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The U.S. begins bombing Taliban drug labs as Trump’s Afghanistan strategy takes hold
washingtonpost.com ^ | November 20 at 12:36 PM | Dan Lamothe

Posted on 11/21/2017 10:34:40 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

U.S. and Afghan forces have launched a series of attacks on narcotics laboratories in southern Afghanistan, marking the start of what could become a long, expanded air war there under President Trump.

The initial strikes, which began Sunday and were ongoing Monday, represent the first significant use of new legal authorities granted by the Trump administration in August that enable the Pentagon to target Taliban revenue streams, said Army Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Previously, the U.S. military conducted strikes only when facing imminent threat or working directly with the Afghans.

Speaking to the Pentagon press corps via satellite from his headquarters in Kabul, Nicholson said Monday that Afghan A-29 warplanes launched the operation. They were followed by B-52 bombers, advanced F-22 fighters, unmanned aircraft and Marine Corps rocket fire.

“There are many, many targets that have been identified,” Nicholson said. “We are striking some, and we will continue to strike these targets as we further refine them.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; fourth100days; gwot; taliban; trumpgwot
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

A long, expanded war? I don’t expect that. Trump’s a business man, not a politician; he’s out to win.


21 posted on 11/21/2017 10:54:04 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano


22 posted on 11/21/2017 10:56:02 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why hit the labs? Because the stuff is all stored there and it makes people hesitant to work there.


23 posted on 11/21/2017 10:57:55 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Hugh the Scot

Thanks Hugh!


24 posted on 11/21/2017 10:58:39 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: stylin19a

No need to pollute the land mass... Let them ‘work’ hard, harvest and then destroy the facilities used to make their poppy juice... IF they are out growing poppies, they are NOT shooting at US...


25 posted on 11/21/2017 11:02:16 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Love our president! First time I’ve said that since Reagan.


26 posted on 11/21/2017 11:09:50 AM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: winner3000
It was always such a joke to say we are at war with somebody, and yet do nothing about choking their revenue streams especially when they relate to making illegal drugs!

I always thought the same thing. The military was prohibited from destroying the poppy fields in Afghanistan because the politicians didn't want to alienate the poppy farmers. To me, alienating drug growers is not a problem when you consider that the profits were being used to kill Americans and the drugs were going into our inner cities.

27 posted on 11/21/2017 11:15:35 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: bert

B-52s! ARCLIGHT II


28 posted on 11/21/2017 11:40:32 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Until they start stocking these places with women and children.


29 posted on 11/21/2017 11:59:09 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The good thing about bombing labs like this is not just that you slow down production of the final product a bunch (you do), but that you will (hopefully) reduce the knowledge and skill level of the cartels there by means of chaotic disassembly of the lab techs and designers on site.

Bombs away! Next, let’s do the same in Mexico and Colombia. I’m tired of our youth being made high and poisoned by foreign interests.


30 posted on 11/21/2017 12:40:00 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Ancesthntr

North Korean makes the highest grade Meth in the world too!


31 posted on 11/21/2017 1:19:59 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ah.... no.

The highest grade has a light blue color and is made in Albuquerque New Mexico


32 posted on 11/21/2017 1:23:49 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

No more casual cruelty of Obama’s non-engagement rules! Thank you President Trump!


33 posted on 11/21/2017 1:26:48 PM PST by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

B-52s? Somebody is serious.

5.56mm


34 posted on 11/21/2017 1:30:10 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: drypowder

Isn’t 41 affectionately called “Poppy”?

An accident? Maybe not....


35 posted on 11/21/2017 2:11:07 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Ernest.

36 posted on 11/21/2017 4:27:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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