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U.S. drone pilot leaks footage reveals accidental killing of children and adults

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Post by ceilingcorner »

I wonder if Facebook Twitter etc. banning violent and bloody content has prevented the public from protesting these things more widely. It is well known that TV broadcasts of Vietnam led to outrage growing against that war.

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Post by bearclaw89 »

mustafa_pasi wrote: post #6
bearclaw89 wrote: post #3

Don't waste your time, this video doesn't show anything about killing accidentally. War sucks and civilian casualties do happen but this says nothing. Taliban were known for dressing as females to get out of situations and using children as "cover".

What a disgusting attitude you have. Imagine if somebody invaded the US because they didn't like the Biden administration. In the process they kill your family, but don't worry, it's just civilian causalities during a war. Shit happens.

Wow....how is this a disgusting attitude? I never said "shit happens". More explaining from personal experience that this videos didn't show anything out of the norm with dealing with actual Taliban.

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Post by hirundo »

bearclaw89 wrote: post #3

Don't waste your time, this video doesn't show anything about killing accidentally. War sucks and civilian casualties do happen but this says nothing. Taliban were known for dressing as females to get out of situations and using children as "cover".

The article says that the people killed were not the targets. But it's not an accident because some Taliban sometimes use disguises and children, so no problem?

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Post by robin_reala »

bearclaw89 wrote: post #13
mustafa_pasi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a disgusting attitude you have. Imagine if somebody invaded the US because they didn't like the Biden administration. In the process they kill your family, but don't worry, it's just civilian causalities during a war. Shit happens.

Wow....how is this a disgusting attitude? I never said "shit happens". More explaining from personal experience that this videos didn't show anything out of the norm with dealing with actual Taliban.

It’s worse that it’s not “out of the norm” than if it was an isolated incident.

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Post by fastball »

DoctorNick wrote: post #4
bearclaw89 wrote: post #3

Don't waste your time, this video doesn't show anything about killing accidentally. War sucks and civilian casualties do happen but this says nothing. Taliban were known for dressing as females to get out of situations and using children as "cover".

Hiding behind women and children, you say? MONSTERS!! http://www.angryflower.com/hiding.html

Are you being intentionally obtuse or...?

It is well known that various freedom fighter / terrorist groups are not just protecting their women and children / taking women and children to the hospital and then getting attacked. These cells have long terms presence in those places. They are firing rockets from the rooftops of schools and hospitals. Like with that building in Palestine that the IDF drone-struck that the AP worked out of but apparently Hamas did too and this was a known quantity.

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Post by mustafa_pasi »

flyinglizard wrote: post #8
mustafa_pasi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a disgusting attitude you have. Imagine if somebody invaded the US because they didn't like the Biden administration. In the process they kill your family, but don't worry, it's just civilian causalities during a war. Shit happens.

I adore such simple reductions for complex geopolitical matters. Yes, now everything is perfectly clear.

No sorry, there is no complex geopolitical matters at play here. It is actually very simple.

These are civilians minding their own business. You don't get the right to murder them just because you are fighting nearby with some other group of people.

If that most basic of human rights is not protected then nothing is.

You might maybe be able to excuse civilian causalities in some total war scenario where your own safety is literally at risk. But that is very far from what is happening here.

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