U.S. military acknowledged killing 23 civilians

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Yea whatever. It's just a bunch of camel jockeys, their human rights don't matter. Shoot one and you won't go to court or anything, just make up a story that you mistook them for Taliban and there won't be any questions asked.

What is your point, exactly, other than your knee-jerk anti-Americanism?

OP says the US acknowledged the mistake. The report in fact was pretty harsh. They will absorb the lesson, and try to do better next time. I have seen no posts here saying, "tough crap, 'camel jockeys,' I hope we kill more of your children."

The two POVs here seem to be:

Yours: that American is bad, and that the US accidentally killing noncombatants is tantamount to intentional attacks on civilians, and must in fact be what we want.

Mine (and others): that the US tries to minimize noncombatant deaths, but sometimes does so anyway, which is unfortunate, but a reality of war.

The US seeks to mitigate attacks largely because it is right to do so, but we also do it because it is in our interest to do so. The latter motivation is far more important, since our interest in this case is a long-term one, and is more reliable than "doing the right thing."