Quote:
Originally Posted by Our House
Considering the $16 mil cost of a MOAB and the fact that multiple experts have said there were better alternatives, it's safe to say this was mostly a show of force, right? Probably to say to nuclear states like NK that we even have the ability to blow up underground nuclear facilities.
I know that you hate everything Trump, but by all accounts it was a successful operation.
From the BBC link:
Quote:
Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah confirmed that the attack had been carried out in co-ordination with the government and that "great care had been taken to avoid civilian harm".
In a press briefing on Friday, Gen John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said: "We have US forces at the site and we see no evidence of civilian casualties nor have there been reports."
Presidential spokesman Shah Hussain Murtazawi told the BBC that IS commander Siddiq Yar was among those killed. Mr Murtazawi said the IS fighters in the tunnels had "come from Pakistan and were persecuting people in the local area".
Gen Nicholson said it was "the right weapon against the right target" and "it was the right time to use the GBU-43 tactically".
He added: "Let me be clear - we will not relent in our mission to destroy [IS in Afghanistan]... There will be no sanctuary for terrorists in Afghanistan.
So they killed 36 ISIS agents. No civilian causalities. Worked with the Afgan government. And you're whining? Because some "expert" on the interwebs decried it because, Trump, right? Because Trump is President.