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restraint. More brutal societies would carpet bomb an entire city that allowed enemies shelter within its streets. We do not do such. We fought with our hands t

restraint. More brutal societies would carpet bomb an entire city that allowed enemies shelter within its streets. We do not do such. We fought with our hands tied by ethics, thank goodness.

newnewpdro 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities#Since_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities#Since... This style of bombing continues to this day. There are numerous citites in the middle east that have been reduced to rubble in the 21st century by aerial area bombing.
- SubiculumCode 8y ago
  The U.S. has not for many decades, as far as I know.. We have sent missiles at installations, but not leveling entire cities.
  - newnewpdro 8y ago
    The latest on-the-ground footage I saw of Kabul, Afghanistan suggests we're still leveling entire cities. There wasn't a single building intact except for the one being reported on that had just been constructed, which stood out among the vast fields of rubble.
    - SubiculumCode 8y ago
      How recent? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJc9xCzabA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJc9xCzabA seems relatively intact to me.
      - newnewpdro 8y ago
        My bad, it was Mosul, Iraq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fa_dd5yIA&t=4m15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fa_dd5yIA&t=4m15s
flatfilefan 8y ago
Yes you do https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/15/world/middleeast/mosul-before-after.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/15/world/middlee...
- SubiculumCode 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%93... That was an Iraqi and Kurdish forces offensive against ISIS in Mosul, which they heavily occupied. We did assist that offensive with missile strikes. The satellite photos your article shows are located in a specific region of the city. Did they bomb the rest of the city? War is terrible, but I am not sure your example is a good one.
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restraint. More brutal societies would carpet bomb an entire city that allowed enemies shelter within its streets. We do not do such. We fought with our hands tied by ethics, thank goodness.

newnewpdro 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities#Since_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombing_of_cities#Since... This style of bombing continues to this day. There are numerous citites in the middle east that have been reduced to rubble in the 21st century by aerial area bombing.

SubiculumCode 8y ago
The U.S. has not for many decades, as far as I know.. We have sent missiles at installations, but not leveling entire cities.
- newnewpdro 8y ago
  The latest on-the-ground footage I saw of Kabul, Afghanistan suggests we're still leveling entire cities. There wasn't a single building intact except for the one being reported on that had just been constructed, which stood out among the vast fields of rubble.
  - SubiculumCode 8y ago
    How recent? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJc9xCzabA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJc9xCzabA seems relatively intact to me.
    - newnewpdro 8y ago
      My bad, it was Mosul, Iraq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fa_dd5yIA&t=4m15s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fa_dd5yIA&t=4m15s

flatfilefan 8y ago

Yes you do https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/15/world/middleeast/mosul-before-after.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/15/world/middlee...

SubiculumCode 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%93... That was an Iraqi and Kurdish forces offensive against ISIS in Mosul, which they heavily occupied. We did assist that offensive with missile strikes. The satellite photos your article shows are located in a specific region of the city. Did they bomb the rest of the city? War is terrible, but I am not sure your example is a good one.
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