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To: sarasmom

And yes, our Air Force now has the conventional weapons to do the job on Iranian nuclear facilities without damage to civilians in civilian cities. It’s been in the public news off and on for a long time. Israel is also, no doubt, equipped to do it with conventional weapons to avoid civilian casualties.


98 posted on 09/12/2012 4:47:42 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the world.)
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To: familyop
Our USAF has always had multiple weapons choices, both conventional and nuclear, to do any “mission” required for the last few decades.

The nuclear option has obviously not been in the top three tiers of “choice” selected. Pity. While the employment history is limited, the attrition level is acceptable, given certain heinous alternatives.
There is no such thing as “avoiding civilian casualties” in warfare, particularly in nations who intentionally position offensive military operations(AKA high value targets) in high civilian population areas.

But let me give you a basic survival tip, familyop.
If the leaders of your nation openly declare themselves to be at, or desirous of waging war against another nation...either don yourself a uniform, overthrow your leaders, or get the hell out of that country. I see Israels regional role in different terms. Israel has habitually blocked the USA from attacking all those Islamic nations who have self-declared themselves to be the mortal enemies of the USA. Perhaps they all have played their sick semantic games too long, and believe themselves immune from real world consequences. They want to go to hell, we want to send them there. Win/Win. The rest of the world can avoid civilian casualties.

100 posted on 09/12/2012 6:55:47 PM PDT by sarasmom
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