> The problem is that with so many nutcases in one place, something more > extreme than a suicide bombing is bound to happen....it happened in > Afganistan. Nutcases make bad decisions, like supporting Bin Laden in the > face of a very pissed USA. Hezbollah and all of them are just as dumb. They > are going to step over the line sooner or later.
I wouldn't call them dumb .. maybe ignorant is a better choice of words. I truely believe the Taleban just had no concept of the technological sophistication of the U.S. military. I remember a brief interview with a captured commander in the Taleban malitia who was commenting on the destruction of the tank group he was part of, which was wiped out in seconds. He said something to the effect that they never saw/heard the planes that attacked them and was quoted as saying something pretty close to "We were amazed. We thought, 'What type of army do these Americans have that they can destroy our tanks so easily?'." I'll try to find the actuall quote. I have it somewhere. > > jon ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
