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32. My off-the-wall theory

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 08:43 AM

Oct 2015

What if a local medical provider got irritated about MSF providing free care (thus taking away customers) and somehow managed to get the Afghan government to claim that terrorists were hiding out in the hospital?

Boom- competition eliminated!

((It makes as much, or little, sense as other "why this happened" theories...))

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The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification [View all] Octafish Oct 2015 OP

How can anyone possibly justify this? Scuba Oct 2015 #1

This isn't a matter of politics. It's a matter of integrity. Octafish Oct 2015 #8

To quote Alan Grayson ... Scuba Oct 2015 #16

WikiLeaks showed all of that is for-profit. Octafish Oct 2015 #18

"traiters, warmongers, war profiteers, and psycho killers run the nation's war machine...' YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #20

Because it's all done for the 'freedoms'...... daleanime Oct 2015 #30

You seem anxious to paint me a Conspiracy Theorist. Octafish Oct 2015 #33

A MSF person said on Andrea Mitchell that tishaLA Oct 2015 #2

Business as usual for Andrea Mitchell. Octafish Oct 2015 #11

Someone fairly far up the chain of command authorized that strike Fumesucker Oct 2015 #3

Abu Ghraib got pinned on the noncoms and lower ranks. Octafish Oct 2015 #10

In my view the reason they came out with this story is because no credible enlisted scapegoat Fumesucker Oct 2015 #19

Here comes the spin ! Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #4

One brave soldier went to jail over war crimes. Octafish Oct 2015 #9

You are correct Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #15

The real world isn't as simple as "good guys" vs "bad guys" YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #21

As soon as the US forces conduct their FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #5

I know where you're going with this... Octafish Oct 2015 #12

nut with a gun bad, president with a drone....good nt msongs Oct 2015 #6

This one is on the CIA or Pentagon... Octafish Oct 2015 #13

Now it is the Afghan forces who asked the US to conduct malaise Oct 2015 #7

It is a nightmare for us... Octafish Oct 2015 #14

When the alibi keeps changing somebody lying. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #17

Top U.S. general in Afghanistan: Hospital was �mistakenly struck� Octafish Oct 2015 #34

Glenn Greenwald should stick to what he does best YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #22

In the pantheon of "pathetic responses to an OP" ..................... marmar Oct 2015 #25

That was pretty pitiful wasn't it? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #26

Hall of Shame...... daleanime Oct 2015 #31

YoungDemCA, what do you do best? Octafish Oct 2015 #35

I disagree. Greenwald does this quite well too. Exploiting tragedies for his BS worldview uhnope Oct 2015 #36

Blowing up a hospital is just a "tragedy" huh? More of that collateral damage? marmar Oct 2015 #39

lol uhnope Oct 2015 #40

Lol translated: You've got nothing. marmar Oct 2015 #41

you think a horrible accident is not a "tragedy"? WTF? uhnope Oct 2015 #43

k/r while reading this excellent piece nationalize the fed Oct 2015 #23

+1. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #27

Militarism is always accompanied by pants-on-fire lies. marmar Oct 2015 #24

only western militarism. Russian militarism is honest and pure and good because it is anti-Western uhnope Oct 2015 #37

Good grief. Give it a rest. marmar Oct 2015 #38

I knew they'd come up with this type story. cwydro Oct 2015 #28

For several days, Afghan government forces have been fighting the Taliban cheapdate Oct 2015 #29

My off-the-wall theory nitpicker Oct 2015 #32

It was not a mistake, that was a deliberate bombing strike. Rex Oct 2015 #42