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Afghanistan

And although its taken a little time, the US has finally admitted they screwed up on the drone hit on a car they said was full of explosives and suicide bombers.
They basically killed one of their own workers along with his kids.
from ABC News
As I said earlier, the US military and intelligence community will see it as collateral damage.
Mick
 

Absolutely tragic about the drone strikes. And there were certainly many more such mistakes made across the thousands of strikes in various theaters of war.

Few points
1) Big ticks to the New York Times/NBC for running down the story and highlighting the horror of the event
2) Thank heavens the military also acknowledged the SNAFU. In theory they had no choice...
3) This makes a change from past US government/military response to drone murders. There are still people sitting in solitary for realising information about shocking attacks on civilians.

And on the other hand there are Black Hawk contracters who killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others in a mad fire fight. They were convicted of various crimes -- and the pardoned by Donald Trump. Great messaging


 
Difficult time for Afghan vets at the moment, watching the country fall apart and the Taliban go back to their old games of summary executions and the like, then stealing food aid for the people. This Royal Commission will be difficult for a lot of people.

The United Nations really needed to step up in the transition to Taliban rule and there should have been a blue hat security force put in place as part of the handover the the Taliban. Not sure if that was ever a discussion, but it's bewildering if it wasn't.



 
If there is any organisation that needs a thorough independent investigation, it is the United Nations IMO.
It comes across to me as a self regulating, self serving, gravy train. All these funded organisation should have a thorough review by an independent body on a regular basis, just my opinion, but they seem to carry a lot of respect that at times is shown to be misplaced.
 
true to form, no one will be charged over the srewed up raid on Afganistan civilians.
From ABC News
No soldiers will be disciplined, so that means none at the top have to be disciplined either.
a goat covered in an enormous scape.
Mick
 
true to form, no one will be charged over the srewed up raid on Afganistan civilians.
From ABC News

No soldiers will be disciplined, so that means none at the top have to be disciplined either.
a goat covered in an enormous scape.
Mick

1st casualty of war is the truth... and the last it seems
 
and tourism .... 7000 tourists this year. Solo women travellers , not so sure.


define irony? promoting the cultural heritage sites (Bamiyan Buddhas) they destroyed
 
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