US admits Kabul drone strike killed civilians

[mtpockets]

The US now admits that a drone strike in Kabul days before its military pullout killed 10 innocent people, an official has told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

An investigation found the August 29 strike killed an innocent aid worker along with nine members of his family, including seven children.

The youngest victim was aged just two.

US intelligence had tracked the man's car for eight hours, believing it was linked to terrorist group IS-K.

The strike was one of the US military's final acts in Afghanistan, before ending its 20-year military operation in the country.

[tripod29]

I will have a very unpopular opinion on this.

[mtpockets]

I will have a very unpopular opinion on this.

Spit it put. spice this place up a bit

[Corbi]

I will have a very unpopular opinion on this.

I'm going to guess your opinion is "good, that strike eliminated potential future terrorists".

I think it's fukked up and obviously our intelligence gathering isn't all it's cracked up to be. Same $hitty intelligence claimed the country wouldn't fall into Taliban hands, amongst so many other wrong calls. Any other business the heads would be rolling & firings happening if this sort of crap happened.

[Tommy W.]

Gee how surprising. An administration that F'ed that whole pullout up I'm sure didn't have the intelligence to get even this right

[mtpockets]

I'm going to guess your opinion is "good, that strike eliminated potential future terrorists".

I think it's fukked up and obviously our intelligence gathering isn't all it's cracked up to be. Same $hitty intelligence claimed the country wouldn't fall into Taliban hands, amongst so many other wrong calls. Any other business the heads would be rolling & firings happening if this sort of crap happened.

Gee how surprising. An administration that F'ed that whole pullout up I'm sure didn't have the intelligence to get even this right

Can you imagine the sh!t storm if this happened on Trumps watch?

[Fishman15]

Gee how surprising. An administration that F'ed that whole pullout up I'm sure didn't have the intelligence to get even this right

Exactly, it was done in haste just like the pull out. The media will continue to cover for him though...

[Corbi]

Can you imagine the sh!t storm if this happened on Trumps watch?

Congress would be working on yet another impeachment.

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Every sitting president would have authorized the same action. A mistake was made. A very grievous mistake. Trump, Obama, and Bush all killed civilians.

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.co...ects/drone-war

Pretty good example of why the war on terror was such a f*ckn be disaster. Suicide bombers kill some 200 civilians, and in response a day later the US drone strikes 10 more. Yet people are still baffled about how Afghanistan didn't coalesce around western democracy.

[Corbi]

Every sitting president would have authorized the same action. A mistake was made. A very grievous mistake. Trump, Obama, and Bush all killed civilians.

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.co...ects/drone-war

Pretty good example of why the war on terror was such a f*ckn be disaster. Suicide bombers kill some 200 civilians, and in response a day later the US drone strikes 10 more. Yet people are still baffled about how Afghanistan didn't coalesce around western democracy.

THe left screamed and bitched when Trump had our forces take of Solemani yet you want to excuse this latest one as "OOOP's, our bad"?

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THe left screamed and bitched when Trump had our forces take of Solemani yet you want to excuse this latest one as "OOOP's, our bad"?

This is not a republican/democrat issue, all administrations do it. This is just another prime example of why you don't just "do something." The administration wanted to look strong after the suicide bomber killed 13 Marines and this is the result.

[LWW]

Milley (whatever his name is) is now the new hero of the left.

I try not to pick sides as republicans suck, but the left are fuking pathetic, when are they ever going to make sense......

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…..I try not to pick sides….

lol

[Oceanside]

This is not a republican/democrat issue,

I think it's a commander in chief who has shown he's incapable of critical thinking "issue" at this point....

I wasn't a big fan of Obama, but I'm confident even he wouldn't have pulled the trigger on this latest sh*t show that killed a 2 year old...

the sad part is, in ten years or so he won't have to look back on this damage he's done (and will do) because by then he'll be locked away like Reagan was with dementia....

I'd bet on it based on what I see on his "bad days"

[BK909]

But at least the vaccine is safe right, they wouldn't mess that up.
Better do what he says because his patience is wearing thin.

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I think it's a commander in chief who has shown he's incapable of critical thinking "issue" at this point....

I wasn't a big fan of Obama, but I'm confident even he wouldn't have pulled the trigger on this latest sh*t show that killed a 2 year old...

the sad part is, in ten years or so he won't have to look back on this damage he's done (and will do) because by then he'll be locked away like Reagan was with dementia....

