How much do those bombs and missiles cos t?

“I heard that the cruise missiles run about 1 million each. Even a smart bomb must cost big $$ after we factor in jet fuel to get them to the target etc.

...and all to wreck some mud brick houses! You can bet that the Taliban is hiding in caves in the mountains.

I don't know about anyone else but for a million bucks, I'll take a sledge hammer over to Afghanistan, perhaps hire a few of the locals for help, and we'll tear down a few houses by hand.

Mud brick huts are easy to rebuild too!”

“They now have nose/tail assemblies they can retrofit to the older non-smartbombs that will make them smartbombs. These only cost about $25,000-$35,000. There's a bargin for ya!”

“Too rich for my blood.

I caught a snippet of a story on CNBC a couple of weeks ago that the corporate world is going to go after bin Laden with hammer and tongs. No measly 4 or 5 million bounty, more like a ten times that. Even at those rates, it's Much more cost effective. I believe the phrase is 'cheap at twice the price'.

What if he were to just 'disappear'? Nobody would get to take credit, but there would be no martyr, no ghost to fight and little collateral damage.

"What's with Osama these days? He doesn't call... He doesn't write..."”

“I'm all for the smart weapons. Less missions and fuel burnt, as well as endangering fewer planes to achieve the objective.

Oh did some one say something about the pilots and men? We sure endanger fewer of them. When Desert Storm was starting up, our local church sent 7 men overseas, and we were hopeful of seeing 3, maybe 4 again. The objective was achieved and we saw all our boys again. That, to me, speaks volumes for the tactics and weaponry available to us!”

“It really is unbelievable how incredibally stupid you are Gear Slut. Your lame attempt to form a viable option to spending money on weapons is a clear cut case of your rabid misunderstanding of everything that happens in the world around you.

Yeah, go over there with a sledge hammer, I'll save the taxpayers the $50 it will cost for your body bag, and the our country's intelligence level will incease a few percentage points to boost.

You lower the curve Gear Slut.”

“Ah, the spineless one returns.

What a puss!”

“I'm finding the pictures of the sites we've bombed very interesting. As you look at them on the television, you can't tell the "before" from the "after" picture.
Q: What do Osama and Fred Flintstone have in common?
A: They both see Rubble when they look out the window.”

“Dunadan, that was a kinda' lame one.”

“Cruise missile to bomb rock houses...$1,000,000.


Airline ticket...$400
Boxcutter knife...$5
Flying lessons...$6000

Watching the WTC towers collapse...

PRICELESS.


Stamp ... 34 cents
Envelope... 10 cents
Talcum powder...$2

Watching the American public panic....

PRICELESS.

Those terrorists know the value of getting a bang for their buck.”

“I see a future for Spock on Jay Leno.”

“spock has a future?”

“Spock can write a book "Terrorism on a budget, ten mass destruction projects that cost $50 or less"”

“Isn't there a scout badge for that project?”

“Spock is from the future”

“I've had it........ leaving TT
No mas, nothing matters. People are ignorant here. It's not worth my time.

Have fun, and screw my detrators, in the ear, with no jelly.
Buddha Bear
10/11/01

You're not even a man of your word, BB. You can't be trusted any farther than Osama.”

“Forget him Spock, he's a Doughhut Dolly.”

“"You can't be trusted any farther
than Osama."

AHA! So at least you admit he can't be trusted! There may be hope for you yet Spock. By the end of winter I guarantee we'll have you chuggin' Blatz beer, driving a pick up with a level in the gun rack and throwing bottles at road signs on your way down to the local trash dump to shoot rats.

You'll fall in line. They always do.”

“LOL”

“Doooooode, where can I get Blatz!?!?!?”

“it'll get ya BLATZED!”

“Nigal, in Lower Alabama, rat killin' is an organized sport. However, it is Busch in a can that is the "official" beer.”

“You guys even had National Bohemian Beer?

Brewed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay!

Well, now its made by some big-A$$ conglomerate brewery in Lehigh, Pa or some such place.........but its still cheap crap!!!”

“Can we strap spock to one of the smart bombs?

Would that turn it into one of the dumb bombs?”

“You'd need bacpac for that”

“The operation will be expensive, but will with any luck accomplish the mission objective. The question I have is what is the objective, and how much is it worth.
Just to let you know, I don't think the objective is simply to kill Osama, there has just got to be more to it.”

“Yeah, they gotta use up all those stale bombs before they go outa date.”

“tahoe, the objective is an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. See the thread: They Said this War Would be Different. Solitary hiker spelled it out pretty clearly.”

“bacpac on the dumb bomb

”

“ROFLMAO at gear slut!”

“The skillions of dollars that are spent on defense go into the coffers of defense contractors, their suppliers, their employees, etc.

It goes right back into the GDP, stupid.”

“I knew it was a government make work project!”

“Hows about dropping our old electronics on them, like 8-track tape players and old speaker systems. Empty out our dumps filled with old washing machines, and waste, and send that. There was a barge floating around the Sound in WA with waste on it and no one wanted it in their state. It may have had chemicals in it, drop that in Afghanistan. Drop some Yugos.”

“How about dropping LH on them? No, on second thought that would be too cruel!”

“Hey gojo:

The corporate earnings from all those munitions add to the bottom line of my portfolio, my IRA, and my 401(k).

Here's to being a war profiteer!”

“I think we should be dropping copies of Playboy.

They would be so busy trying to peak under the veils we could snatch Bin Laden and they would never know it.”

“Gear Slut, being considered a terror of some kind is a badge of honor for me. It's much better than being considered a wimp.”

“LH, in your case I was thinking about the Taliban just being stuck with the dense half drugged out chick from TT. It's just far too much suffering for them to comprehend.”

“Colonel Kong's Survival Kit

one 45 caliber automatic,
two boxes of ammunition,
four days concentrated emergency rations,
one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills,
sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills,
one miniature combination Rooshan phrase book and Bible,
one hundred dollars in rubles,
one hundred dollars in gold,
nine packs of chewing gum,
one issue of prophylactics,
three lipsticks,
three pair of nylon stockings

-- shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good
weekend in Vegas with all that stuff....”

“One of my favorite movies!”

“Gear Slut, I'm not dense. I take in all information, then make my own decisions, and can't be swayed by the likes of you.

Drugged out? Where do you come up with this stuff. I can't say I wouldn't like to party, but I'm more into my health.”

“Hey, you two can't fight in here. This is the war room...”

“LOL @laqtis”

“just what IS the price of freedom?

it goes right back into the GDP, stupid. i like that really smart comment. what if the goverment just figured out how much theis war would cost, divided by the # of taxpayers and sent that $$$ to us! that is less destrcutive and more effieicent way to pump up the economy, you bozos”

“Dat's right!

And WHERE does the government get all that money?

What ever happened to, "Its OUR money and we can best decide how to spend it!"”

“the liberals killed that idea.”

“Gimme a break!

The Repubs are the biggest spenders of all time.

And they spend it on all the wrong things!

Themselves”

“I don't know...

When I think of all the blood, sweat and tears we've expended over the years destroying each other... It's simply insane.

The cash doesn't even BEGIN to figure into it.”

“The cash is why they do it

This country has been drunk on War Profits since the Civil War.”

“Find the cost of Freedom, buried 'neith the ground...”

“Divide the cost of the war by the 6,000 innocent people killed and Sept 11. Then ask their families if it was too much to pay.

Next divide the cost of the war by the unknown tens of thousands of innocent people who would have died in future terrorist attacks had we turned the other cheek.

It's a bargain, folks.”