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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExperts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns (The Onion)
Absolutely perfect, as usual for The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/experts-point-to-long-glorious-history-of-successf,33642/?ref=auto
WASHINGTONIn light of increased pressure on President Obama to order a military strike on Syria, leading historians and military experts on Tuesday simply pointed to the United States longstanding and absolutely impeccable record of successful bombing campaigns over the past 60 years. The record clearly shows that, in every instance since the Second World War in which the U.S. government has launched strategic missile attacks on foreign soil, our military forces easily targeted enemy assailants with total precision, leaving no civilian casualties, collateral damage, or any long-term negative consequences for the affected country or region, American foreign policy, or international relations as a whole, said Harvard University historian Dr. Michael Carmona, adding that such past U.S. bombing operations have gone particularly well in Middle Eastern countries over the last century. Just look at the 1954 bombings in Guatemala, the 1965-to-1973 bombings in Laos and Cambodia, the 1982 bombings in Beirut, the 1986 bombings in Libya, the 1987 bombings in Iran, the 1998 bombings in Iraq, the 1998 bombings in Sudan, the 1998 bombings in Afghanistan, routine airstrikes in Pakistan since 2005, the 2007 bombings in Somalia, the 2011 bombings in Somalia, and essentially the entire American military effort in Vietnam from 1960 to 1975. Those were all executed perfectly, and led, in the long run, to the most desirable possible outcome. All experts on the subject then agreed unanimously that, if you want to create positive and lasting change in a troubled region, change that you will one day look back on with a deep sense of confidence, pride, and assurance that you did the right thing, then bombing campaigns are almost always the way to go.
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Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns (The Onion) (Original Post)
HomerRamone
Sep 2013
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El Supremo
(20,365 posts)1. Some cogressman referenced that on Ed Schultz's show Friday. n/m
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)2. You've got to be kidding?
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)3. It was in sarcasm.
I wish I remembered who it was.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)4. OK I was hoping it was sacrasm