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19. Now the military says its intelligence app was down

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 07:01 PM

Oct 2015

Or something like that. So, see, they didn't really know what they were bombing, but apparently they had to bomb something even if they were flying blind, target-wise. Mistakes may have been made. Stuff has a tendency to happen. Not really our fault; the hospital should have seen the airstrikes coming, so this is really on them.

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So our bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital has slipped out of the news [View all] peacebird Oct 2015 OP

Listen to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now. Doctor's Without Borders is claming it was a war crime Javaman Oct 2015 #1

Based on that report I agree with them. peacebird Oct 2015 #4

Me too. nt Javaman Oct 2015 #6

yes, it has uawchild Oct 2015 #2

What hospital? Octafish Oct 2015 #3

Who cares? Did you see the new Star Wars trailer last night? Initech Oct 2015 #5

Well, Kardashian came out for some kinds gun control... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #7

My guess is nothing will happen, and if, by chance, something does happen, City Lights Oct 2015 #8

Didn't you know Obama is the most progressive president in US history. JRLeft Oct 2015 #9

Dude. That is SO last week! KamaAina Oct 2015 #10

We've apologized, accepted full responsibility, and will pay reparations Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #11

I want to have an explanation of how it is possible to repeatedly bomb a hospital for over an hour peacebird Oct 2015 #12

First off, it wasn't a "bombing", AC-130 gunships don't carry bombs Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #13

If it was down, is there no backup to prevent attacks on known friendly sites like hospitals? peacebird Oct 2015 #14

Yes, normally there would be a large red cross or crescent painted on the roof. MH1 Oct 2015 #21

The carry cannons and howitzers. Octafish Oct 2015 #15

I know what's on them, I've seen the vids Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #16

The innocent are just as dead no matter what the f you call the weapons. JEB Oct 2015 #17

The misnomer is assuming someone is innocent. Octafish Oct 2015 #18

Which means the person in control does not give a flying f about the victims of the raid peacebird Oct 2015 #20

So you're not even giving them presumption of innocence? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #22

Now the military says its intelligence app was down gratuitous Oct 2015 #19

It's pathetic but who cares? Just us normal people with an akbacchus_BC Oct 2015 #23