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should the U.S.A use napalm in afghanistan

The Saint

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why do we bother going cave by cave loseing so many soldiers when we could burn the enemy out?
 
The Saint said:
why do we bother going cave by cave loseing so many soldiers when we could burn the enemy out?
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Is this really that much of a problem? How often are our soldiers going into caves and being killed by them?
 
samsmart said:
Is this really that much of a problem? How often are our soldiers going into caves and being killed by them?
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its not the matter of going into the caves and dying its the matter of why are we wasting valuable lives on a silly illegal conflict in the middle east. Just bomb the hell out of them and be done with it.
 
Napalm on bare rock isn't really as effective as you seem to think.
 
Most of the soldiers we are losing are through roadside bombs. I don't think napalms would help too much with that.
 
The Saint said:
why do we bother going cave by cave loseing so many soldiers when we could burn the enemy out?
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i used to be a SMAW gunner. had a sgt who had gotten to employ this against houses - he said it worked great. i was jealous.

:mrgreen:

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Iwa said:
its not the matter of going into the caves and dying its the matter of why are we wasting valuable lives on a silly illegal conflict in the middle east. Just bomb the hell out of them and be done with it.
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Illegal conflict?

How so?
 
Arch Enemy said:
The topic at hand is Afghanistan not Iraq.
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i realize this i was there right next to the OP when he posted it. The OP is my friend from school. But back to the topic(i was throwing Iraq in there to be another napalm target), Afghanistan should be wiped off the map, along with the rest of the problematic countries that go along with it. just get rid of the jihaddists in one fell swoop.
 
Napalm was primarily used to destroy foilage. Not a lot of foilage in Afghanistan
 
Iwa said:
i realize this i was there right next to the OP when he posted it. The OP is my friend from school. But back to the topic(i was throwing Iraq in there to be another napalm target), Afghanistan should be wiped off the map, along with the rest of the problematic countries that go along with it. just get rid of the jihaddists in one fell swoop.
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Unfortunately for your fanatical brain, a country cannot simply be "wiped off [a] map".
 
the makeout hobo said:
You support genocide? that's just disgusting.
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It's okay. The kid has some growing up to do. Maybe once he passes his EOGs for the semester he will read enough books to develop that manly empathy system to which genocide becomes revolting.
 
I think that not only should we use air dropped FAE's, we should issue our infantrymen flamethrowers.
 
Apocalypse said:
Hilarious. :2razz:
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Kills some stray lizards I guess. Little bastards have it coming.

OP, did you perhaps consider that when American troops happen to know the location of enemy fighters, we now have far more accurate and effective methods of dealing with them than a gooey derivative of gasoline dropped haphazardly out of an airplane?
 
Arch Enemy said:
It's okay. The kid has some growing up to do. Maybe once he passes his EOGs for the semester he will read enough books to develop that manly empathy system to which genocide becomes revolting.
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I never said i supported genocide. leave 1 person alive so it wont be genocide ^^ and then dont forget all of the usa's immigrants.
 
Back in the Day, we use to have to have a good reason to invade a sovereign Nation. Not so much any more. Most any excuse will do. :shock:
 
Iwa said:
I never said i supported genocide. leave 1 person alive so it wont be genocide ^^ and then dont forget all of the usa's immigrants.
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It'd still be genocide, and a crime against humanity. People with callous disregard for human life horrify me
 
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