# US Friendly Fire **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720 "2002-12-24T14:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rider)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720/41 "2002-12-27T19:28:05Z")
I’m sure if the moderators considered this an inappropriate place for my post, they would have moved it. And it has been read and commented on by at least one moderator. Why don’t you sign up to be one if you’re so keen? ---
**Author:** ![Slugworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Slugworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slugworth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720/42 "2002-12-27T20:20:19Z")
Some people have pointed out probably the most important aspect of the current war effort, which is that the technology of the various allies are _greatly_ different. I heard a few reports after the first couple weeks of the war in Afghanistan that several of the US’s allies were actually quite worried, seeing how quick and effective the US attack was, and realising how far behind they were. Military spending in a number of countries was expected to sharply increase, though I’ve no clue if that actually happened. There’s an inherent difficulty in coordinating attacks when one half of the attack is hurtling forwards way faster than the other. Troops end up where troops aren’t expected to be, they can’t be properly IDed because they lack any sort of unified system (Wouldn’t it be just swell if everyone was willing to put the cash into a decent IFF system?), etc, etc. And Amarone - Indeed, the US _does_ have the most accurate bombing record. In the Gulf, a majority of our bombs were still regular unguided bombs, so despite all those videos of our guided bombs ringing the doorbell of their target before exploding, the accuracy was still pretty poor. In Afghanistan however, I think it was like 80% of all dropped ordinance that was guided, and the accuracy was the highest ever recorded. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720/43 "2002-12-28T01:27:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rider \* > \*\*“You were told why your argument was completely flawed and just ignored that and kept reasking your question because you have an agenda to push.” > > I kept reasking it because people kept on requesting me to state my question more clearly, not because I have any agenda. I find it an interesting topic, that’s all. > > \*\* You ignored my questions above because the answer would’ve clearly shown the error in your logic - and you ignored what others said along similar lines, only to respond to things that could be twisted to your agenda. If you want to claim you don’t have an agenda and actually asking an honest question, feel free - but I think the case is clear to anyone who wants to see. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720/44 "2002-12-28T02:02:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*\>\> > Except that the same government which forces its employees to take the drugs, incarcerates its citizens for doing the same thing. It doesn’t make much sense to me. \*\* As much sense as giving its employees assault rifles and telling them to kill people, and incarcerating citizens for the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720/45 "2002-12-29T18:17:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rider \* > \*\*I’m sure if the moderators considered this an inappropriate place for my post, they would have moved it. And it has been read and commented on by at least one moderator. Why don’t you sign up to be one if you’re so keen? \*\* We were away. It was not a GQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-friendly-fire/144720.md?page=2)