U.S. submarine force to the rescue

[silentrunner]

Today a U.S. Navy submarine fired two tomahawk missiles into Somalia. The missiles were targeted at a known member of Al Quida. Among the casualties no civilians were were killed. U.S. officials say that the cruise missiles hit their target. That is one less terrorist
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/wo...omalia.html?hp

[mrbeast]

Several million dollars of cruise missiles and the result:

Residents reached by telephone said the only casualties were three wounded civilians, three dead cows, one dead donkey and a partly destroyed house

[Tchocky]

Somalia know about this?

edit - the more I think about this, the more I realise that "Somalia" doesn't quite exist

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by mrbeast

Several million dollars of cruise missiles and the result:

Now that's a great way to spend money.

[silentrunner]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Now that's a great way to spend money.

Well this is American government we've gotten used to spending money in bad ways.

[August]

That's the problem with missles. You have to rely on the New York Times ability to reach local "residents" by telephone in order to get a Bomb Damage Assessment done.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by silentrunner

Well this is American government we've gotten used to spending money in bad ways.

Not necessarily if it accomplished the mission. Nobody there is going to say "Hey you got him!" Nice neighbors wouldn't say that. If it didn't get him but scared the crap out of him it disrupts him and gives him a case of the nerves. So either way it sends a message.

[bradclark1]

That terrorist was in the part of the house that got destroyed.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

That terrorist was in the part of the house that got destroyed.

Oh come on, they already killed a donkey, few cows and injured some civilians, wouldnt it just follow the pattern better for the terrorist to have been in the part of the house that was left intact?

[Tchocky]

Arf! @ DOwly

[August]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Oh come on, they already killed a donkey, few cows and injured some civilians, wouldnt it just follow the pattern better for the terrorist to have been in the part of the house that was left intact?

If you call me by telephone i'll tell you i am the King of England. That don't automatically make it true...

[Subnuts]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Oh come on, they already killed a donkey, few cows and injured some civilians, wouldnt it just follow the pattern better for the terrorist to have been in the part of the house that was left intact?

It was a uranium-powered stealth donkey with kung-fu grip and a freakin' laser beam on it's head. I think the expenditure of two million-dollar cruise missiles more than justifies it's destruction.