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Tabs, after the last few posts, you are Tolstoy...War and Posting.
What virtually all of the folks who have posted on this thread do not understand are the machinations that go into dropping a weapon from an aircraft...or launching a cruise missile from a ship or submarine. The vetting of targets, deconfliction of bad guys and our guys (those could have been our folks if you think about it...the video doesn't classify individuals in a meaningful way, does it), and the absolute desire to limit the death of innocents (notice I didn't use the term, "collateral damage") is as complete as humans can make it.
It is called the "kill chain". Not a PC term, but there it is. The aircraft that dropped that weapon was not alone nor allowed to engage the target without at least three rules of engagement coming into play. These are not ad hoc events, berift of planning. The senors that come into play, from HUMINT to U-2s to UAVs to JSTARS to specops on the ground observing the individuals targeted, must meet specific criteria before the weapon is employed.
Give our folks some credit...we are neither cowboys or criminals. Nobody endeavors to do it better. If you guy only knew how much goes into it.
Flame away, folks.
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