of Asia. This type of air strike attack in Africa should be exactly what the war on terror should consist of. Targets of opportunity.