Nix, you're from canada.
If you think our bombs are that innaccurate, come on down to MIT, get yourself an engineering degree, get hired by lockheed martin and teach us hillbilly americans how to build a guidance system properly.
Seriously,
Don't you think that the country which invented just about every piece of computer and engineering technology in use today employs the most advanced equipment in it's military hardware?
We actually do not carpet bomb, as a moral standard. Can we do it? Better than anyone. Do we do it often? Hell no. You can't imagine how rare it is that an operation like that could be, at the same time, safe, effective, beneficial beyond the cost and with minimal collateral damage.
We have the capability, but since so many people scream at us to lead the attack, then scream at us for doing the killing...
The US employs what's called precision bombing. We minimize the destructiveness of a 500lb bomb, dropped from a supersonic jet at 30,000 feet.
Honestly, does any of this sound simple?
Do you think Canadian pilots could do better?
Nix, do you think Canadian computer technology is capable? Do you think your technicians could be tough enough, could understand the importance of maintaining those computers? Do you think there is another country in the world that, if they were going drop one bomb, could hit their intended target?
I've played wargames with most of the US' allies. My squadron's lifetime record stands as undefeated against foreign fighter squadrons.
In 60 years, the only people to shoot down one of those pilots in a war game were other american pilots.
So what do you think, Nix?
Do you think that you could find a more qualified unit on the planet to wage war?
Do you think a Canadian pilot could place a bomb more precisely?
The answer to both is no.
There is no more qualified military on the planet.
And a Canadian pilot (who would be flying old american hardware...) Could not place a bomb more precisely.
I'm not guessing at this.
I have seen HUD film footage of this. It was my job.
But you didn't suggest that anyone would do better explicitly. What you said was you want less bombing.
Referring back to your previous posts,
You said something along the lines of, we should allow other countries a chance to catch up.
How long would that take?
England,
10 years.
Canada,
A little longer.
Japan,
After building a real military, 10+ years.
Russia,
20 years.
North Korea,
50
Malaysia,
Probably 70 years...
Sudan,
Shit, they're still using old communist hardware from the USSR.
Would the US ever consider making absolutely no technological advances and making no changes to its military of the next...... 8 million years while the rest of the planet gets itself together and learns how to build its own computers and equipment without the US holding their hands?
Nope.
Nix,
If you were a hockey (or whatever lame sport you prefer) player...
Would you let your opposition have time to discover and employ equipment and plays you came up with?
Or, would you continue to be creative and think up new ways to keep getting better?
Also,
How many nations do you know have built entire, full functioning and fully manned Naval ships to be operated by the Navy specifically for humanitarian operations?
If you don't believe me, google USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy.
How many of those does Canada own?
How many exist in the entire world?
You're the one living in a country witha military that's only good for fighting.
The US hands out more foreign aid than Canada. And, a lot of the time, it is our service memebers doing the work.
We've built drinkable water supplies and sewer systems in towns and villages in Iraq and Afganistan. We've come to the aid of countries which have been devastated by natural disasters.
We have stepped in and mediated peace negotiations between warring or potentially hostile groups from habibi tribes in the desert to members of the UN.
The people shouldering the weight when it comes to those jobs are service members.
What is Canada's military good for?
What other military does more work, fighting or otherwise, than the US?
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