'Mother of All Bombs': US Forces Drop Massive Non-Nuclear Bomb in Afghanistan

Foxnews ^ | 4/13/17 | FOX News

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

https://youtu.be/i9H50tHiHjs

[huldah1776]

Mattis is really in his element now, eh? I would love to hear his private description of that MOAB. LOL

[Mr. Douglas]

...or any transfer of power of the presidency of the US from a muslim to an American.

[Jim W N]

I mean I know once upon a time after 9-11 we went in there to kick ass and get bin Laden. But Bush scuttled that attempt in the early 2000’s and the went on his stupid Iraq venture.

So Bush’s objective became muddled and confused as I think Bush himself was, and then comes Obama who was even more confused and somehow through it all we’re still in Afghanistan.

I think finally in Trump we’ve got someone who if we don’t have a clear reason and object in our being there he’ll get us the hell out. But of course that doesn’t explain the big ass bomb.

If we have a clear legitimate objective in protecting America and her interests by being in Afghanistan now, I have no problem with that. I just think it should be made clear to the American People what those reasons are. I mean are we going after ISIS there? If not, why are we there?

[COBOL2Java]

What the hell are we doing in Afghanistan anyway?

Pest control.

[silverleaf]

No ISIS is not just Arabs

Many or most of the ISIS fighting in Syria are foreign jihadists, many non Arab (Chechen, Uighur Chinese, whatever Islamic radicals come in many nationalities, including white europeans)- so much for it being a “civil war” against Assad

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi (Iraqi, supposedly) put out a worldwide call for jihad and the rats came running to Iraq and Syria

Part of the reason Russia moved in against “ISIS” was to stomp this vipers nest before it could draw combatants who would then migrate to the former Republics and into Russia

[fso301]

A MOAB can fit in the B-2 Bomb Bay?

Yes.

[Col Frank Slade]

Blast radius of 1 mile.

[GregNH]

So much for me trying to get a sensational headline that rhymes...

[fso301]

I’ve heard it sucks the oxygen out of the tunnels, asphyxiating the guys hiding fairly deep in the mountain.

In WW-II, marines were assured that after massive air and naval barrages against tiny atols, they would go in unopposed.

[HighSierra5]

I love the smell of Moab in the morning. Cue the helicopters with “welcome to the jungle” blaring over loudspeakers.

[Veto!]

And to send the "FLB in NK" a message

The only thing that makes sense to me. I'm not a military person, so don't fully understand the general's thinking…..However, I really didn't elect Trump to blow stuff up.

[RC one]

[HighSierra5]

I love the smell of Moab in the morning. Cue the helicopters with “welcome to the jungle” blaring over loudspeakers.

[Kickass Conservative]

You are correct, thanks. Found an old FR link.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/874758/posts

[HighSierra5]

I love the smell of Moab in the morning. Cue the helicopters with “welcome to the jungle” blaring over loudspeakers.

[Kickass Conservative]

Looks like MOAB Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

[The Sons of Liberty]

"If you f--- with me, I'll kill you all." - Gen Mad Dog Mattis

The psychological effect on survivors and message it sends (can you hear us korean Fat Boy?) is almost as good as watching the blast.

[bella1]

Trump said he was going to destroy Isis and end the free flow of drugs; i.e. heroin from pouring over or southern border. I believe Afghanistan with their Isis-controlled poppy fields just received a dual message.

[JimRed]

I think these are the weapons of choice to quickly silence NK artillery.

But the C-130 is a big, fat slow target for triple A fire, anti-air missiles and MIGs, none of which would have been a factor in Afghanistan. So they'd have to use the B-1s and release at speed from high altitude.