Posted on 05/26/2015 6:53:25 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
And that's just the start; getting approval to bomb a target can take hours
Youd think it would represent a major blow to ISIS if you could take out its headquarters - and apparently U.S. forces know exactly where ISIS headquarters is located. Specifically were talking about seven buildings in Raqqa, Syria. Furthermore, youd think that if you had a shot at thousands of ISIS terrorists - the very ones who just took Ramadi and were running around in the open flaunting it - youd take them out.
Youd think that, but youd be wrong, at least according to the Obama Administrations best friends at the New York Times:
American and allied warplanes are equipped with the most precise aerial arsenal ever fielded. But American officials say they are not striking significant and obvious Islamic State targets out of fear that the attacks will accidentally kill civilians. Killing such innocents could hand the militants a major propaganda coup and alienate both the local Sunni tribesmen, whose support is critical to ousting the militants, and Sunni Arab countries that are part of the American-led coalition.
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And a building falling on they’re heads does have its charm.
MK77 Firebomb on the rubble 5 minutes later, more environmentally friendly than napalm.
Yeah, but no blast or frag effects. If we attack, kill them.
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