I could care less about stinking collateral damage. I DO like the fact that if the enemy thinks they can close in to our troops so as to negate air support, THEY will be surprised.
This will allow us to use more firepower closer to our troops. THAT is what I like. I personally like collateral damage as an effective pysop tool against the enemy. Those people see their neighbors blown away, they make a decision. "Who do I get mad at?". If the Americans are winning and not backing down away, not letting anyone rest, showing no mercy, those folks say, "I will get mad at the insurgents".
I just talked to a guy who got back a few months ago. He was not happy about the way we are using kid gloves on those guys over there.
He hopes that when Bush wins, we can get tough and finish the job.
In Fallujah, where he was, he would encircle the city and tell everyone to get out. All civilians would have to exit through checkpoints. Once everyone was out, they would go in and remove any weapons and kill anyone who was still there. If a fight erupted, they would get back and call in the F16s and point the lasers for them.
I hope Bush wins and we do just that. We should also declare that any Mosque used as a military base will become a target and bring out the daisy cutters. I really believe that if we just flattened one of them with a DC, the bad guys would get a strong message that it was not a winning approach.