Once is a mistake; twice is an intention and a trend.
"Report faults US warplane in Afghan deaths; After-dark air strikes cited as likely cause" by Anne Gearan, Associated Press | June 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - A US warplane failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan last month that killed an estimated 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the US military concluded in a report released yesterday.
WRONG, you LYING MASS-MURDERERS!!!
It was 93 WOMEN and CHILDREN for starters, and they are ALL INNOCENT ANYWAY because 9/11 was an INSIDE JOB done primarily by the AmeriKan and Israeli governments!
The deaths last month raised the stakes in a growing battle for the good will of Afghan civilians, whose allegiance Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said is crucial if the United States is going to win the faltering war in Afghanistan.
These guys are either idiots or mass-murdering liars (I know which I'm choosing). You CAN'T ANNIHILATE FAMILIES and expect people to like you!
Related: Farah Fallout
What is a Dead Afghan Baby Worth?
“The inability to discern the presence of civilians and assess the potential collateral damage of those strikes is inconsistent with the US government’s objective of providing security and safety for the Afghan people,’’ the report prepared by US Central Command said.
Doesn't that just make you want to puke?
Three US air strikes conducted after dark near the close of the chaotic fight in the western Farah Province probably accounted for the civilian deaths, the report said. It contained only mild criticism of the B-1 bomber crew involved, however, and the nation’s top military official has already said there is no reason to punish any US personnel.
Then all this "we care about the people" is BULLSHIT!!!!!!!
The report contains no surprises - US officials had already given rough estimates of the number of deaths - but provides a vivid narrative of a firefight that also killed five Afghan national police officers. Two US personnel and seven Afghan security officers were wounded. Local Afghan officials have said that as many as 140 people were killed.
Yup, and leave it at that, right, s*** press?
See: U.S. Used White Phosphorous in Afghanistan
The report recommends.... include improving the military’s ability to get its side of the story in front of Afghans faster, something commanders say is frustratingly difficult. The US should be “first with the truth,’’ the report said.
That paragraph is just plain offensive!
What, the MSM MOUTHPIECE PROPAGANDISTS not good enough for ya?
Also see: The Tweeting Trolls of the U.S. Military
Occupation Iraq: The $300 Million Propaganda Program
And if the U.S. military wants to tell the truth, let 'em start with 9/11, the standdown orders, and the war games.
The report promised a follow-up in four months on how well new tactical rules are working.
I wouldn't be betting on that judging from past experiences.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, told a Pentagon news conference Thursday that he has seen nothing in the investigation that would call for disciplinary action against the US forces involved.
Mullen added that the complex, seven-to-eight hour fight, which stretched from daylight to dark, revealed gaps in the chain of command and some training shortcomings that military leaders plan to address.
I'm sick of the EXCUSES -- especially when it comes to the "the finest fighting force in the history of the world"
You sure about that, Bush, 'er, bamer??
Mullen said he is satisfied that US forces involved in the battle were sufficiently sure of their targets and believed that civilians would not be injured when they fired. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said the accidental killing of civilians in Afghanistan has become one of the military’s greatest strategic problems in the faltering war.
Then STOP BOMBING and KILLING them and LEAVE!
Gates has also said the thousands of new US troops deploying in Afghanistan can lessen the reliance on air strikes that sometimes kill civilians and undermine support for the fight against the Taliban.
Translation: More Americans coming home in body bags as well as more dead Afghans.
That is if you BELIEVE GATES! I DO NOT! The BOMBS will still FALL!!!!
He has assigned his new general running the Afghan war to find new ways to reduce the number of deaths.
Yeah, his new general who remains mysteriously anonymous: Afghanistan's Newest AmeriKan Assassin
How about LEAVING?!!!!
Meanwhile, a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed two US troops yesterday, the US military said.
Yup, "meanwhile" can take its place with COULD BE, IF, MAYBE, BUT, STILL, PROBABLY, etc, etc, etc!
The explosion occurred in Kandahar province, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.
So it must have been them, huh?
No other information, including the victims’ names or which branch of the military they served in, was released. US military officials have said they expect a 50 percent rise in the number of roadside or suicide bomb attacks this year. At least 76 US troops have died in Afghanistan so far in 2009, a record pace.
I'm sorry, but I don't really give a s*** about Americans anymore.
We ALL KNOW the LIES that made this all possible so it is time to PUT DOWN the GUN and STOP TAKING ORDERS!!!
And I won't be made to feel guilty, either. Who cares for our victims?
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I know, I know, I've heard economy and all the other excuses for signing up, BUT that is a WEAK EXCUSE!!
The WAR MACHINE MUST BE BROUGHT to a HALT!
And the only way to do that is NONVIOLENT NONCOOPERATION for AS LONG AS IT TAKES!!!!!
