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Sorry if this has already been addressed (I think Clay did on his blog weeks ago), and maybe I'm being a space cadet, but here's my question: Assad's latest genocidal tactic -- 10 days running now -- has been the use of barrel bombs. I understand why they're deadly; sort of like an airborne cluster bomb only with much bigger ordnance. But here's my question: if you have room in your plane for such weapons, and your goal is just to kill anything in a given wide area, what's the advantage of such low-tech bombs? Why not two or three of the standard higher firepower bombs instead of a dozen smaller ones? ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
