The problem is the Taliban is moving their defences around the country to it take a lot of bombs to get them all.
They are not going to send in ground troops until they can make sure they can be 100% supported through the air. I firmly believe these guys know what they are doing. At 09:51 AM 11/2/2001 -0500, you wrote: >How long does it take a Superpower to bomb a third-world country into >submission? We've been bombing Afghanistan since Oct 7 - I >would have thought it would be over by now. Here it is, November 2, and >we don't seem any closer to an end. What concerns me is >that there are some who think that Iraq may have been involved and may be >the target of the next campaign. Iraq has a much better >military than Afghanistan so how long would that one take? And, a >campaign against Iraq would be completely different that the Gulf >war because we wouldn't stop short of going into Baghdad this time. > >On a side note - I guess the people of Vieques are happy that the US Navy >has moved on to bombing Afghanistan... > >Howie > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
