U.S. Fire "Mistakenly" Kills 8 Afghan Cops

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:37 am

[web]https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... ?hub=World[/web]

This account makes it tough to determine who fired first. But it's an interesting exercise in seeing through the spin.

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:51 am

[web]https://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/s ... 25,00.html[/web]

Here's what the Guardian had to say about the "tragic incident."

pirtybirdy · Post by **pirtybirdy** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:04 am

I like how you put "mistakenly" in quotes. As if the U.S. would do that on purpose. Talk about spin. All in all, it is a tragedy though. No one likes to see mistakes like this happen.

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:46 am

If they just open fire on anything that moves and (as often turns out) civilians end up getting killed, can you really call it a mistake? Or is it that they really don't care who's at the receiving end?

How many "mistakes" before it qualifies as "reckless disregard for human life" which qualifies as murder?