[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

I really don't even pay any attention to the bush bashers any more thats all they know or all they have, but why couldn't we get a jet fighter plane over their fast enough I don't get that one.

You have to:

1. Modify the Air Tasking Order on the fly. Not easy, but it can be done--but it takes time.

2. Get a jet with the right ordnance. Time's a-wastin'.

3. Get said jet over the target. We generally do not have jets flying around in circles over all of Afghanistan, burning lots of jet fuel, just in case a good target comes up.

4. Do all this before the imam running the funeral says the equivalent of "Th-th-th-that's all folks!" and the group breaks up. Notice that the imam and the funeral attendees understand that a big crowd of 'em gathered in one place is just BEGGING for a smart bomb or two, so they're either done very quickly, or they're dead.

[Kozak]

3. Get said jet over the target. We generally do not have jets flying around in circles over all of Afghanistan, burning lots of jet fuel, just in case a good target comes up.

We need to develop a "bomb truck" for situations like this where we have no air or ground defense threat. Take a good sized commercial jet, modify it to carry a range of internal ordinance including high speed cruise missiles or stand off attack missiles. Have them fly a racetrack over hot spotswhich at cruise and altitude is very fuel efficient. They would have great bomb loads, long loiter times and it would be cheap cheap cheap compared to our conventional bombers.