The simple truth is the "allied forces" in Afghanistan don't care who they kill, or how many they kill. Watch the embedded video. Lieberman and Graham have been front and centre on the tv defending neo con policies, actions and consequences for more than a decade. Peacenik first heard of Lieberman when he criticized Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinski. WOW. Peacenik knows how these hypocrits keep getting elected, but Peacenik still can't believe it. Has anything changed? Did a Democrat get elected President? Do Democrats control both houses of congress? And lets not forget Canada's unfortunate role. How many Afghani "citizens" have been killed by Canadian troops? Peacenik says its time to exit Afghanistan. Bring the troops home now.
by Glenn Greenwald
Something that has happened repeatedly in Afghanistan over the last eight years happened yet again this week:
After U.S. Strike, Dispute Over Afghan Deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan - Sharply conflicting reports on an American airstrike this week continued to trickle out Friday from American military and Afghan officials as to whether the attack killed civilians.
The airstrike in Ghor Province in western Afghanistan Tuesday had targeted a local Taliban militant, Mullah Mustafa, but instead killed 10 civilians and 12 insurgents, according to Sayed Iqbal Munib, the governor of Ghor Province.
But American officials Friday said the strike killed up to 16 militants and no civilians.
I obviously don't know what the truth is about this latest incident, but let's assume just for the sake of argument that -- as has been true so many times before -- it is the claim of local Afghan officials, rather than the U.S. military, that is accurate, and Afghan civilians, once again, really were killed by our airstrike.
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