For some reason I will never NOT watch an AC-130 in action. I notice it is from December 08. That would be less than a month after the Bush-Kerry election where our course in Iraq was at the turning point. Bush won and two days later the battles for, the ground invasions of Fallujah, Mosul, and Ramadi were ON. Wonder if that’s the message.
IMHO the message is that the target is ready to get demolished.