Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Multi million dollar jets with million dollar smart bombs
Versus one poor dumb bastard in a truck full of explosives. Either way the bridges are destroyed and the routes are limited to the ones the bad guys have covered.
Military experts differ on whether the bridge bombings have any tactical significance. They could create chokepoints that clog U.S. supply convoys and isolate sectarian groups. However, they also restrict how insurgents move, and American troops can travel by air.Just another reason to get out and let the Iraqis finish it themselves.
There's broader agreement that the sabotage makes the U.S. military and its flailing Iraqi government allies look powerless to protect even the country's basic infrastructure, let alone put Iraq on a course to recovery.
The closings of river crossings and thoroughfares keep ordinary Iraqis cooped up in their neighborhoods and homes, wary of venturing over bridges that might be targeted or taking dodgy detours.
They express frustration at the insurgents who are ripping at their country's battered infrastructure and the supposedly powerful government that can't safeguard bridges.
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