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On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:02:19 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:35:19 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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In my opinion the only flaw was not having a couple dozen B52s
orbiting that they could have used in an old time Arc Light Mission.

Read all about it from someone who was there... why was the plan
cancelled... hmmmm....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4494937.shtml

Peppering the mountains with landmines? That was the plan?

Who cleans that mess up?

In case you haven't heard, most of the civilized world calls landmines
"terrorism" of the worst kind. It is the gift that keeps on giving.


So, you're rather not clean up the mess vs. getting the perpetrator of
1000s
of US deaths? Seems like a no-brainer to me.


The problem is we won't clean up the mess. Afghan children will, one
leg at a time.

I guess that is why we are the only western democracy that won't sign
the Ottawa land mine treaty. It puts us right in there with Cuba,
North Korea and Somalia.

I guess they work too well and **** all of the civilians who get
killed or maimed for the next half century until they all get stepped
on.

Ours will not maim for the next 50 years. Maybe a year or 6 months or some
designated time. The older land mines were good for years and years. Our
newer mines have a shelf life that is designed in. The Trigger decomposes
or the explosives becomes inert. Do not know the mechanism, but it is
there.