Perhaps there is a lesson here for those who would crowd around a hijacked tanker, probably in hopes of getting some free fuel. Experience is tough teacher, she gives the test first and then the lesson. The lesson here is STAY CLEAR of anything has to do with Taliban militants, especially things that would make good targets.
I’m sorry for any civilian casualties associated with this attack, but that’s the fortunes of war. Particularly those conflicts in which the enemy tactics include the use of civilians as a shield. One of the secrets to winning a war to do whatever it takes to wipe out the enemy, and the sooner it’s done the less the carnage on both sides.
War is hell and it’s far better for those on the other side to feel the pains of the hell.
Does anyone imagine the Taliban who hijacked these tankers
just allowing anyone to come and fill up a five gallon can?
Don’t think so.
Just think if the P-47’s had had to call back to England
before attacking tankers in France or Germany.