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Afghanistan
Pentagon confirms NO military personnel will be punished for botched Kabul drone strike
2021-12-14
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Pentagon on Friday said officers will not face action for botched drone strike

  • 10 civilians - including 7 children - were killed by a Hellfire missile on Aug 29

  • Officials initially said it targeted a vehicle being used by suicide bombers

  • Senior officers said it was a 'righteous strike' before the truth emerged

  • Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said it was a 'breakdown in process and execution ... not the result of negligence, not the result of misconduct'
Posted by:Fred

#10  See Eye in the Sky movie.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-14 23:57  

#9  Yes, if the Japanese had won WWII, they'd have hanged LeMay.

Doesn't mean he committed war crimes.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-12-14 20:29  

#8  General LeMay said he'd be hanged for what he did to Japan if the roles were reversed. And he was right.

War crimes don't become good just because we do them.
Posted by: Clulet Splat5443   2021-12-14 11:46  

#7  ^ Clearly a case of White Rageâ„¢
Posted by: Frank G   2021-12-14 10:12  

#6  I read this to mean that they really wanted to hang a low-ranking drone operator, but the operator had receipts. "Sir, it says right here in the log that General Smith [REDACTED]."
Posted by: Matt   2021-12-14 09:20  

#5  If we applied this same garbage in the 1940s, we'd be lucky to still be fighting WWII. Most likely we'd have lost.

"Doolittle Crews Face Charges for War Crimes"

"Dambusters Guilty!"

"USS Barb Use of Unguided Rockets Criminal: JAG"
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-12-14 08:35  

#4  NO military personnel will be punished

Damned Contractors.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-14 07:55  

#3  Strikes such as that are not the idle actions of some enlisted man behind a drone joy stick, they are authorized at the highly levels of the National Command Authority.

The Pentagon's statement merely indicates that no further investigative action will be undertaken. Shocking... no ?

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-12-14 07:23  

#2  They built a war machine that kills innocent civilians as part of its normal operation.

Why is anyone surprised that it's killing civilians? Of course nobody will be punished. Nobody did anything wrong.
Posted by: Clulet Splat5443   2021-12-14 04:44  

#1  Oh YES there will be accountability! Al Qaeda will make sure of that!
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-12-14 01:23  

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