Tragedy in Afghanistan

Today while watching the news we were informed that 31 American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan. My sympathy and prayers go out to their families.

The report went on to say that their helicopter with all 31 aboard went down while attacking a Taliban compound. Of course the Taliban claim they shot down the chopper but they make these claims every time one goes down anyway so I don't put much truth in their account.

I know it is easy to be an armchair general after-the-fact but I will offer this observation. Why do we waste the lives of our courageous young men and women on attacking a enemy compound when we can use our air power to level it into oblivion?

I know the military commanders are always saying we have to stop collateral damage. My opinion of this is the people in the area could care less about us and are probably members of the Taliban or sympathizers. So let us begin a campaign of carpet bombing this entire region and let the chips fall where they may. As one president said if you're not with us you're against us. Let us learn the lesson of Vietnam fight to win the war or get the hell out to many good men and women are dying for this godforsaken hole in the ground. They have been killing each other for thousands of years and will continue to do so let us depart and let them have at it.