…[The psychological or terror effect of carpet bombing is uncertain as ever. However, if special forces are present and can call in strikes at the right place and time during an opposition advance-after Taliban forces have been forced to expose themselves-they can now do so relatively close-by the standards of Vietnam-to advancing friendly forces. Under these conditions, carpet bombing could have a totally different killing effect from Vietnam or the Gulf War…
http://www.csis.org/features/cord_011102.htm
I just pictured an ally Fld Ops with 1940 binoculars among a team of modern special forces. 
“Firing for effect!”