I'd bet on it based on what I see on his "bad days"

IDK I don’t think we are at that point with Biden yet. I'm not defending the drone strike but the whole thing was a mess as low level commanders were given authority to authorize drone strikes that normally would have to go higher up the chain to be approved. This is the kind of tragedy that happens when a war is fought and is one of the reasons why it's good we withdrew.

In the end the President and Lloyd Austin cleared drone strikes in general and it was a bad decision because this administration has been entirely too focused on optics. Biden wanted his vengeance headline…. and it backfired in a terrible way.

[Mark1T]

IDK I don’t think we are at that point with Biden yet. I'm not defending the drone strike but the whole thing was a mess as low level commanders were given authority to authorize drone strikes that normally would have to go higher up the chain to be approved. This is the kind of tragedy that happens when a war is fought and is one of the reasons why it's good we withdrew.

In the end the President and Lloyd Austin cleared drone strikes in general and it was a bad decision because this administration has been entirely too focused on optics. Biden wanted his vengeance headline…. and it backfired in a terrible way.

Curious as to where you heard the bolded. I have not heard that and it has so much spin on it that Martina Navratilova in her prime would have missed it.

[iabs]

I'm going to guess your opinion is "good, that strike eliminated potential future terrorists".

I think it's fukked up and obviously our intelligence gathering isn't all it's cracked up to be. Same $hitty intelligence claimed the country wouldn't fall into Taliban hands, amongst so many other wrong calls. Any other business the heads would be rolling & firings happening if this sort of crap happened.

Just lol if you believe the official narrative.

There is a lot of shady chit going on behind the scenes at the international level.

For example, we know for a fact that Pakistan harbors and trains the Taliban, yet we have given them $33 BILLION in the last 15 years.

why?

[tunafishha]

The US isn't admitting anything. They know that their actions are all recorded on camera.

I cannot wait for WW3 with CHINA vs us(****s).

These qwhite ****s are over their droning foreigners with stolen native resources in order to push their stock.

[LtGoose]

Just lol if you believe the official narrative.

There is a lot of shady chit going on behind the scenes at the international level.

For example, we know for a fact that Pakistan harbors and trains the Taliban, yet we have given them $33 BILLION in the last 15 years.

why?

Because you're too big of a cuckold to stop paying taxes

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Curious as to where you heard the bolded. I have not heard that and it has so much spin on it that Martina Navratilova in her prime would have missed it.

Long War Journal.

[Oceanside]

Curious as to where you heard the bolded. I have not heard that and it has so much spin on it that Martina Navratilova in her prime would have missed it.

Nice Martina Navratilova reference..

on spread

[Jtbny]

Sounds like a war crime to me.

[Jtbny]

well of course since the media is owned by the left. I just feel so *****n bad for our kids and grandkids. It’s all on you mother*****rs that voted for Biden. Fu*ck every last one of you. Stupid a*sholes.

Fuk you too

[Tommy W.]

Fuk you too

so what is your pathetic defense.

[Jtbny]

so what is your defense.

I don't owe you anything. How about that?

Oh and fuk you too

[Tommy W.]

I don't owe you anything. How about that?

Oh and fuk you too

great response. Typical Liberal moron

[Mark1T]

Nice Martina Navratilova reference..

on spread

I watched her play way back and it was that era and the like of Jimmy Connors and a few other characters when I was in to it. It was competitive. Lost its shine for me since.

[Jtbny]

great response. Typical Liberal moron

Do you have an original thought of your own or do just parrot everything you see on your far right echo chambers? Every post of yours is like reading the transcript from one of these goofy OAN shows.

But do go on about how I'm a typical liberal.

You addressed everyone who voted for Biden. I voted for Biden so I responded to you with a big fuk you back. I'm also high as hell so I'll likely forget this whole convo tomorrow but until then...fuk you

[Tommy W.]

Do you have an original thought of your own or do just parrot everything you see on your far right echo chambers? Every post of yours is like reading the transcript from one of these goofy OAN shows.

But do go on about how I'm a typical liberal.

You addressed everyone who voted for Biden. I voted for Biden so I responded to you with a big fuk you back. I'm also high as hell so I'll likely forget this whole convo tomorrow but until then...fuk you

I don’t care how high you are you’re still a pathetic liberal moron. This **** is all on you and everyone that voted for this POS.