Bobert,

1. it was "all of the estimated 13,000 bombs that have pounded Iraq."
NOT 11,000.

2. You state:"Now a sortie is a bombing mision and given the multiple bombs that am airplane can carry"

A sortie is ANY flight by any plane or aircraft. A helicopter insertion of a medical team is a sortie.

" However, in military parlance, a "sortie" is an operational flight from a military aircraft. A Yahoo! Reference search on the term resulted in two definitions: an armed attack, especially one made from a plane surrounded by enemy forces, or a flight of a combat aircraft on a mission. "

Your arguements might be more effective if you stopped trying to make up the facts as you go along.