U.S. Bombs Hit Red Cross
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Oopsie.
Chit happens.
No one was killed thank god.
Maybe the pilots approached the building from an angle and thought the big red + was a big red x....
Chit happens.
No one was killed thank god.
Maybe the pilots approached the building from an angle and thought the big red + was a big red x....
I believe that this bombing is getting out of hand. They've been going at it for more than a week now, and have run out of targets. How much more can be accomplished this way, and how many "accidents" will happen before we stop this?
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<< I wouldn't be surprised if Taleban leaders are hiding among the civilians. >>
Sure they are. I also wouldn't put it past them to start marking many buildings with the Red Cross logo. Or maybe they switched things around and moved themselves into a Red Cross building while moving the Red Cross into their old buildings.
Or this just could be a big mistake. We will never know, but at least only 1 person was injured. It could have been much worse.
Dont you get it? the bombing is just to allow our troops to go in with the least number of deaths. I am sorry for civilian deaths, but if they were given a chance to kill us ill bet 90% would do it. Besides, I wouldnt put it past the teliban (sp?) for killing civilians just to make us look bad, just think about it. GPS is accurite up to, I think, 5 feet. And the systems on the fighter jets is just as accurite and your telling me they missed by that much???? It "could" happen, but it is unlikely.
its not out of hand at all, bombing to soften up the taliban so we don't lose a ton of ground troops is always a good thing. remember our press doesn't really have access right now so what the army is doing who knows just because targets are harder to find doesn't mean they don't exist, taliban should have been trying to hide things for a while b4 we hit.
just because targets are harder to find doesn't mean they don't exist, taliban should have been trying to hide things for a while b4 we hit.ECUHITMAN, I don't think YOU get it.
I bet you were (and are) pretty angry at the killing of innocent civilians in the United States. It sounds like it. So why is it ok just because these civilians look different than you, or live somewhere else? And don't you understand that for every civilian that is killed over there, the problem worsens? We defeat ourselves by creating anger and resentment in the long run at the killing of each civilian.
If the taliban are hiding among civilians, then air strikes are not going to work. Something different has to be done. And it's ridiculous to hide behind the jargon of "kill ratio", "least collateral damage", "air superiority".
I bet you were (and are) pretty angry at the killing of innocent civilians in the United States. It sounds like it. So why is it ok just because these civilians look different than you, or live somewhere else? And don't you understand that for every civilian that is killed over there, the problem worsens? We defeat ourselves by creating anger and resentment in the long run at the killing of each civilian.
If the taliban are hiding among civilians, then air strikes are not going to work. Something different has to be done. And it's ridiculous to hide behind the jargon of "kill ratio", "least collateral damage", "air superiority".
<< I believe that this bombing is getting out of hand. They've been going at it for more than a week now, and have run out of targets. How much more can be accomplished this way, and how many "accidents" will happen before we stop this? >>
I think we learned a lesson with Saddam.
<< been going at it for more than a week now, and have run out of targets. >>
As Rumsfield said (paraphrasing a great military general), "We're not running out of targets, Afghanistan is running out of targets." lol!
There have been very few civilian casualties, unless of course you're actually admitting you believe the psychopathic Taliban's claims? We've been targeting on troop concentrations the last few days, it won't be long now. I suspect we hit the Red Cross warehouses - IF we hit them - because the Taliban were hoarding the stuff anyway. Like they are going to allow those supplies to get to the Afghani people? RIGHT!
In-cockpit recording:
"Bombs right on the money... I've got nice crosshairs right on the center of target... Crosshairs kinda bigger than usual... Crosshairs gettin bigger... Is that supposed to happen?... Could swear crosshairs were green... Oh S&1T!!"
"Bombs right on the money... I've got nice crosshairs right on the center of target... Crosshairs kinda bigger than usual... Crosshairs gettin bigger... Is that supposed to happen?... Could swear crosshairs were green... Oh S&1T!!"
Big deal, so what some civilians got killed but what's the difference over there between cilvilians and the military? (cilvilians are military that isn't holding a weapon yet) Not like here where our forces have voluntary enlistment and series of trainings to get through.
This is a war which US didn't start and US even let it be known that we're going to do something about it and who we were going to target it for. They didn't get the flying fvck out of the harms way when they should've so they get to take it with the Talibans standing next to them. Where did we ever get these pansy @ss chicken sh!ts that thinks we should get more of our people killed just so we could insure their "civilians" don't get hurt? Like the president said, either you're w/us or you're w/ the dirty low down camel riding, ten dollar tent living, drug producing, two bit terrorists producing, stupid rag headed US flag burning mofo that burns themselves, wannabe Allah seeking, hijacking, murderous SOB that can't even support themselves but still spawn babies (like cockroaches) faster than the a virus to be even bigger burden on the rest of the world then they already are.
Ok, maybe it wasn't GW Bush exact words but somewhat close.
If it was up to me personally, I wipe that damn virus infested area from the face of this mud ball we call Earth.
This is a war which US didn't start and US even let it be known that we're going to do something about it and who we were going to target it for. They didn't get the flying fvck out of the harms way when they should've so they get to take it with the Talibans standing next to them. Where did we ever get these pansy @ss chicken sh!ts that thinks we should get more of our people killed just so we could insure their "civilians" don't get hurt? Like the president said, either you're w/us or you're w/ the dirty low down camel riding, ten dollar tent living, drug producing, two bit terrorists producing, stupid rag headed US flag burning mofo that burns themselves, wannabe Allah seeking, hijacking, murderous SOB that can't even support themselves but still spawn babies (like cockroaches) faster than the a virus to be even bigger burden on the rest of the world then they already are.
Ok, maybe it wasn't GW Bush exact words but somewhat close.
If it was up to me personally, I wipe that damn virus infested area from the face of this mud ball we call Earth.
<< I think we learned a lesson with Saddam. >>
what lesson was that? that bombing kills 200,000 innocent civilians? or that it just further entrenches a dictatorial regime?
Yeah, you're way off with that 200,000 number.
It's more like 2,000,000. In women, children, and elderly dead from disease and sanctions.
It's more like 2,000,000. In women, children, and elderly dead from disease and sanctions.
<< It's more like 2,000,000. In women, children, and elderly dead from disease and sanctions. >>
While Saddam continues to find money to complete construction on more than a dozen elaborate palaces for himself and his military pals and rebuilds his military infrastructure. Saddam Hussein sacrificed his people for military capability, and Saddam thinks that was a pretty fair trade-off. Iraq is allowed to sell as much oil as it requires to meet the humanitarian needs of Iraqi people. Where is the money going? Straight into Saddam's coffers.
The United Nations Security Council voted UNANIMOUSLY for the sanctions, and the United Nations Security Council continues to maintain the sanctions, though several states now oppose them. "WE" as in the United States are only ONE member of the Security Council. Though I don't think the sanctions are working and they need to be seriously re-evaluated, the blame belongs squarely on Saddam's shoulders.
I think we will find out that arms were stored in the red cross buildings, as well as aid supplies. subterfuge
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