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This ignores the changes since Iraq War I though. Carpet bombing is no longer standard procedure, because more accurate bombing became a lot cheaper.
by afterburner 10y ago
This ignores the changes since Iraq War I though. Carpet bombing is no longer standard procedure, because more accurate bombing became a lot cheaper.
- eceppda 10y agoIraq II re-destroyed Baghdad and destroyed the city center Falluja. An estimated 655,000 civilians were dead by 2006 and another 2,000,000 displaced. The standard procedure of targeting civilians is still the central strategy.
- kbart 10y ago"Carpet bombing is no longer standard procedure" Really? 0. http://cursor.org/stories/casualty_count.htm http://cursor.org/stories/casualty_count.htm 1. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/01/afghanistan.terrorism6 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/01/afghanistan.ter... 2. https://warisboring.com/b-52s-in-massive-mid-east-carpet-bombing-exercise-cf9aaa5e06ab#.q1khlkbnx https://warisboring.com/b-52s-in-massive-mid-east-carpet-bom... etc.