Yikes! Laser guided bombs? Two take out only two terrorists wielding small arms?
Hate to nitpick here, but couldn't a grenade launcher have done it for about 1/10,000th the cost?
Then don't
Considering only 1 American got hurt in the original terrorist attack and he's good to return to duty, I'd call it a hell of a bargain.
Re: your #10.........my thoughts precisely. Talk about overkill.......sheesh.
"Hate to nitpick here, but couldn't a grenade launcher have done it for about 1/10,000th the cost?"
Let's see. . .1/10,000th the cost vs no lives lost and one man wounded and returned to duty. . .expose one RPG man and one loader in the open to two guys likely firing automatic weapons. . .all the good guys, so far, going home to their moms and dads, wives and sweethearts, brothers and sisters and grandparents. . . Free Republic second guessers NOT in Iraq but sitting on the bums in front of their computers and not making command decisions about the lives of their guys under their command.
Nope! You two guys lose! The 10,000-times costs are darn well worth it.
(I have not served. My tagline honors my son and my cousin.)
I've no problem with using laser-guided bombs to take out bad guys. The initial strike could have been backed up by a larger group once the 101st got sucked in. If that were the case, a definitive message has been sent. If not, the initial bad guys are still dead.
In Vietnam, we used 500 pound Snake Eye bombs and napalm to do basically the same job. Proving yet again, that most dangerous thing on the field of battle is a squad leader with a radio. With the ability to rain Hell down on the opposition.
Jack.