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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: ichabod1

"Aviation cannot take prisoners nor hold ground." General George S. Patton


36 posted on 03/02/2007 11:07:05 AM PST by Patriot Hooligan ("God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." General George S. Patton)
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To: ichabod1
"Why do we have to do door-to-door fighting?"

Because going room-to-room is the only way you can be certain of having gotten them all.

42 posted on 03/02/2007 11:41:45 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: ichabod1

Two words Collateral Damage. The idea is to get the bad guys without killing noncombatants and destroying their city.


81 posted on 03/02/2007 8:27:32 PM PST by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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