U.S. military acknowledged killing 23 civilians
 

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64S0P120100529

"The U.S. military acknowledged on Saturday killing 23 civilians and wounding 12 others earlier this year after mistaking them for a convoy of Taliban insurgents.
The U.S. report into the incident, which happened in Uruzgan, said the crew of a remote-controlled drone aircraft had "provided inaccurate reporting" ahead of the incident and local command posts "failed to properly analyze the situation.""


Just one more tidbit from the endless war.

So we have two different incidents or facts ; the latter is actually more accurate. A fleet attacked by Israel's Navy resulting in the loss of 20 (?) lives and an attack made by US forces and by mistake (once more!) against civilians.

The first act was condemned by many nations (still not all of them...). The second?

We have got used to it. This is certainly no justification.
Greetings,
Catfish

No. We have accepted it.

It's called war, isn't it? :hmmm:

we live in a f*cked up world

Sh*t happens :nope:

Unfortunately. The family members do have my condolences, for whatever that's worth.

mine as well :nope:

Yep. sh*t happens.

How many civilians died when the target was a ball bearing plant in Germany, or a Mitsubishi factory in Japan?

By any possible calculus, the number of civilian casualties in wars waged by modern democracies is now amazingly small.

Same here....probably an understatement but yet another example of the horror that warfare brings.

Coming from the same guy who supports North Korea: a horrible oppressive regime with starving citizens!

http://skepticalteacher.files.wordpr...0/facepalm.jpg

And how many civilians have died because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this incident included?

No one would die if those medieval bastards would just stop their insurgency.

Oh come on....your not really suprised :DL

I don't think I'd act much different in their place, except try to fight more effectively and mitigate my own losses. If civilians were killed it would fill me with resolve to keep on fighting until the invaders were dead.