Retired Army Officer: Success Is 'Acres and Acres of Dead Terrorists'

CNS News
Sep. 24, 2014



It's great that President Obama "put together this miniature coalition of Sunni Arab States" to fight terrorists in Syria, but the analysts are missing something important: The measure of success should be "acres and acres of dead terrorists," not "knocking out windows," Retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters told Fox News's Sean Hannity Tuesday night:

"These strikes (Monday) night were designed to limit terrorist casualties. These were not serious, meaningful strikes!

"And I'll give you the evidence. Why did we go in at night? There was no air defense threat...If you wanted to kill terrorists, you would have hit those headquarters and compounds and logistics sites at 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning, when they were crowded with leaders, staff officers, flunkies, et cetera.

"Instead, we hit empty buildings at night! We knocked down antennas, we blew out windows!

"That is not the way to defeat terrorists who behead Americans! We should have gone in in the morning, gone in heavy, and killed -- let me give you the measure of success in air strikes against ISIS. It is not knocking out windows. It is acres and acres of dead terrorists! That is tactical success!"

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