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POLL: Why do you think the U.S. dropped a MOAB in Afghanistan?
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Posted on 04/15/2017 1:52:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler

Why do you think the U.S. dropped a MOAB in Afghanistan?

To distract from the Trump/Russia election hack.

To save the lives of U.S. military personnel.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: liberalwhiners; moab; poll; polls; russia; shrilling
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To: Jeff Chandler

Ans.: To put a logjam in the tunnel system that goes from Afghanistan to Pakistan.

Recommendation: Put a jogjam in the other end, Pakistan.


21 posted on 04/15/2017 2:13:20 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Lots of leftists casting their votes apparently:

Why do you think the U.S. dropped a MOAB in Afghanistan?

To distract from the Trump/Russia election hack. (54%)
To save the lives of U.S. military personnel. (46%)

Actually I think it was to destroy the complex as the MOAB is know for being a bunker buster.

But it is no longer even The Mother of All Bombs anymore

22 posted on 04/15/2017 2:13:24 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Jeff Chandler

It was coming up on its “use by” date.


23 posted on 04/15/2017 2:16:15 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“Close” only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and MOAB’s.


24 posted on 04/15/2017 2:17:51 PM PDT by econjack
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Robert A Cook gave the best answers.


25 posted on 04/15/2017 2:21:37 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

For the same reason the missiles were launched at the Syrians. To lay down a marker - Don’t mess with us. There’s a new sheriff in town.

And incidentally to kill some terrorists and to fulfill his campaign promise to bomb the sh@@ out of ISIS. I’d say the bomb did that.


26 posted on 04/15/2017 2:21:53 PM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Jeff Chandler

People should be going to prison over this. We had these “raghead suppressors” all the time and didn’t use them until now?


27 posted on 04/15/2017 2:23:18 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: Robert DeLong

They dropped a GBU-43/B which is a concussive bomb. Not to be confused with the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP).

Another reason to drop the GBU-43/B is a pissing contest to see if the Russians will drop their Father of All Bombs or FOAB - Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP) - (a thermobaric bomb) weighing in at 44 tons of TNT.

Popcorn anyone?


28 posted on 04/15/2017 2:25:36 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Jeff Chandler

c) To make Lizzy warren look like an idiot.


29 posted on 04/15/2017 2:25:46 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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To: Jeff Chandler

false dichotomy. They did it to kill the enemy and degrade his ability to conduct future operations in that region.


30 posted on 04/15/2017 2:27:54 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I’m in for All of the Above, plus sending a message. In one stroke Trump demonstrated:
1) Kim Jong-in, the Iranians, and ISIS can hide themselves and their WMD programs in caves and bunkers.
2) Stuff in caves and bunkers (or conventional forces massed to attack Seoul) go boom.
3) Trump is not afraid to let our military act.
4) Hardly anyone actually opposes acting. The Democrats, the media, and RINO anti-Trumpers have basically shut up and saluted.


31 posted on 04/15/2017 2:28:16 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: dynachrome

To kill isis mo-fos and to send a clear message to KimChi!


32 posted on 04/15/2017 2:30:28 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Don't bother with fake news about Trump on MMS. FR has Trump's Tweets and his real news each day!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Cuz they found Rome....."All roads lead to Rome" and perhaps the hit blocked off numerous "critical" tunnels which were usually well supplied.

Our guys must have done one hell of an GPS recon.

IIRC, the Usama Complex in Pakistan....All roads lead to the Complex.

33 posted on 04/15/2017 2:31:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Jeff Chandler

Had to test it somewhere.

Either there or Detroit.


34 posted on 04/15/2017 2:32:40 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Jeff Chandler

MOAB Dick... Call me Squishmael


35 posted on 04/15/2017 2:33:32 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: PIF

The penetrator bomb would be less effective for random shallow tunnels and caves than against a known location, deeply sheltered single critical military (political) bomb shelter or weapons facility.

Thus the Iranian a-bomb facilities are a penetrator target, as are the NORK bomb shelters and weapons test tunnels. The Muslim targets in the hills are the better air-aerosol explosive that kills over a larger area.


36 posted on 04/15/2017 2:34:13 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The commander on the ground needed a bunker busted, and used a bunker buster to bust it.

Nothing political here whatsoever. The military is finally being unleashed to win their wars, and they are having a field day with not having their hands tied behind their backs by Obama anymore.


37 posted on 04/15/2017 2:35:48 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

To impress China, North Korea, and Russia as well as ISIS.


38 posted on 04/15/2017 2:36:21 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: Jeff Chandler

I think it was to send a message to that fat little North Korean ...


39 posted on 04/15/2017 2:36:58 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: Robert DeLong

The Father of all Bombs?

Grandmother of all Bombs?


40 posted on 04/15/2017 2:37:15 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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