Y Monday, November 23, 2009
1:14 am
Video of an American gunship carrying out an operation against the Taliban. It's using Thermal imagery, so the people are the white little figures you see skittering across the ground.
Yes you all know war is terrible, but this really provides a closer look.
Imagine what it's like being one of those guys on the ground? I actually felt a little sorry. Chances are they were being brainwashed into doing this.
1:25 the guy gets blown into tiny little bits (See the tiny specks of white flying around? Probably parts of his intestines, brains and whatnot.)
What were they using to shoot the insurgents?
105mm artillery shells - it's just crazy.
Let's put things into perspective for those not familiar with munitions. Grab a ruler.
The usual rifle bullet is about 5.56mm, that's slightly over 0.5cm.
The shell is 20 times the size, it explodes and sends thousands of fragments flying in all directions. From what you can see, the explosion was easily the size of a small house. Fragments travel at easily 1000 - 2000m/s. Just one is enough to fatally wound a person.
What do I think?
They made a big mistake on 9/11. Sure, it might or might not have happened regardless of the incident, but it didn't help.