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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:59:49 GMT, "cypher745"
wrote: Rats, In response to your eloquent rebuttal. " Umm, what the **** are you going on about? " It was you who stated the following "Sure, let's put them all on trial. Let's also include the US President responsible for dropping the atomic bombs, the US President responsible for carpet bombing, napalm and agent orange in Vietnam. US hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me." Where did the US "carpet bomb" in Vietnam? Tactical strikes in the South were always FAC control. Tactical targets in the North were strictly briefed. Did you ever read about the controversy regarding bombing of dikes? Notice that POW camps in the center of Hanoi weren't hit? I can give you a statement from a POW who was moved to a cell with a window looking out on the Hanoi power plant. Wasn't hit. More "carpet bombing" damage occurred in the North from falling AAA shrapnel and missile debris than errant bombs. What's wrong with napalm? Consider this, you're sitting in your living room and I drop a mk-82 500 pound GP bomb in your front yard, fifteen feet outside your front door. Your house is destroyed and you are dead. Now, if it were a BLU-1B napalm can, you would hear a loud swoosh, the bright flames would probably sear the house wall, and you would get up from your easy chair and evacuate out the other end of the house. Napalm any worse than a bomb? Emotionalism, that's all. Agent Orange? You ever use weed killer in your back yard? I've seen guys bathe in it. Emotionalism, that's all. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
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