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Exit wounds - "It was a mistake."

Journal by fustakrakich

Oops!

But "He said he is 'fully responsible for this strike and the tragic outcome.'"

"We apologize, and we will endeavor to learn from this horrible mistake," another guy said. I'm sure they will.. uh huh

But hey! "at least one of those people that were killed was an ISIS facilitator.". Not even, eh?

The 10 dead were all members of the same extended family, relatives told NBC News, and included the seven children. Some were as young as 2 and 3.

Milley said "Trump is nuts", no wait, I'm sorry, that's a misquote, what he really said was, "... at this point, we think the procedures were correctly followed, and it was a righteous strike." (from "over the horizon")

Way to go, guys!

And the press! There's speculation the story was delayed/ignored for some time...

EDIT:
Hmm, The Silence of the Dems is so deafening! *Can't Touch This!*

EDIT 2:
AOC - democrat socialist? Hardly! democrat socialite..

 

Reply to: Re:CJ

    (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 28 2021, @09:46PM

    by khallow (3766) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @09:46PM (#1182458)
    Ok. Glancing [wikipedia.org] at Wikipedia, I see the following:
    • First, we have motive. For example, bin Laden issued two fatwas in 1996 and 1998 against the US. The latter stated "We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they [Americans] are all targets." The [sic] is from Wikipedia.
    • There are other attacks on civilian targets traced to Al Qaeda such as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the embassy bombings of 1998 in Africa. So a history of attacking civilian targets and a previous attack on the World Trade Center.
    • A detailed history of planning the 911 attacks, including interrogation of the alleged planners.
    • Communication and support between the "Hamburg cell" that formed the core of the 911 attack group and al Qaeda, including several meetings between the head of the 911 attack group and bin Laden.
    • Funding for the group (they allegedly spent up to half a million dollars) is vague, but some has allegedly been traced to a high ranking Pakistani intelligence officer friendly with the Taliban - who in turn were employing Al Qaeda soldiers at the time.

    I grant that this is poor for a civilian target. But good enough for a military target.

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