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Jesus Malverde

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15. Accepted blame or

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 08:29 PM

Oct 2015

Blamed the afghans. Seems obvious to me.

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US Accepts Blame for Afghan Hospital Attack [View all] bemildred Oct 2015 OP

Whoop de doo. "Accepts blame" Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #1

War crimes are done deliberately leftynyc Oct 2015 #2

We tortured deliberately Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #3

....x10+ 840high Oct 2015 #13

Sounds like the afghani military has some explanations to add yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #29

We take orders from the Afghani military? Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #30

Ooh. Good point. yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #35

Huh? They're contradicting themselves. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #4

"A building" doesn't equal "a medical facility". kristopher Oct 2015 #5

It must have been Putin daleo Oct 2015 #19

When you begin an investigation... kristopher Oct 2015 #24

Let's stop with the gps nonsense Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #21

How did they know what to target? kristopher Oct 2015 #22

Special forces on the ground called it in...nt Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #23

Nope. kristopher Oct 2015 #25

You haven't been paying attention Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #40

Wrong layer of input kristopher Oct 2015 #41

Don't medical facilities have a big red cross on their roof? Laffy Kat Oct 2015 #32

It doesn't sound like we recognized the target as a functioning hospital with patients. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #6

the people responsible for calling in air strikes certainly geek tragedy Oct 2015 #7

Well, it was the Afghanis who asked our ground forces to call in the strikes. It's very possible TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #9

all bombing runs need to be approved by the chain of command geek tragedy Oct 2015 #12

There's no contradiction., GT uhnope Oct 2015 #28

When operating a hospital in a active war zone.. EX500rider Oct 2015 #8

A Red Cross would be just the thing, in Moslem Afghanistan daleo Oct 2015 #20

Yes it would be...the red cross is a international symbol for 1st aid EX500rider Oct 2015 #26

Pssst. It's Afghanistan. kristopher Oct 2015 #33

Yes they have the Red Crescent Society... EX500rider Oct 2015 #36

Never said it wasn't. kristopher Oct 2015 #37

The Afghans apparently think it is "culturally appropriate" enough to paint it on their ambulances. EX500rider Oct 2015 #44

I fail to see your point. kristopher Oct 2015 #45

My point was I don't think the Afghans are that offended by a red cross on medical.. EX500rider Oct 2015 #46

Now, was that really so difficult? kristopher Oct 2015 #47

The hospital was wearing a short skirt. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #42

No but it was apparently poorly marked from the air. EX500rider Oct 2015 #43

Reports I recently read from MSF stated that the building was hit repeatedly... Earth_First Oct 2015 #10

It was an AC 130 gunship. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #11

That's nice. All better now! Solly Mack Oct 2015 #14

Hi Solly. bemildred Oct 2015 #16

Hello bemildred. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #17

I am well, thank you. bemildred Oct 2015 #18

Accepted blame or Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #15

I saw part of it today DashOneBravo Oct 2015 #27

Compare this to how Russia never admitted shooting down the MH17 airliner uhnope Oct 2015 #31

Your post reminded me of the time the US shot down an Iranian Civilian Aircraft nationalize the fed Oct 2015 #38

i remember it well uhnope Oct 2015 #39

The Afghans are either idiots flamingdem Oct 2015 #34