Afghanistan: US Airstrike Hits Kunduz Hospital

[Sava]

poor rah

[rah]

Someday you will all be old too. Unfortunately, by then, I'll be dead and not able to laugh at you. *sigh*

[Sava]

maybe life extension tech is just around the corner and boomers are the last generation to experience death

[rah]

if so, SS is even more screwed then it is now. I can imagine 1 worker for every 8 recipients. (since the politicians will remain gutless and not raise the retirement age enough to make up for it)

[Sava]

obviously, the future will have a much more efficient political and economic system

none of the things you touched on will apply

[kentonio]

I'm talking about you calling me and who knows who else women haters till the cows come home for doing things like calling for men to receive due process when being charged for rape, and then making sexist jokes and saying it's ok because you have women's friends. On and on and on. You're acting like a ****ing creep, but that's nothing new is it?

Life is so unfair.

[Kidlicious]

I'll have to work until I'm 70 unless Bernie Sanders is elected.

[Proteus_MST]

One thing´s for sure ... diplomatic behavior against those they unjustfully attacked is not the strength of the US army.

On Monday the Pentagon acknowledged that US and Afghan troops had driven a military vehicle through a locked gate to the hospital on 15 October, forcing entry to the site.
Captain Jeff Davis said the troops wanted to inspect damage, and had not known that MSF staff were there.

“Their unannounced and forced entry damaged property, destroyed potential evidence and caused stress and fear for the MSF team,” an MSF spokeswoman said.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/21/kunduz-hospital-attack-even-in-20-years-we-wont-get-such-a-hospital-again

I think the idiocy is strong in some of the US soldiers (with which I don´t mean the whole military, of course, just some fine outstanding examples like the driver of the tank, or the persons responsible for ordering the attack first place).

Also more indices that the claim about Taliban firing from the building most probably is a lie:

“The rumours about Taliban being inside the hospital are all lies,” he told the Guardian by phone. “During the week I saw the hospital guards disarm everyone who came inside [to admit patients], including Taliban.”

And claims that the military didn´t know about it being a hospital also rests on feet of clay ...
not only were the coordinates of the hospital transmitted (again) just 4 days prior to the attack, but the special forces also were gathering intelligence on it:

Since then, a former intelligence official has told the Associated Press that American special operations forces who planned the attack knew it was a hospital because they had been gathering intelligence on it for days. They believed it was being used to coordinate Taliban activity, and considered the strike justified. The report said it was not clear whether the commanders in the gunship firing on the site knew it was a hospital or the details of the allegations.

It will get more and more interesting how the US military will weasel its way out of this

[ricketyclik]

I think the idiocy is strong in some of the US soldiers...

I don't know about the US, but in Australia idiocy is a prerequisite for joining up. There are some who fake it though.

[Kidlicious]

The guardian?

[Kidlicious]

US News is bad, but not that bad. They put 'mistake' in quotes.

[Apocalypse]

The big take away from the recent news stories is the US is apparently very familiar with the building, so they would be sure it was being used by insurgents before attacking.

[Apocalypse]

Also Russia has destroyed three hospitals since the Kunduz attack.

[Dinner]

Why no thread on the hospital in Syria the Russians bombed? It seems to be a bit one sided to advertise a case where the US attacked a hospital being used as a Taliban command and control center but to let the Russians off Scot free.

[Egbert]

I don't know about the US, but in Australia idiocy is a prerequisite for joining up. There are some who fake it though.

That prerequisite was abolished when the military realised all Australians are idiots.

Do try to keep up, old chap.