<p>Last November, Donald Trump promised he would &ldquo;bomb the sh&#8211;&rdquo; out of ISIS if he was elected. And that&rsquo;s just what he&rsquo;s doing.</p>
<p>Last Thursday, the US military dropped a GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) on ISIS targets in Afghanistan. ;</p>
<p>Nicknamed the &ldquo;mother of all bombs&rdquo; the GBU-43 is 30 feet long and weighs over 20,000 pounds. It has a blast radius of 1 mile. It&rsquo;s the biggest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat.</p>
<p>The MOAB was dropped at about 7:30pm (local time) in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack targeted a tunnel system ISIS fighters have been using to move around and surprise Afghan forces and US military advisers. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;The United States takes the fight against ISIS very seriously and in order to defeat the group we must deny them operational space, which we did,&#8221; said White House press secretary Sean Spicer.</p>
<p>Army Gen. John Nicholson, who authorized use of the MOAB, explains that as ISIS losses continue to mount, they are using improvised explosive devices, tunnels, and bunkers to boost defense. &#8220;This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offenses.&#8221;</p>
<p>Precautions were taken to minimize civilian casualties and collateral damage, and Achin District Governor Ismail Shinwari says there have been no reports of injured civilians. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you look at what&rsquo;s happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to what&rsquo;s really happened over the last eight years, you&rsquo;ll see there is a tremendous difference. Tremendous difference,&#8221; said President Trump, who called the bombing a &#8220;successful job.&#8221; ;</p>
<p>&#8220;We have the greatest military in the world, and they&rsquo;ve done a job as usual so we have given them total authorization,&rdquo; said Trump when asked if he authorized use of the bomb. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s what they&rsquo;re doing. And, frankly, that&rsquo;s why they&rsquo;ve been so successful lately.&#8221;</p>
<p>Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, blaming the US for using his country as a &ldquo;testing ground for new and dangerous weapons.&rdquo; ;</p>
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<p>Thursday&rsquo;s bombing was an important move in the fight against ISIS, but, like the recent strike on Syria, it was also a show of force for North Korea, Russia, and China. ;</p>
<p>President Trump is changing the perception of what is normal. With his unpredictable behavior and scare tactics (what we call the <a href="https://punchingbagpost.com/the-crazy-bastd-strategy-to-cow-america-enemies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>crazy bas@#$%d strategy</strong></a>), sending a crystal clear message to other nations: don&rsquo;t piss America off. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I hope America&#8217;s adversaries are watching &; now understand there&#8217;s a new sheriff in town,&#8221; tweeted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). &#8220;Pleased Air Force dropped MOAB against ISIL in Afghanistan. Must be more aggressive against ISIL everywhere &#8211; including Afghanistan.&#8221;</p>