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2009-05-15 Afghanistan

Rights group: sez US procedures fail Afghan civilians

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Posted by anonymous5089 2009-05-15 12:44|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "The U.S. needs to answer some basic questions about the sources and quality of information it requires before authorizing these kinds of devastating bombing runs," Adams said.

Well, Brad, if a buncha Taliban assholes are trying to blow my ass off, I'd say that answers my basic question of whether or not I need to call in an airstrike.
Maybe you can run this by the Taliban and see if they're willing to change their "procedures"?

Posted by tu3031 2009-05-15 13:37|| 2009-05-15 13:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Sorry Pal.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-05-15 14:05|| 2009-05-15 14:05|| Front Page Top

#3 international troops have also been told to consider pulling out of firefights in areas with large numbers of civilians.

That would certainly guarantee the increased use of civilians as human shields.

Posted by SteveS 2009-05-15 14:34|| 2009-05-15 14:34|| Front Page Top

#4 How about the US giving a "reliabity rating" to these various sources. Sean Penn, HAMAS,Jimmy Carter,et al, would get a 0. Anything UN and similar would get around a 5, at best. Our government could get as high as a 7 or 8, if not too much politics is in play. Anything extracted from our enemies by waterboarding, or anything we see with our own eyes, of course, rates a 10. The MSM will compulsively parrot our rating numbers even as they try to trash us. Can't help themselves. The public will end up only remembering the reliability numbers that we gave. The way it is now, any group can say anything about anything and get equal weight for their pontifications with the best news available. If we give credible rankings to these things it will help the audience sort out what to believe and what not.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-15 15:15|| 2009-05-15 15:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought the US was in Afghanistan as it was the BASE of the 911 bombers. Now I don't recall anything about being in Afghanistan because we needed to cuddle a population deserving of being cuddled?

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong HRW!

Posted by 3dc 2009-05-15 15:47|| 2009-05-15 15:47|| Front Page Top

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