Well, finally, somebody is getting it. Bombing is wonderful, if there's something of value to bomb. We already destroyed that building.
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain said Sunday that America must unleash ``all the might of United States military power,'' including large numbers of ground troops, to prevail in Afghanistan. Bush administration officials said the Taliban is being weakened, but warned Americans must be prepared for a drawn-out conflict.
As the debate over military strikes intensified in Washington, U.S. attacks on the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least 13 civilians, witnesses there said, and warplanes returned for a second wave of attacks late in the day. American bombs pounded targets in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in the south, Herat in the west and Jalalabad in the east, said the Afghan Islamic Press, a private news agency.
Some 100 airborne Rangers and other special ground troops struck a Taliban-controlled airfield and a residence of a Taliban leader earlier this month, but McCain said that was not enough. He called for a ``very, very significant'' force large enough to capture and hold territory.
``I think what we're going to have to put in (is) numbers of forces that are capable of maintaining a base for a period of time, relatively short, so they can branch out and move into certain areas where we believe that the Taliban and al-Qaida's networks are located,'' the Arizona Republican said on CBS's ``Face the Nation.''
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain said Sunday that America must unleash ``all the might of United States military power,'' including large numbers of ground troops, to prevail in Afghanistan. Bush administration officials said the Taliban is being weakened, but warned Americans must be prepared for a drawn-out conflict.
As the debate over military strikes intensified in Washington, U.S. attacks on the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least 13 civilians, witnesses there said, and warplanes returned for a second wave of attacks late in the day. American bombs pounded targets in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in the south, Herat in the west and Jalalabad in the east, said the Afghan Islamic Press, a private news agency.
Some 100 airborne Rangers and other special ground troops struck a Taliban-controlled airfield and a residence of a Taliban leader earlier this month, but McCain said that was not enough. He called for a ``very, very significant'' force large enough to capture and hold territory.
``I think what we're going to have to put in (is) numbers of forces that are capable of maintaining a base for a period of time, relatively short, so they can branch out and move into certain areas where we believe that the Taliban and al-Qaida's networks are located,'' the Arizona Republican said on CBS's ``Face the Nation.''