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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Yes, thank you Aklim. You've said that about 20 times. Point is, people discount their own culpablility big time when bombs are falling on them. We in the US, for the most part, are loathe to accept any shred of responsibility for hostility towards us. Witness the outrage any time someone tries to point out that we've sowed the seeds of 9/11 for years. Why do you expect Lebanese to behave any differently?
Just because you and/or Israelis think "smart" bombs are justified and will achieve desired ends, doesn't mean they will. In many regards, it just amps up the general level of hostility and gives the terrorist recruiters more material to work with.
Besides, smart bombs are not nearly as surgical as hawks would have us believe. And even when they are, they're only as good as the intel that aims them -- such as the blowing up of a block's worth of houses because we thought Saddam would be there. Oops! Sorry. It was for a good cause, really it was. Hope you can get over the annhilation of your family there, dude.
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I don't expect them to behave differently. It's par for the course. We do things that people don't like and they do the same. I don't gripe when the sun rises in the east.
I don't think smart bombs are worth a damn. Where did I say that? I'd settle for an old fashoned carpet bombing. Much cheaper in the long run. Yes, it gives the recruiters more material to work with. Hence the carpet bombing. It has an effect of reducing the material advailable. What do you suggest? Isreal take it and take it and take it in the shorts?
See above and my previous posts on smart bombs. I think it was a dumb decision to make them. Much cheaper to invest in a load of dumb ones that flatten everything in its path.