From Insight On The News:

The U.S. military has been developing a gunship that could literally obliterate enemy ground targets with a laser beam.

The laser could have tremendous repercussions on the battlefield, particularly in urban warfare in such countries as Afghanistan and Iraq. "It's the kind of tool that could bring about victory within minutes," an official said.

But suppose a weapon really were developed that completely eliminated collateral damage. That would mean the end of most of the anti-war movement, right? Wrong, the so-called anti-war movement in this country has never been about preventing deaths; it was and is about advancing a political agenda. And anti-war activists, as represented in the mainstream media, just don't care about collateral damage.

Thanks to The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler for the Toles cartoon. New weapons system via The Drudge Report.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

Posted by: Bluto at 12:35 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 We need many of those giant "lasers". (I wonder how they'd perform shooting through a smokescreen)

Posted by: Ariya at February 02, 2006 12:52 AM (uxW3N)

2 Bluto No offense - but standard PR spin for R&D and funding from the contractors and Pentagon. Its just a "selling point" for what may or may not be an effective weapons system. Bad Approach - telegraph placing a priority on collateral damage - simply pushes opposition to insure same as operational policy. Even gives them an additional goal to exploit as a "weakness". Even has that kinda Green Evironmentally Friendly pitch to it - see it a lot in government spending.

Posted by: hondo at February 02, 2006 02:54 AM (3aakz)

3 Once they perfect the lazer beam, they should mount them on sharks.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at February 02, 2006 07:32 AM (0yYS2)

4 hondo, I think I covered that in the post. The real point, though, was to explore the concept of collateral damage as it applies to ultra-leftists' inflicting gross mental stress on the families of servicepeople, all in the name of their own scorched earth, anti-American jihad.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at February 02, 2006 12:48 PM (RHG+K)

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