Posted on Feb 9, 2016
Cruz Says the U.S. ‘Carpet Bombed’ in the Gulf War. It Didn’t.
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I'll agree with Gen Horner that the term "carpet Bombing" lacks a tactical definition. However, when you see the ATO for B-52s to drop full sticks of 50+ 500 pound dumb CBUs each from a 3-ship of B-52s at "the brightest thing you see" in your grid on the Republican Guards...well yeah, you're pretty much doing what everyone in the world recognizes as carpet bombing. And it works, if you want to scare the crap out of people. Read the Gulf War Air Power survey. Maybe Horner was too busy flying his F-16 (often twice per day!) during DS to be an informed JFACC and recognize it. Read "Every Man A Tiger" if you want to confirm.
Cruz Says the U.S. ‘Carpet Bombed’ in the Gulf War. It Didn’t.
Posted from foreignpolicy.com
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Operation Desert Shield/Storm
B-52H Pilot
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Posted 9 y ago
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what drives me crazy is Christy bangs Rubio on repeating yet how many times has he said he was a Prosecutor for 7 years? Trump talks out his butt and now Cruz makes statements he knows is BS and he gets away with it just like Christy.
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PO2 Mark Saffell
very true and these days the name politician has become another name for liar im afraid.
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Read the Gulf War Air Power Survey - that's funny - over 700 pages no thanks - That's comes out to seven pages for every hour of the war. The summary report is even 276-pages. B-52's were targeting the Republican Guard out in the open. It wasn't indiscriminate. Maybe the Canadian military was carpet bombing - it wasn't us.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Like I agreed, there is no definition, but full sticks on whatever is brightest...they bombed entire areas, carpeting the desert in miles of criss-cross patterns.
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Total BS, Cruz was very clear he was not referring to "indiscriminate bombing" Anyone who has seen the Highway to Hell can see the devastation of Air Power.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Don't be raining on their parade, CPT. Under the right circumstances, I could see the USAF again using dumb bombs on groups deployed over a wide area out of most collateral damage areas. Devastating results, damage and morale. For the most part, smart bombs have taken over in utility and cost.
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MAJ (Join to see)
I wouldn't classify dumb bombs from a B-52 in a remote area as indiscriminate, just smart tactics. a B-52 over a city with dumb bombs not so much.
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