Afghanistan: Hearts, Minds and Precision Bombing

While on the U.S. election campaign trail both Captain Zimmer and The Obamessiah speak glibly of the war in Iraq; while George W. Bush proclaims the success of his “troop surge” and declares victory (again) the reality is the war is far from over. It has simply shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan. There the resurgent Taliban are winning the battle for hearts and minds thanks largely to the frequency with which allied air strikes hit civilian rather than terrorist targets.
Anti – war campaigners in the west have called for an end to these so called precision bombing raids on grounds that precision bombing is not precise enough.

When this was put to Gen. Buck Triggerhappy, head of the allied forces he told Boggart Network News, “That’s a goddam lie, our precision bombing technology is so accurate that in all that vast territory it can pinpoint a small wedding party.”

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