Bombs away!

BUMP

I don't care if the 'pundits' don't get it, as long as our military and our leaders do. Let the enemy go on thinking about massed infantry and armour.

Let them die from the air in ignorance.

Yes Bombing Does Work - Bombs Away - Let's Roll!

It's being able to gain total air superiority that works.

Another thought on this. By starting a conflcit on our terms (aerial) and prosecuting it from 5000 - 500000 feet, our acceptible losses can be counted on one hand, while the OPFOR's losses are in the thousands.

Why try to glorify trench warfare when the object is to kill 'them' and break their stuff.

Let's have a round of applause for American engineering.

Daisy, Daisy, all for the love of you...

Face The Facts: Bombing Works

AND HOW!!!!!!

For those who like to state that air raids are ineffective and that we should focus on ground troops, think of how effective our ground assault would have been in Iraq had we not first conducted those 40 days of air strikes. The reason we were able to win the war on the ground in four days is because we had complete control of the skies and the troops on the ground (Iraqi troops) were demoralized and shell-shocked.

Same in Afghanistan. Granted you need ground troops to gain and hold territory, but without air superiority and without the U.S. having the ability to pulverize enemy troops on the ground at will, the Northern Alliance would not have been able to take any territory at all.

The superiority of the United States air weapons has made it possible to win wars with an incredibly low number of battlefield casualties.

Everyone is losing sight of the fact that in each there have been ground troops. Think NA and Albanians. It is just that US forces were not on the ground. In the Gulf war, it still took ground troops to liberate Kuwait. In every war it has always been thus. It is just we are more efficient and accurate in our bombing, so can reduce opposition and make it easier for our guys.

Invented and perfected by Curtis LeMay.

Since when does it have to be either air or land? The fact is that neither air power or ground force on it's own is entirely effective, but when used in close coordination, it's virtually unstoppable. That why our military doctrine is known as Air Land.

The author of the article is sadly mistaken if he thinks there was only "scattered" fighting in the Gulf War. He sounds like an Air Force homer angling for a larger piece of the defense budget.