No one wants war, so when war is going on, one’s moral duty is to get it done quick. Even though the tool is war, the product is peace. God willing.

Sig, sir, I’m pretty sure most of the old ammo has been fitted with those strap-on fins and guidance packs, and expended judiciously by now. One would hope. After all, new bombs equal well-paying new jobs.

Blert, Linebacker II led directly to the end of the Vietnam War, it was precision (for the time) strategic bombing of all of the North’s ports, forts and whatever else they got. After 11 days, the North surrendered.

The mountainous Af/Pak border is more like the Ho Chi Minh trail, they got no forts, ports, doodly-squat. Our bombers made toothpicks out of jungle and on the other end of that heavily bombed trail, entire NVA Divisions would form. Same way that armed forces materialize in Afghanistan. Tactically, Arclight around Khe Sanh was omnipotent; strategically, Linebacker II ended the enemy’s intention to fight.

Bombing our way to peace seems counter-intuitive, but history argues for its efficacy. Better to get it over with quick. For God’s sake.