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To: Gaffer

Tomahawks = treason?

Who knew?

We’ve killed a great many terrorists with tomahawks. They all need to sleep, meet and resupply.

Any other assets you believe should be taken off the table? Drones? RFSA? Satellites?


6 posted on 06/14/2014 5:43:50 AM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa

What other name would you call it?

Look at where they’ve been SUCCESSFULLY used in the past. Yeah, Clinton was mucho successful on those Al Qaeda tents in the desert and the factories he attacked with over 100 Tomahawks when he was trying to divert attention from Lewinsky problems. He took out a baby milk factory or aspirin factory or some such crap. The most successful use was on mostly fixed and non-transient targets as in the run up to invading IRAQ.

The best choice would be a continuous air cap with strike capability for short term targets and use of heavily armed drones and satellite intel if needed.

Your posit that I think other stuff should be taken off the table is just diversionist and irrelevant.


11 posted on 06/14/2014 5:58:07 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Justa

The correct tool for this job are B-52’s and cluster munitions, not Tomahawks.


21 posted on 06/14/2014 7:03:41 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: Justa

Tomahawks are the tool to use when we don’t have full control of the airspace. In this case F-15Es, B-52s and B-1s are the better and more cost effective option, with A-10s for close in work.

Iirc we haven’t replenished our Tomahawk stocks from previous actions (like all the ones we popped off into Libya) So I’d definitely see this as, possibly, an opportunity to draw them down even further, limiting future action.


23 posted on 06/14/2014 7:11:28 AM PDT by tanknetter
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