Did Biden’s Political Needs Lead To
Tragically Mistaken Drone Strike?
Posted By: Beardo, 9/21/2021 4:20:52 PM
Unintentional killings of innocent civilians are an unfortunate but inevitable occurrence in sustained wars. The wars associated with our attempt to curb terrorism seem particularly prone to producing such killings by American forces. I don’t think there’s any doubt that the wars fought under Presidents Bush (43) and Obama resulted in U.S. forces unintentionally killing innocent civilians. This might well have been the case under President Trump too, despite the scaled-back and changed nature of his war efforts. However, the unintentional killing of innocents in that recent Afghanistan drone strike, as we were completing our evacuation of Americans and Afghans, is different in at least two respects.CORRECTION*
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Former President Donald Trump asked the Pulitzer Prize committee on Sunday to strip awards to The Washington Post and The New York Times, arguing their award-winning stories in 2016 and 2017 alleging Russia collusion lacked “any credible evidence."
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Outspoken Marine officer who went viral
blasting military leaders over Afghanistan
is jailed: report 17 replies
blasting military leaders over Afghanistan
is jailed: report 17 replies
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