The objective is CLEAR - to rid the world of terrorism and those who harbor them. As to whether we are actually accomplishing that, I think thats not yet clear.
However, to NOT ACT against crazed fundamentalists is like pinning a big "TERRORIZE ME" sign on your back. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary P. McNeel, Jr. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:26 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: How long? > > To what end? Where is our clearly stated objective? What is this bombing > accomplishing? Are we really any closer to our objective? Since we don't > know how many of there civilians we are killing, can we really know if we > are doing anything effective? What kind of battle damage assessment can we > have? > > I agree that hitting missile sites is important. I spent 10 years in the > AF > and worked on the avionics systems that help guide the missiles in. I just > want there to be a clear objective. I do not want our troops, and one day > possibly my children or yours, to die for some BS political power play by > men in office who would shelter their children from having to serve (e.g. > George Bush, Jr.). If was to go off and die, or my child, I want it for > something real, not another 'Russia invades Afghanistan' scenario. > > -Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:30 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: How long? > > > > > > We don't know how many civilians our bombs have killed and how > > many theirs > > have killed. > > > > Fact remains, The US Military is going to preserve as many American > lives > > as it can. It this means accidentally killing some innocent > > civilians then > > we are sorry. > > > > At 03:10 PM 11/2/2001 +0000, you wrote: > > >so do i....but the bombing doesn't seem to be destablizing the > > taleban, just > > >killing lots of civilians. > > > > > >maybe a stop to the bombing while they re-assess the situation? > > > > > >will > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: 02 November 2001 15:05 > > >To: CF-Community > > >Subject: Re: How long? > > > > > > > > >The only change that I can think of is a large-scale ground > > campaign and I > > >doubt that will happen... > > > > > >Howie > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:02 AM > > >Subject: RE: How long? > > > > > > > > > > well then maybe a change of tactics is whats required? > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
