MOAB (mother of all bombs) dropped for first time.

Welllll, it kinda did.

Yeah. Not as big as the MOAB.....but big enough to make other countries think we were nuking them.

 

THE PRESS: Republican Bombs Are Bad, M’kay?

Criticizing a bomb for being too lethal is like criticizing a cherry fritter for being too delicious.

The lefties were fine when Obama was droning Yemeni wedding receptions and US military deaths in Afghanistan quadrupled over the Bush years. But now that President Trump is C-in-C, fighting terrorism is a cruel thing.

The main problem critics have with the MOAB is that it’s a Republican bomb. It was designed under George W. Bush and first used by Donald Trump. SEAL Team Six shooting up Osama’s compound made progressives feel butch, but ordnance that kills exponentially more terrorists is vulgar.

One can only imagine the fainting fits if Trump bragged that he’s “really good at killing people.”

 

Yeppers. Making America Great Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Supposedly. Why should I believe Trump?

 

But not all of us are so dumb that we believe satellites are a conspiracy theory.

 

Y'ok.

They're terrified of his success.

They know what it means for their pathetic ideology.

 

What success is that again? Shutting down a Syrian air base for less than 24 hours and maybe destroying some caves?

 

He promised you he would beat Hillary.

 

Success in showing the world they aren't the only terrorists. Terrorizing terrorists is the new name of the game.

 

And we never targeted terrorists before?

 

The purpose of the tomahawk strike wasn't to destroy the air base. If they had wanted to they could have.

If anyone knows how to wage war it's Gen. Mattis.

You'll see.

 

How did that individual targeting work out for them.

 

Then what was its purpose? Because it failed to dissuade the Syrians from using that base to bomb their citizens as they continued to do so the very next night.

 

Well considering AQ, the Taliban, and ISIS go through commanders like changes of socks, not very well for the terrorists.

 

Apparently 25 goats were killed in the explosion. That's 25 ISIS spouses we'll never see again

 

Did they gas them?

 

Yes it really slowed them down. Did giving Iran planeloads of cash scare them to bits? What about refusing to call them what they are? Horrific, I imagine.

 

Have they gassed their citizens in every attack?

 

Operationally, the capabilities of AQ, the Taliban, and ISIS have all been degraded severely in the last few years. ISIS can't even hold its own against third world armies in Africa.

The money given to Iran was Iranian money and was just one part of a deal that has already resulted in the mass reconstruction of their uranium refining capabilities and the turn over of thousands of tons of previously enriched materials.

 

Only a nuclear NK can be seen as a buffer State in China's mind(see: Iraq and the US invasion of Iraq). Would they rather NK be silent? Of course, but they'd also like to have the nuclear power to confront the US(of course China is also a nuclear power, but the Chinese would never use it. It's like a silent deterrence. Instead, have NK posture aggressively and China can act all innocent.)

Or another way to put it is: If China really viewed the nuclear escalations as an impediment to Chinese interest, why didn't they take this step sooner? Because Trump showed he's not afraid of taking the offensive? That's a possibility, but China(as it relates to Pakistan for example) had spoken harshly against the US. I don't think China's place as part of the Central East axis of Russia, China and Iran has disappeared.

The only way China displaces Kim is if it can be sure it can have a stable North Korea that also won't reciprocate the United States. That's more the reason they haven't done so yet. If Kim were a bit smarter and a lot more silent, he could have continued building NK power without attracting attention.

 

Yea, that's probably all very true. Freedom and open societies come with a cost. So does stupidity. lol

 

No, the MOAB is a surface weapon - it's also handy for attacking tunnel entrances, as in this case, & collapsing any tunnels that aren't too deep. But Afghanistan is rife with tunnels, many in rock. A blast weapon won't do much to those, but anyone caught in the pistoning effect of the air blast underground will die - mostly fatal lung injuries. The merely injured are likely to die, if they don't get a lot of medical attention & support quickly.

However, the collapse of tunnels near the surface will interfere with the air piston effect. People further down in the tunnels will be relatively safe - & there are always more entrances to the tunnels. I don't know the physics of overpressure propagation in a tunnel system - I'm sure the military has worked up models, & can decide which targets are worth pursuing.

 

So, no they didn't gas them. We both already knew that.

What do we think will happen if Assad uses gas again?

 

That money was not Obama's to give, but who cares, they got it from that sucker.

ISIS took over Iraq, Libya, and a huge part of Syria and Afghanistan during big O's Reign of Simpering Hand-Wringing.

Look at this missile strike as The Don's red line in the sand.

 

He doesn't have to hit a satellite. If NK could loft a good-sized nuclear weapon high enough over the center of the continental US, that detonation by itself would cause a sizable EMP. Of course, we'd likely rain down a nuclear firestorm on NK in return, but the damage would be done.

The physics & weapons placement of EMP are fairly well understood, & there've been several end-of-the-world as we know it novels & articles & survivalist media about the physics, effects & how to prevent or mitigate them.