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Former 4 star AF General says carpet bombing runs counter to the ethics of the military

GreenRiverGatorz
GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
We all know Ted Cruz is a blood thirsty nutjob. How can anyone support a candidate whose foreign policy involves a strategy that would kill 30 civilians for every one terrorist it eliminates? Michael Hayden even alludes to the Air Force defying an order from the Commander-in-Chief should a hypothetical President Cruz give such a command.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/02/27/exp-gps-hayden-web-extra-cruz.cnn

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,113 Founders Club
    The burnt corpses of Dresden, Tokyo and myself enjoyed this post
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter
    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    They're all terrorists. HTH.
  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320

    The burnt corpses of Dresden, Tokyo and myself enjoyed this post

    Last I checked that was on the 40s, hth.
  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    *in.

    Fucking auto correct strikes again!
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,113 Founders Club
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter
    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    Sounds like we need a kinder, gentler way of obliterating our enemies.

    But ahem.... pssst.... That Genies is out of the bottle and she aint goin back in. Jihadists hate. That's what they do. We could give them what they wanted and they still would act towards the elimination of America and Western culture.
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    Your talking about Obama's drone kills?
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,113 Founders Club
    So the Germans and Japs got the message that you either stop or you die. And they are allies today.

    ISIS is as strong as it is today because the world let them. It is a movement based on a religious fever that isn't going away if we play nice. The last time Europe ignored the movement of Islam they were fighting them in Spain and the Baltics

    If we don't want total war, that's fine. Forget about the half ass war and sit here in Fortress America and wait for the barbarians to reach the gate.
  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325

    So the Germans and Japs got the message that you either stop or you die. And they are allies today.

    ISIS is as strong as it is today because the world let them. It is a movement based on a religious fever that isn't going away if we play nice. The last time Europe ignored the movement of Islam they were fighting them in Spain and the Baltics

    If we don't want total war, that's fine. Forget about the half ass war and sit here in Fortress America and wait for the barbarians to reach the gate.

    ROFL
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113

    The burnt corpses of Dresden, Tokyo and myself enjoyed this post

    Yeah it helps when you actually rebuild the countries you destroy.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,113 Founders Club

    The burnt corpses of Dresden, Tokyo and myself enjoyed this post

    Yeah it helps when you actually rebuild the countries you destroy.
    You have to pacify them and then stay there to do so. You can't cut and run with the job half done
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
    You're actually not far off. Letting al-Maliki run roughshed with his anti-Sunni campaigns following our departure from Iraq is almost entirely responsible for the rise of ISIS. But killing civilians for the last 15 years has allowed what would be an inconsequential group of 1000 fanatics and former Sadam loyalists to balloon into the 100,000+ fighters that we have today. And that applies to the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and other Islamic groups across the globe.

    The turban-headed fucks that are occupying and oppressing your village all of a sudden look like the good guys when your brother is split in two by a missile with "Courtesy of America" stamped on the side. It's really not hard to see how extremism is breeding as fast as it is.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter

    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
    You're actually not far off. Letting al-Maliki run roughshed with his anti-Sunni campaigns following our departure from Iraq is almost entirely responsible for the rise of ISIS. But killing civilians for the last 15 years has allowed what would be an inconsequential group of 1000 fanatics and former Sadam loyalists to balloon into the 100,000+ fighters that we have today. And that applies to the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and other Islamic groups across the globe.

    The turban-headed fucks that are occupying and oppressing your village all of a sudden look like the good guys when your brother is split in two by a missile with "Courtesy of America" stamped on the side. It's really not hard to see how extremism is breeding as fast as it is.
    I don't entirely disagree but what we first have to do is recognize the jihadist's are fighting a religious war. Our side doesn't seem to want to admit that fact. They hate us because we are not muslims in their mold. They've been waging that war for centuries. The crusades kept them quiet for a long time but that memory has faded and now they think with the money we have given them for oil it's time to go on the attack again. They have been very patient. The there's the whole suni shia mess.........
  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
    Disagree
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter
    dflea said:

    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
    Disagree
    Well that's an informative statement.
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    Sledog said:

    dflea said:

    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    2001400ex said:

    Sledog said:

    Yeah and we didn't use napalm in Iraq....

    Wwooosssshhhh
    2001 could you put some ear plugs in that air movement is annoying.

    War has collateral damage. If you want to win you kill the enemy until he no longer wishes to fight. When we do that we win wars when we fuck around winning hearts and minds we get bogged down in quagmires where the politicians decide on who we can kill. I'm not saying there should be excessive collateral damage but it can not be avoided especially in the middle east. Those bastards use civilians as shields and place AA, artillery etc. in schools and Masques. They endanger civilians on purpose as they know our morals will help protect them.
    The most effective way to breed terrorists is to kill innocents and confirm the jihadists' message that America is the enemy. It's the exact reason ISIS is as strong as it is today.

    I don't know why I'm responding to you though, you're a fucking idiot.
    One fucking idiot to another: Obama helped create ISIS and we have armed them. At least I'm not a clueless fucking idiot!

    Odd seems we accidentally killed 250,000 allied civilians in WWII and the allies didn't support the Nazi's........
    Disagree
    Well that's an informative statement.
    Are you new here?
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,864 Standard Supporter
    Been here over a year. But on the football side. Just dropped into Tug to see what it's about.