sábado, 22 de abril de 2017

Trump’s Bombings May Elicit the 'Mother of All Blowback' | By Faisal Kutty | Common Dreams

Trump’s Bombings May Elicit the 'Mother of All Blowback' | By Faisal Kutty | Common Dreams

 "Rather than stopping the next lone attacker in the homeland, these
bombing runs will motivate many more. Instead of weakening the enemy, it
will bring together sworn enemies against a common bigger enemy."

 

In an undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, the GBU-43/B Massive
Ordnance Air Blast bomb, nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs" is seen at
Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The largest conventional bomb in
America's arsenal was deployed against a cave and tunnel complex used by
an Islamic State-allied group in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the
Pentagon said on April 13. (Photo: EGLIN AFB / NYT