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2012-02-01 Afghanistan

Monbiot: US Fighting Cowardly War 'Cause it Uses Drones

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Posted by Matt 2012-02-01 13:07|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Cowardly, or smart?

Is it cowardly to blow terrorists into chum when the said terrorists would attack unarmed civilians?

Which party is the more cowardly?

Either way, I suspect Monboit is a cowardly fuck himself and a SEAL challenging him to a fistfight would cause the yellow bastard to soil himself and run like hell.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-02-01 13:49|| 2012-02-01 13:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, if not directly, it makes me wonder how R&D is going on other attack drones.

Even in 1961 a Coyote and Road Runner cartoon predicted how this might work, albeit in a crude and ineffective form.

Instead imagine a large drone aircraft that could deploy perhaps 20 individual guided bomblets, one at a time, perhaps with simple FM guidance, each bomblet designed as a small air burst, shrapnel munition.

Each one having about 4 times the amount of composition B of an M67 frag grenade (6.5oz), with a fragmentation exterior, it would pack a sizable punch to individuals in the open.

In a place like Afghanistan, where medical care is hard to get...

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-02-01 14:47|| 2012-02-01 14:47|| Front Page Top

#3 That writing was whomever-you-call-god-aweful.

Is this how teh smaht people justify their continued support of Obama and disagreement with his drone policy? Mental diarrhea with corn bit? A D+ in junior high, at best.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-02-01 15:00|| 2012-02-01 15:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, and in this context, whitewash is a racist term.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-02-01 15:01|| 2012-02-01 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a hell of a lot better than having 1/4 billion dollar planes shot down with their crews. Moonbat should go back to sucking infected eggs.

Posted by Water Modem 2012-02-01 15:03|| 2012-02-01 15:03|| Front Page Top

#6 "Fair fights? They're for losers."

Posted by mojo 2012-02-01 15:04|| 2012-02-01 15:04|| Front Page Top

#7 "monobat supports ground invasion of Pakistan shocker!"

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-02-01 15:11|| 2012-02-01 15:11|| Front Page Top

#8 If you look in the comments he believes (his words) that the people being attacked should be able to vote on if drones should be permitted to attack them?

What deranged world is he living in? One where citizens of the Axis voted to allow the allies to bomb them? This would include the cowardly night attacks by the British Landcasters that were cowardly painted black so they wouldn't be hit as much.

Posted by Water Modem 2012-02-01 15:16|| 2012-02-01 15:16|| Front Page Top

#9 That's because it's not a war, George---it's deworming.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-02-01 15:24|| 2012-02-01 15:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Who?

Posted by Barbara 2012-02-01 15:36|| 2012-02-01 15:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Moonbat Prime.

Unfortunately for all involved, he is paid to write.

Strangly, the Greeks did have what would be sort of fair where both sides would line up with their best on the left and worst on the right, and pound each other until one side's best defeated the other side's worst, and would take the field. That changed at Delium, Boatia vs Athens; Athens was pounding Boatia and Pagondas sent a couple groups of Boatian cavalry around a hill, Athens thought an entire new army was approaching and quit the field with victory in their grasp. Sure there were a number of Athenians talking about unfair tactics and lack of manhood...but from the loser's camp.

Also, the Greeks produced Taktike Theoria, outlining the basics of how to control the battlefield and use technology and training to defeat the enemy.

They may chalk a storm up to the gods, or treachory, but I also have the feeling that when it got down to killing the enemy they knew person, training, and advantage were quite important.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-02-01 16:47|| 2012-02-01 16:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Sorry, don't know the whiny bitch.
Am I supposed to?

Posted by tu3031 2012-02-01 19:48|| 2012-02-01 19:48|| Front Page Top

#13 ..I think he just volunteered to be point man.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-02-01 20:05|| 2012-02-01 20:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, they have their cowardly IED's and they care not who gets killed. We merely mounted a firecracker on a model airplane. We do care to try to keep innocents out of the way.

Posted by newc 2012-02-01 22:04|| 2012-02-01 22:04|| Front Page Top

#15 After clicking on 'Moose's link, i finally made the connection: Bambi is really Wliy E. in the flesh. Think about it; every 'genius' thing he has touched blows up on him. Only difference is, his Acme bombs also splatter us.
Makes me almost wish for an anvil and an airplane.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-02-01 22:11|| 2012-02-01 22:11|| Front Page Top

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