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Anon · 10-01-2006, 12:12 PM

"British commanders in southern Afghanistan have been given clearance to use the army's controversial Hydra rockets, which can target large concentrations of people with tungsten darts."

Since when are 2.75" FFAR flechette rounds 'controversial'?

WTF, over...?

"NATO forces have realized that an all-out war is at hand, rather than the peacekeeping mission that was imagined earlier."

An "all out war" eh? Ummm....

"First and foremost, there is the highly contrived nature of the US intervention in Afghanistan. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, in an international environment where "we are all Americans", as Le Monde famously wrote, no one asked any hard questions as to whether Washington's decision to attack Afghanistan was justified or not. The international community simply acquiesced."

Was there some point to this article other than to show the author to be an assclown?

10-01-2006, 12:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	"British commanders in southern Afghanistan have been given clearance to use the army's controversial Hydra rockets, which can target large concentrations of people with tungsten darts." Since when are 2.75" FFAR flechette rounds 'controversial'? WTF, over...? "NATO forces have realized that an all-out war is at hand, rather than the peacekeeping mission that was imagined earlier." An "all out war" eh? Ummm.... "First and foremost, there is the highly contrived nature of the US intervention in Afghanistan. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, in an international environment where "we are all Americans", as Le Monde famously wrote, no one asked any hard questions as to whether Washington's decision to attack Afghanistan was justified or not. The international community simply acquiesced." Was there some point to this article other than to show the author to be an assclown? Last edited by Anon : 10-01-2006 at 12:20 PM.