Gumby621 t1_j8xdrvf wrote on February 17, 2023 at 5:05 PM

Reply to comment by Beepersteen in U.S. envoy apologizes for suggesting Afghan women may need 'Black Girl Magic' by TheAmazingRaspberry

We did that for literally 20 years.... Didn't really turn out so great in the end

Hadren-Blackwater t1_j8ygb7c wrote on February 17, 2023 at 9:12 PM

Carpet bombing is an option.

AtLeastThisIsntImgur t1_j8yyp05 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:21 PM

Maybe women don't like your eyes because you have the cold dead gaze of a man that believes carpet bombing is an option

hesh582 t1_j8yz8pe wrote on February 17, 2023 at 11:25 PM

That didn't work either, just ask the Soviets.

History may not repeat, but it rhymes, and I'm sure in 10 years this next generation will be coming up with their own version of "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" and launching themselves into a ruinous war.

I was really hoping Iraq/Afghanistan would finally put to bed the uniquely US delusion that you can accomplish anything whatsoever with air power alone, but I've been seeing more and more chatter that suggests otherwise. Depressing.