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> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:47:57 GMT, Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote:
> 
>>DeadMeat wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>> I understand what Overwhelming Firepower is.��That's�where�a�bomb�is
>>> dropped on a house housing your enemy.��Or�where�you�have�the�troops
>>> come in�behind a couple or three M-1s that blow the 2nd floor, 3rd, 4th,
>>> and fifth window on the 2nd and third floor completely away.��Hell,�kid,
>>> it's done�all�the time and it saves lives on the US side.��If�you
>>> overkill��it then�it's�still dead and you lost NO people in the first
>>> place.��If�you underkill�it�your ground troops are going to get some
>>> pretty nasty surprises.
>>> 
>>
>>That makes sense.  But then why is it, pray tell, that one of the other
>>military geniuses on this thread assures me, on the basis of war blogs,
>>that this doctrine, i.e., overwhelming firepower, is outdated?
> 
> Because this is an example of attrition warfare.  Something that is
> avoided by military professionals.
> 

I've noticed.  Then why pray tell, has the use of overwhelming firepower
resulted in a condition of attrition warfare throughout the Sunni Triangle,
if not that it is Bad Doctrine?  Hmmmmmmmm?

(In the Pacific Theatre, we call it Bad Rice, FYI)

Engage brain before flaunting incredible stupidity, and (please forgive me
for descending to the vernacular, it SO disgusts me, but I do it):

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