Posted on 10/05/2015 7:54:24 AM PDT by McGruff
The top commander of US and coalition forces has said Afghan troops requested an airstrike which hit a hospital in Kunduz, killing 22 people.
General John Campbell, speaking at the Pentagon, said he was correcting an initial statement which said the airstrike had been employed to defend US forces who had come under fire from the Taliban.
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He said the Afghan military advised US special operations forces on the ground that they needed air support, and that the civilians were “accidentally struck”.
“An airstrike was then called to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck,” he said.
The Generals statement was written by the White House , it said , “will hold those responsible accountable” Obama’s Favorite words
Cull the gene pool and all that
One sometimes wonders just what side the Afghan government troops are on. This was a way to the US strike force a black eye, and it could all be sloughed off as “fog of war” misunderstanding on the part of the Afghani government troops.
Meanwhile, the Americans get blamed.
‘will hold those responsible accountable” Obama’s Favorite words’
Uhhh.....Ummmm.....unless it’s Obama who is responsibe.
I’ve heard reports that the hospital was being used as a base for Taliban fighters with the permission of MSF (”Doctors Without Borders”). If that is true then the old adage “Lie down with dogs and you’ll get fleas” applies.
This is one of those stories that we’ll probably never get to the bottom of.
Obama’s plans to blame the Military and support his Tally Band brothers
A protected facility loses its protective status when it is used to conduct hostile acts.
LOAC is clear on this.
Why should we care? The Russians don’t. Their Russian president bombs innocent civilians. Why can’t our Russian/Muslim/Fag President do it, too?
Obama thinks you can win this battle by bombing alone....It takes troops on the ground getting nasty to route out these savages.
Probably true.DWB is a leftist, terrorist sympathizing tool.
It doesn’t happen to be the pedophile who keeps young boys on our bases that is responsible for this, does it? That’d be convenient.
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