I was expecting this...
1 posted on
10/22/2001 8:42:11 AM PDT by
Int
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To: Int
Uhhh, oh yeah "oops".. uhhh, yeah, sorry. Really...
2 posted on
10/22/2001 8:46:10 AM PDT by
Paradox
To: Int
If Jang cites "a report quoting witnesses," it must be true.
3 posted on
10/22/2001 8:46:16 AM PDT by
dighton
To: Int
Looks like no harm, no foul, fortunately.
To: Int
Oops! Sorry.
5 posted on
10/22/2001 8:46:57 AM PDT by
Pokey78
To: Int
Stuff happens in a war zone; no one should be surprised when it does.
To: Int
I will take this story with a grain of salt until there is confirmation from a second source. That said, it seems to me that the world (and the press in particular) needs to wake up to the reality of war. The fact that every stray bomb is reported as breaking news is absurd. IT'S WAR, for crying out loud.
Too many people still see this whole thing as entertainment. When a bomb hits something they don't like, they boo the actors. Geez louis, wait until we nuke someone or a small pox attack takes out 3 million people - these folks might actually get up and leave the theatre.
7 posted on
10/22/2001 8:54:31 AM PDT by
Pete
To: Int
IF...two bombs land(ed) near opposition posts and another bomb hit a Taliban controlled area ...
THEN why is this considered "firing on Northern Alliance Positions"?
Just sounds like close air support to me...
9 posted on
10/22/2001 8:58:06 AM PDT by
error99
To: Int
We are desperatly trying to keep the Northern bunch from looting whats left of Kabul. Buying time to see if we can forge some kind of end play arrangement with the surrounding intrest, notably the tribes of the South. A migration to stability is the optimum goal.
12 posted on
10/22/2001 9:06:52 AM PDT by
TUX
To: Int
Crappy source and there are no F-16's operating in Afghanistan.
15 posted on
10/22/2001 9:12:58 AM PDT by
Rokke
To: Int
Murphy's First law of combat is "Always remember, Friendly fire is not friendly".....
16 posted on
10/22/2001 9:21:07 AM PDT by
stumpy
To: Int
Yup. Unfortunately Americans are not known for their accuracy. I have a relative who served in the British Army during WW2. He said that whenever the Germans would start bombing or shelling, the allies would hide in the bunkers. And whenever the British would start shelling or bombing, the Germans would hide. But whenever the Americans would start shelling or bombing, everyone would hide.
To: Int
It's very unfortunate that patriotic American reprint "news" from sources allied with and sympathetic to our enemies. It is wrong morally, and also bad for morale.
To: Int
We're probably going to have to fight them sooner or later. Might as well take out two birds with one stone.
To: Int
Was this an accident? Or a friendly reminder of who's really in charge?
34 posted on
10/22/2001 11:32:36 AM PDT by
Illbay
To: Int
DOH!40 posted on
10/22/2001 1:24:13 PM PDT by
R_Kangel
To: Int
When I was working on a new submarine communication system, I was monitoring an exercise. One sub 'sank' a merchant vessel that had the misfortune to look like a hostile. The subs response: "war is hell". I hope that they're a little less casual about it if it ever happens for real.
To: Int
Yeah, they all look the same...
To: Int
Sorry, my last pic didn't load.
DOH!47 posted on
10/22/2001 2:16:47 PM PDT by
R_Kangel
To: Int
Those Northerners shouldn't be wearing Taliban "uniforms".
48 posted on
10/22/2001 2:44:59 PM PDT by
J Jay
To: Int
As a former fighter-bomber pilot, I am not surprised at any errant bombs when the dropping aircraft are observing a 15,000-foot "floor" on their activities. If you want to know what you are dropping on, you need to get down low amongst the trees where you can see things with human eyes.
49 posted on
10/22/2001 3:13:49 PM PDT by
JoeGar
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