No disciplinary action expected, officials say. US military stands by intel leading to strike.
I can only think of a few possibilities of how this went down, but none of them fit with both of these sentences. Either the intel was inaccurate. Or it was inadequate. Or it was accurate and actionable, and the operator made a grievous error and struck the wrong target. Or the operator was ordered by a superior to strike although the target was incorrect.
β it is to laugh, like so, ha! (Aimless), Friday, September 17, 2021 5:31 PM (two hours ago)
I read this anand gopal essay essay earlier this week and I think it illuminates the perverted ethics of this sort of thing
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/americas-war-on-syrian-civilians/amp
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Saturday, 18 September 2021 00:28 (three years ago) link
The Ackerman book is great
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Saturday, 18 September 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
incredible pic.twitter.com/8bFf5vVLH5— riceπ (@412ricefarmer) October 25, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 01:32 (two years ago) link
otm
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
they tried so hard to manufacture consent
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 01:47 (two years ago) link
extremely grim report: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/08/afghanistan-winter-crisis/
The countryβs new rulers, cut off from most international aid as well as Afghan government assets held in U.S. accounts, have scant resources to protect millions of vulnerable people against another harsh winter. Aid groups estimate that nearly 23 million Afghans, out of a total population of 39 million, already do not have enough to eat. Many also lack solid shelter and money to heat their homes at night, forcing them to choose between food and fuel, and creating additional potential for a full-fledged humanitarian disaster, aid officials said.
― rob, Monday, 10 January 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link