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But let's not investigate Jan

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:15:02 +0000

But let's not investigate Jan 6 or the 2016 election. Maybe another Benghazi/Hillary at State palooza

20 years to figure out somethings wrong in Afghanistan and leave, but we expect a new panel to figure it out?

WSJ editorial board says

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:53:20 +0000

In reply to NYT: No Bomb or ISIS in Drone Strike that 10 Died

WSJ editorial board says Congress should investigate Americas most recent drone strike in Afghanistan (why stop there, might be worth looking at the last twenty years) https://t.co/4haQ7Rkrmn
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) September 12, 2021

Thanks for the thread.

NCD — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:15:05 +0000

In reply to The thread supports your

Thanks for the thread. Appreciated it. I did realize that Matthieu seemed appalled at the deadly screwup.

The thread supports your

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:31:00 +0000

In reply to Killing people when you "don

The thread supports your outrage, in case you didn't realize - i don't only post things that bolster my opinion (or better said, my opinion's not that narrow)

Zamir's younger brother Faisal was 16. His uncle, Romal, who was for the strike, told me his nephew was badly wounded in the torso and face from shrapnel. "He wasn't breathing," he recalled. 3/10 pic.twitter.com/wqidWbhotG
— Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) September 11, 2021

More family photos/description...

Plus

You can read our full @nytimes investigation here with this paywall-free link: https://t.co/Kci3hdoGYf
— Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) September 11, 2021

Just following from your "at

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:25:57 +0000

In reply to Comparable only if a Governor

Just following from your "at least bad guys shooting at you", and the lies about Tillman were much the same as you decry here.

Killing people when you "don

NCD — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 23:46:02 +0000

In reply to Victim thread

Killing people when you "don't know who they are" is a step or two removed not from a Casablanca "round up the usual suspects", but the Gestapo rounding up 10 random French males and executing them because the Resistance shot a German officer.

Comparable only if a Governor

NCD — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 23:39:22 +0000

In reply to With Tillman there was no

Comparable only if a Governor of AZ had Reaper droned college student Tillman in his ASU dorm killing him and 9 other students, said the dorm was an ISIS lair, claimed there were 'secondary explosions' after the hit, and that it was a righteous act that was carried out following strict procedures.

Victim thread

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 23:19:00 +0000

In reply to Irate due to the

Much longer drone victim thread

Zemari Ahmadi, 43, was the target of the strike. The US military said it didn't know who he was, but found his actions suspicious. He was an aid worker for a California-based company, and the breadwinner for his entire extended family. 1/10 pic.twitter.com/jNjtw4Yb3r
— Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) September 11, 2021

Click through for heartbreaking family pics

With Tillman there was no

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:58:50 +0000

In reply to Irate due to the

With Tillman there was no enemy fire, just a cockup.

An investigation by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) concluded that Tillman and the Afghan militia soldier were killed by friendly fire when one allied group fired upon another in confusion after nearby gunfire was mistakenly believed to be from enemy combatants.

Irate due to the

NCD — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:18:34 +0000

In reply to I don't get your particular

Irate due to the irresponsibility and immortality of this slipshod operation occurring contemporaneously with Biden's self righteous crowing about how his administration planned for everything and nobody could have done it better. Seemed like the plan was, Biden's political ass is on the line due to the ISIS-k suicide attack, blow somebody up, and say we got 'em, because Biden poll numbers are dropping. So they kill 7 kids and 3 adults, two working for the NGO or formerly for US forces, each even more tragic a loss than Beau, because they were murdered. Then lie about it because it was not just FUBAR, but criminal negligence, and telling the truth would just add another FUBAR to Biden's fiasco.

They didn't know who the target was, that his car was registered and spent the day at the California NGO building, that he put water jugs in the trunk filled ouside in broad daylight, etc etc A blogger at Dag could tell they were lying the next day just by looking at the photos.

They are still lying.

I am unaware of either Trump or Obama ordering a strike in a city on civilians without knowledge, and naming, exactly who they are targeting. It's super convenient to NOT name who you were after, just say "ISIS" 'got 'em', then killing anybody will do.

Drone strikes on allied forces under fire may hit the wrong target, but there are at least bad guys shooting at you.