This lack of accuracy is one of the great tragedies of WW2. There was an effort on the Allied side to concentrate bombing raids on military targets, but as described here, real life conditions made targeted strikes little more useful than indiscriminate bombing, especially since many of the raids before air supremacy was achieved over mainland Europe had to be conducted at night, and so less discriminating policies were installed. There was, even at the time, controversy over the usefulness of bombing civilian targets, and maybe cities would have been targeted to some extent even if bombing precision had been better, but the woeful inaccuracy of bombers unfortunately gave a lot of support to the proponents of total war - style bombing raids. Such raids continued even after air supremacy was achieved, which - in hindsight, admittedly - was not optimal for the war effort, but the procedure was established and difficult to change.

Thus, Dresden.

This "fair and balanced" report suggest that the US didn't even target Al'Qaeda but rather just wanted to kill civilians.

Revolting - and what is even more so is that leftist fucknuts like peggedbea post this while the government responsible for this broadcast kill students fighting for freedom. Way to go, asshole.

So people die in bomb raids - hmm, that's going to go on until they develop the coveted bomb of hugs and kisses.

How many has died because of inter-muslim violence the last few years?

Thanks! yeah, I was seriously pissed after I watched that video. Arg... I hate it when butt heads like that get me riled up, but ah well. I'd like to kick him in HIS plumbing!

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
thanks for the well thought out comment. Yeah that jackass is, eh, a tool.

In reply to this comment by MrConrads:
This guy is an absolute joke. He has no concept or clue of what living in a democracy really entails or what has actually contributed to upholding the free state he lives in and enjoys. Those were reporters that captured the flag raising on Iwo Jima, it was reporters that captured many of the images we think of when we talk about the allied landing at Normandy, it was reporters that went on bombing raids to document what the bomber crews went through, it was reporters that documented the forgotten war in Korea, it was reporters that helped stop the carnage in Vietnam, it was reporters that stopped the slaughter on the highway of death in Iraq, and its been reporters that have told the truth about what has happened in Iraq now, and the list could go on and on. This man is a disgrace to reporting and an absolute fraud. It sickens me that good, HONEST people are loosing their jobs every day while posers like this ass hole are given so many opportunities, non of which they deserve. Pay your fucking taxes you ass hole, and get off my tv.

thanks for the well thought out comment. Yeah that jackass is, eh, a tool.

In reply to this comment by MrConrads:
This guy is an absolute joke. He has no concept or clue of what living in a democracy really entails or what has actually contributed to upholding the free state he lives in and enjoys. Those were reporters that captured the flag raising on Iwo Jima, it was reporters that captured many of the images we think of when we talk about the allied landing at Normandy, it was reporters that went on bombing raids to document what the bomber crews went through, it was reporters that documented the forgotten war in Korea, it was reporters that helped stop the carnage in Vietnam, it was reporters that stopped the slaughter on the highway of death in Iraq, and its been reporters that have told the truth about what has happened in Iraq now, and the list could go on and on. This man is a disgrace to reporting and an absolute fraud. It sickens me that good, HONEST people are loosing their jobs every day while posers like this ass hole are given so many opportunities, non of which they deserve. Pay your fucking taxes you ass hole, and get off my tv.

This guy is an absolute joke. He has no concept or clue of what living in a democracy really entails or what has actually contributed to upholding the free state he lives in and enjoys. Those were reporters that captured the flag raising on Iwo Jima, it was reporters that captured many of the images we think of when we talk about the allied landing at Normandy, it was reporters that went on bombing raids to document what the bomber crews went through, it was reporters that documented the forgotten war in Korea, it was reporters that helped stop the carnage in Vietnam, it was reporters that stopped the slaughter on the highway of death in Iraq, and its been reporters that have told the truth about what has happened in Iraq now, and the list could go on and on. This man is a disgrace to reporting and an absolute fraud. It sickens me that good, HONEST people are loosing their jobs every day while posers like this ass hole are given so many opportunities, non of which they deserve. Pay your fucking taxes you ass hole, and get off my tv.

If you don't know how to reply to it, how could you have written "sickening" at the end?

What's so wrong with his comment, anyway? John McCain was shot down while on a bombing raid. Do you really think that those raids were somehow targeting only the North Vietnamese with smart bombs? As if no civilians were massacred?

You remember the napalm scene from Apocalypse Now? That could have been McCain.

>> ^BillOreilly:

I don't even know how to reply to this. Sickening.

Thats some cognitive dissonace there SofaKing, people dying in any way is bad what makes US bombing raids (which do kill civilians, see the recent heavy bombing near Baghdad some of the heaviest so far in the war, and the current backlash faced by US forces bombing in Afghanistan) anymore legitimate then those who suicide bomb themselves?

It's like if a state is doing the killing it's okay.

why does the tv host interrupt the person whom he's interviewing?

anyhow.

The concluding line is : (on the terrible insult to Ahmadinejad) "what they see is American arrogance towards a world leader."

Is "arrogance" the correct term here? "Preemptive war" doesn't really describe a bombing raid on a hospital either.

Did everyone watch the CBS interview: http://www.videosift.com/video/President-Ahmadinejad-on-news-magazine-60-Minutes

A good movie to watch is "Marriage, Iranian style" It's a romantic comedy movie, but you will be struck by how modern Tehran and Iranian culture are. You have to fight the stereotype. So get your head straight.

Repost of this previously sifted vid - http://www.videosift.com/video/Israeli-daytime-bombing-raid-on-Lebanon-town-of-Lucie-in-the-Bekaa-Valley-language-NSFW