The problem with threatening to bomb Afghanistan back to the stone age is tantamount to threatening Br'er Rabbit with being thrown into the br'er patch.
IMHO, the way to win hearts and minds in Afgthanistan is to make the people fear us worse than they fear the taliban/al-qaeda. If victory is the objective, we need a Sherman's March strategy, but if we're not willing to commit the manpower, resources, political will and national courage to do that, we need to pack it up and bring it home.
Irony noted. That’s why I said “beyond the stone age.” As you point out, the Stone Age would be a step up for these goons.
And you’re right about the fear factor. Kill them all; women, children, all of them, until they beg us to stop. It worked in Japan. I just don’t think that any American leader has the stones to say this, let alone do it.
The key problem to this line of thinking, besides our sad excuse for a POTUS, is the smarter-than-thou mass media who will NEVER, EVER allow the US military to execute a strategy like that. They would and will do absolutely everything in their power to erode public support of a non-victimized military.
This story made me physically ill when I read it this morning. I expect casualties and death in this war, but I WILL NEVER ACCEPT them as a result of PC stupidity.
This story absolutely must get the legs it deserves in order to pressure the fools in charge to put the ROEs back where they belong before we end up with an entire platoon or company of US men lying dead in the dirt.