Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Plus you can't lob an A-10 off a carrier
Probably could, with a JATO assist. However, I don't think the A-10 is comfortable when given a salt water spray, which happens when on carriers.
More broadly, it is wrong to see Afghanistan as the modern day equivalent of the Spanish civil war, because there is no learning taking place.
The conflict has been going on so long we are getting new troops that were born after the war began, yet nothing changes.
The US is still bombing peasants at huge expense ( $100/gallon delivered jet fuel just a minor factor ) and remains surprised they are not loved.