[max_rpf]

They have a division of Iraqi armor dug in, I don't know why they don't just scout it out and cluster bomb the entire area.

[John Valentine]

How many MOABs do we have available for deployment?

[Sunnyvale CA Eng.]

Exactly, I'm getting sick of our gentleman's war approach. Carpet bomb the sh!t out of these bastards for a week or two and then send in our guys.

[Justa]

"I don't know why they don't just scout it out and cluster bomb the entire area."

That should read "I don't know why they don't just scout it out and MLRS the entire area. They're not called the Grid Smashers for nothing you know.

[tessalu]

The USA and the UK needs to do a whole lot more bombing with cluster bombs and seek out the Republican Guard, and put more effort into getting rid of them. It is just not right to send our American soldiers into hornets nests with out softening them up first. I do not like what I am seeing. USA should not put infastructure before American troops. The protection of American troops should be foremost.

[Servant of the Nine]

They have a division of Iraqi armor dug in, I don't know why they don't just scout it out and cluster bomb the entire area.

Cause you don't get that many anti tank bomblets in a cliuster bomb. If we used every airplane we have we would be lucky to get 40% of them. It's easier if costlier to do it right.

SO9

[JasonC]

Because between 1/10 and 1/5 cluster bomblets fail to go off, leaving a minefield in any area saturated with them, in effect. We intend to move through this area. Hellfires from Apaches at night are a perfectly reasonable way of KOing large numbers of armored vehicles.