Texas Senator Ted Cruz
The problem with this line of thought is that ISIS frequently hides among the civilian population, and by "making the sand glow", we risk killing far more civilians than Islamic militants.
Back in June of 2015, this phenomenon was documented by CNN when ISIS caliphate leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly hiding among civilians before his death by Iraqi bombing run (which still has yet to be confirmed.)
Current President Barack Obama has taken to using unmanned drones to kill ISIS operatives and destroy their caliphate. The issue with this is that these drone runs kill civilians 90% of the time.
Imagine if a presidential candidate of a strong, foreign nation (think China, Russia, etc.) had a presidential candidate planning on bombing us until our perfectly-manicured grass turned purple, we would be scared too.
Senator Cruz, if you are advocating the death of thousands, or maybe millions of Middle Easterners, you sincerely need to rethink your priorities.
If you watched the debate on Saturday he clarified his statement of "carpet bomb them into oblivion."
ReplyDeleteHe said Saturday 2/6/2016: "Now when I say saturation carpet bombing that's not indiscriminate. That is targeted at oil facilities, oil tankers, command and control locations, infrastructure, communications, all the roads and bridges in and out of Raqqa. It's using overwhelming air power.
Yes, but you have to keep in mind, all the civilians who are forced to work under threat of death at those facilities, or people who happen to be driving on roads and bridges, they're screwed, and I don't think they should have to be.
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