claim: says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: dec 16, 2015 ... last night, senator ted cruz demonstrated the depth of his ignorance about all  things military when he said (and quoting him exactly is important): ... carpet  bomb where isis is, not a city, but the location of the troops, you use air power  directed, and you have embedded special forces to direct the air power.
evidence_2: feb 1, 2016 ... “you would carpet-bomb where isis is, not a city, but the location of the troops,”  cruz added in a debate later in that month. “you use air power directed — and  you have embedded special forces to [direct] the air power. but the object isn't to  level a city. the object is to kill the isis terrorists.” more recently ...
evidence_3: dec 17, 2015 ... to be clear, senator cruz, would you carpet-bomb raqqa, the isis capital where  there are a lot of civilians? yes or no? cruz: you would carpet-bomb where isis  is. not a city, but the location of the troops. you use airpower directed, and you  have embedded special forces to direct the airpower. but the ...
evidence_4: mar 18, 2016 ... when pressed, however, cruz said he would not bomb raqqah, the isis capital,  home to many civilians. he later explained: you use airpower directed — and  you have embedded special forces to direction [sic] the air power. but the object  isn't to level a city. the object is to kill the isis terrorists.
evidence_5: feb 5, 2016 ... cruz responded, “what it means is using overwhelming air power to utterly and  completely destroy isis.” he also said, “you would carpet bomb where isis is —  not a city, but the location of the troops. you use air power directed — and you  have embedded special forces to (direct) the air power. but the ...