F-35: Spy in the Sky

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Skybird - I would say that while high technology is great, its not the primitive weapons that keep the Allies from winning - its the lack of willingness to fight this as a war.

10 B29's could end the war in Afghanistan. Each with functional remakes of a Fat Man. Each plane would fly extremely limited sorties before the problem was solved. WHY? Because when its die or rat out the terrorists - people will choose to rat out the terrorists. And for those "insurgent strongholds" - well - a few mushroom clouds and the problem is gone.
Ain't pretty, ain't nice - but then again - war isn't. Something the Allied Forces in this conflict seem to have forgotten.

I think if you'd met some of the people you're talking about turning into shadows burned into the glass that was once sand you'd have a different view, CH. They're just people. Many of them are good people. I know we've had this discussion before, and I know your opinion won't likely change unless you have a chance to interact with them on a daily basis, but I'll still ask you to believe me when I say that simply deciding to destroy a life or a family is a lot harder when you have met them face to face. Moreso when you finger is on the trigger and they are looking back at you through your front-sight post. Not all terrorists are Muslims, and not all Muslims are terrorists.

I think you already know this, and I think that if you had the option to instantly annihilate every Islamic terrorist, along with anyone connected with them or even in the same area, you wouldn't do it. I think you wouldn't do it because you're better than that. You are conscious enough of the threat by virtue of understanding the threat to be aware of the kind of thinking that generates the threat in the first place, yes?

Have a care when imposing your judgement upon others, especially when that judgement carries irreversible consequences.