Anil Gangolli

Excessive destruction from above

Seymour Hersh (Up In the Air from the New Yorker ) discusses the shift to an air war that is likely to accompany the gradual pullout of troops from Iraq.

One alarming fact he brings up is that the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing alone “has dropped more than 500,000 tons of ordnance,” which equates to something on the order of 500,000 to 2,000,000 bombs (each typically 1/4 to 1/2 ton) dropped. That sounds excessive because it is.

A “military planner” is quoted as characterizing the situation by saying

... there’s no sense of an air campaign, or a strategic vision. We are just whacking targets ...

Related: Seymour Hersch Interviewed on NPR

Posted at 09:15AM Dec 05, 2005 in dogma  |  Permalink