Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the we-don't-know-much dept.
Several people have reported that the US has begun military operations in Afghanistan. Bush is talking on CNN live right now. Bombing has begun on Kabul. More as we know it. Here the word
a on CNN and The CBC.
Considering that the US has called TV stations, water supplies etc. "military targets" (see Serbia...), I guess they'll kill many thousands of innocent people again before the Talibans flee and some US-backed dictator is installed...
-- "I love my job, but I hate talking to people like you" (Freddie Mercury)
Same ol' same old
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sane?
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Looks like they are playing the same old gameplan. Knock out comms and power, limit government control, pick up the pieces and attempt to win hearts and minds.
Question is, what will the response be?
I'd expect the Arab countries to close ranks, to say that this is the end, not the beginning. I'd expect pictures of civilian dead. And I'd expect another type of strike back - another 'terrorist' attack, probably outside the US.
Just how do you win a war against an idea, one that can survive the death of any one person?
Re:Innocent bystanders
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ConceptJunkie
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You're right, we are strictly targeting innocent civilians by attacking sites with no military significance, to instill fear and terror in the Afghani people.
And we were no better than Germany when innocent civilians were killed by American bombing.
And we were certainly no better than Saddam Hussein when he put civilians in buildings targeted by the U.S. so they would be killed by American attacks.
And we are certainly engaging in terrorist activity when, after the Tabilan's air defenses are taken out that we will continue our history hundreds of millions of dollars of humanitarian aid to the Afghani people by air dropping food and medicine to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have evacuated Kabul and other places.
Go back to Saigon, Jane.
-- You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Re:To Those Who Are Screaming For Vengeance
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sheldon
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We're bombing command and radar installations (confirmed destroyed), as well as dropping food and supplies in other areas.
A relatively good speech by Bush, I thought.
-John
Considering that the US has called TV stations, water supplies etc. "military targets" (see Serbia...), I guess they'll kill many thousands of innocent people again before the Talibans flee and some US-backed dictator is installed...
"I love my job, but I hate talking to people like you" (Freddie Mercury)
Question is, what will the response be?
I'd expect the Arab countries to close ranks, to say that this is the end, not the beginning. I'd expect pictures of civilian dead. And I'd expect another type of strike back - another 'terrorist' attack, probably outside the US.
Just how do you win a war against an idea, one that can survive the death of any one person?
You're right, we are strictly targeting innocent civilians by attacking sites with no military significance, to instill fear and terror in the Afghani people.
And we were no better than Germany when innocent civilians were killed by American bombing.
And we were certainly no better than Saddam Hussein when he put civilians in buildings targeted by the U.S. so they would be killed by American attacks.
And we are certainly engaging in terrorist activity when, after the Tabilan's air defenses are taken out that we will continue our history hundreds of millions of dollars of humanitarian aid to the Afghani people by air dropping food and medicine to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have evacuated Kabul and other places.
Go back to Saigon, Jane.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Well said.