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To: jmc1969

NOTHING will ever replace boots on the ground.

God Speed and much prayers for all of our troops and allies. House to house fighting is nasty stuff with high causality rates. But it is necessary to clear out a rats nest.


25 posted on 03/02/2007 10:21:40 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: taxcontrol

AMEN with that.

Ground pounders still and for the forseeable future will remain the most vital part winning wars.


28 posted on 03/02/2007 10:25:28 AM PST by jmc1969
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To: taxcontrol

I don't understand that. If a TOW missile or a small bomb per house is too expensive, use blockbusters. Why do we have to do door-to-door fighting? It's a waste of our most precious commodity.


35 posted on 03/02/2007 11:04:00 AM PST by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: taxcontrol
NOTHING will ever replace boots on the ground.

True, but precision guided munitions, liberally applied, can make the "boots" job much easier and safer.

66 posted on 03/02/2007 3:04:14 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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