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In reply to the discussion: “Unspeakable”: An MSF Nurse Recounts the Attack on MSF’s Kunduz Hospital [View all]MH1
(19,200 posts)as well as punishing any criminal acts or negligence.
Believe it or NOT, not all US military people are just itching to burn hospital patients in their beds.
Oh yeah I know that some people actually do believe that every US military person is a inhuman piece of shit that would absolutely do this intentionally.
But more rational people would like to know where the failure was that allowed this to happen.
And I doubt that any external investigation will find out what really happened, because they won't have access (and shouldn't) to technical operational data of our military. They'll just find out that yes, the U.S. did this (assuming that is true and it sure sounds like it right now).
I did not say there shouldn't be an external investigation. By all means that should happen. But internally we'd damn well better get to the bottom of what happened, in terms of communications, operational data, and training.
But the FIRST thing to happen should be to re-assign the relevant commander(s) stateside pending the outcome of our INTERNAL investigation. And that should happen within days - as soon as they can get their replacements in theater.