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2014-10-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

USAF Pilots Say They're Flying Blind Against IS

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Posted by Pappy 2014-10-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

Posted by Bobby 2014-10-12 07:20|| 2014-10-12 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 There's also the delay associated with locating POTUS, waiting for the putt and his call to the Valjar for strike authority confirmation.

Posted by KBK 2014-10-12 08:21|| 2014-10-12 08:21|| Front Page Top

#3 There is a solution. It's quite simple. Curtis LeMay figured out the type tactics needed for this.

If it exists, bomb it. If it moves, bomb it and and set it on fire. If you can still see it the next day, bomb it and clean up with fire. If nothing moves and you can't see anything, bomb it and napalm it cause somethings likely hiding there. Did I mention bomb it? Then set it on fire? Yes? Good. Now go do it. Repeat until charred bits of corpses beg for mercy.

Posted by Silentbrick 2014-10-12 09:21|| 2014-10-12 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Like I said the other day, US air strikes are far too few an far too ineffective because ISIS has figured out how to get inside the US IDA loop. This article poetry much confirms it.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-12 10:08|| 2014-10-12 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 American warplanes are hitting small numbers of targets after a painstaking and cumbersome process.
Got to clear things with the Washington lawyers first?

“The kill-chain is very convoluted,” one combat-experienced Air Force A-10 Warthog pilot told The Daily Beast. “Nobody really has the control in the tactical environment.”

It's O.K. rest assured, we have the ONE in the WH. He brings plenty of experience to the job (sarc).

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-12 10:32|| 2014-10-12 10:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I bet there's a focus group being consulted for each target too. A political focus group.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-10-12 10:59|| 2014-10-12 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 When the enemy knows you will not accept collateral damage he will be sure to surround himself with 'human shields.' No matter how skillful your targetting and bombing are, you cannot avoid collateral damage.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-10-12 12:05|| 2014-10-12 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Before ISIS beheaded American hostages, White House Weenies were talking about sending bombing requests to the White House lawyers with secret instructions to not approve anything.

Now circumstances have changed, but I wonder if the lawyers have gotten the message.

Al

Posted by frozen al 2014-10-12 12:17|| 2014-10-12 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 SilentBrick has read his U Wun Sun Tu, on the Art of Was

Posted by Shipman 2014-10-12 12:35|| 2014-10-12 12:35|| Front Page Top

#10 There's also the delay associated with locating POTUS, waiting for the putt and his call to the Valjar for strike authority confirmation.

With the added bonus of losing the target or running out of fuel.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-10-12 13:11|| 2014-10-12 13:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Puttus is bombing as a political effort to silence those demanding that we do something against ISIS. He does not want results, only that he did something to silence his perceived opposition.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-10-12 13:14|| 2014-10-12 13:14|| Front Page Top

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