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I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.

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I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
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I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 7:50 am
It just does not make sense from a physics POV:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/asia/afgha...index.html

Besides, how does anyone really know?  Kind of seems like US propaganda here?  Besides, did anyone go into the militant tunnels to count the dead remains?
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:14 am
(April 14, 2017 at 7:50 am)Jehanne Wrote: It just does not make sense from a physics POV:

Explain.

(April 14, 2017 at 7:50 am)Jehanne Wrote: Besides, how does anyone really know?  Kind of seems like US propaganda here?  Besides, did anyone go into the militant tunnels to count the dead remains?


Surveillance drones? Contact with the Afghan authorities?
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:19 am
Killing only 36 would be some pretty shitty propaganda.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:19 am
Buddha save me from amateur ordnance experts.
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:22 am
(April 14, 2017 at 8:19 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Killing only 36 would be some pretty shitty propaganda.

Using the second most powerful device in your arsenal and only getting 36 does seem a bit like overkill. The average spree killer can do better in an afternoon in a wall mart.



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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:28 am
(April 14, 2017 at 8:22 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Using the second most powerful device in your arsenal and only getting 36 does seem a bit like overkill. The average spree killer can do better in an afternoon in a wall mart.

So you're saying the US should send all their depressed teenagers to fight ISIL?

Not a bad idea.
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:29 am
(April 14, 2017 at 8:28 am)Isis Wrote:
(April 14, 2017 at 8:22 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Using the second most powerful device in your arsenal and only getting 36 does seem a bit like overkill. The average spree killer can do better in an afternoon in a wall mart.

So you're saying the US should send all their depressed teenagers to fight ISIL?

Not a bad idea.

Two birds and all that.



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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 8:53 am
(April 14, 2017 at 8:22 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(April 14, 2017 at 8:19 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Killing only 36 would be some pretty shitty propaganda.

Using the second most powerful device in your arsenal and only getting 36 does seem a bit like overkill. The average spree killer can do better in an afternoon in a wall mart.

We were overstocked with MOAB, so we gave ISIS a deal on that one.
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 10:02 am
(April 14, 2017 at 7:50 am)Jehanne Wrote: It just does not make sense from a physics POV:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/asia/afgha...index.html

Besides, how does anyone really know?  Kind of seems like US propaganda here?  Besides, did anyone go into the militant tunnels to count the dead remains?

how do the "physics not make sense?"

Are you say the concept of a air dropped bomb is not possible? or are you say if one scales this bomb principle up to 21,000 tons the bomb does not work?
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RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 14, 2017 at 10:58 am
Often the point of a weapon is to break things, rather than kill people. If the latter happens, it's a plus.

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