US Forces Have Bombed Doctors Without Borders Instead of Taliban

Bombs dropped by the US military have destroyed a Doctors Without Borders hospital, so far 3 are confirmed dead and 30 are missing with 19 doctors injured. The US instigated a bomb strike on the city of Kunduz and continued the bombing for 30 minutes after the facility informed them of their proximity. The US military has not officially responded other than filing it under "collateral damage."

Good fucking job, guys.

 

[Null]

And people sit slack jawed wondering why anyone would join terrorist organizations.

 

[Hyperion]

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A+ job I am so proud of the most professional military force in the world when it comes to murdering random civilians.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

How is this news? We've been bombing the shit out of civilians for like the last fifteen years or so in this neck of the woods.

 

[Red]

How is this news? We've been bombing the shit out of civilians for like the last fifteen years or so in this neck of the woods.

Oh I agree completely. I suppose it's only being reported on because I believe US citizens were among the injured.

Cause Islamic people don't matter I guess.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Oh I agree completely. I suppose it's only being reported on because I believe US citizens were among the injured.

Cause Islamic people don't matter I guess.

The only difference between a war "hero" and a war "criminal" is which side of the bayonets your family is on.

 

[Clown Doll]

Why does the OP say "ISIS", when the news article states it's a Taliban stronghold?.

Oh I agree completely. I suppose it's only being reported on because I believe US citizens were among the injured.Cause Islamic people don't matter I guess.

There have been countless news stories of Afghan civilian collaterate damage attacks. Yes, people seem to only mostly care about stories involving the citizens of their own countries, but I think you're jumping to conclusions with the racism allegations here. For example, when there was a hate preacher in Yemen that was killed by a U.S air strike, it was big news because it was someone who was technically a "U.S citizen" being droned by Obama.

 

[Red]

Why does the OP say "ISIS", when the news article states it's a Taliban stronghold?.

Because I skimmed the article upon immediately waking up. Sorry for the mistake on my part! Not being fully awake and all. Will edit title.

You bring up a lot of good points, though. I suppose I'm no expert on what is and isn't widely regarded as news because I usually don't keep up with it-- I heard about this from a friend and made a topic because I'm pretty mad at the Nato forces about it. A lot of the backlash is surely because these aren't just civilians, they're a charitable organization consisting of people from around the world. A lot of the general public in the West is going to care more about something like DWB than nameless, faceless foreign civilians. I think that's why the story is gaining so much ground.

A tragedy all the same, but unsurprising.

 

[PeteyCoffee]

You know how in Vietnam some would massacre entire villages, have contests firing artillery at settlements or seeing who can throw a gook farthest out the helecopter door, or mail a human head to their girl back home? Did similar things occur in Iraq, on any kind of regular basis?

I tend to assume not. It's my impression the Iraq war was organized completely differently and higher-ups managed to keep much better tabs on what the soldiers were doing, as compared to in Vietnam where they sent hundreds of roving bands into the jungle and it was almost impossible to keep track of anything they did. It's my impression soldiers for the most part can't even get away with hiring prostitutes anymore. But I really know nothing about this; I want to know if my impression is inaccurate.

How long after the Vietnam war did the general public find out about that?

 

[AnOminous]

You know how in Vietnam some would massacre entire villages, have contests firing artillery at settlements or seeing who can throw a gook farthest out the helecopter door, or mail a human head to their girl back home? Did similar things occur in Iraq, on any kind of regular basis?

Of course not. That's why we made sure that none of those photographs would get back home, and that the only "journalists" present were "embedded" in the very units they were supposedly "covering."

To make sure we captured all the pure heroism that was going on.

How long after the Vietnam war did the general public find out about that?

The problem was that they were finding that out during the war because there was treason called "journalism" going on, and people were actually seeing stuff like this rather than video game-like bloodless coverage of smart bombs and the like.

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

You know how in Vietnam some would massacre entire villages, have contests firing artillery at settlements or seeing who can throw a gook farthest out the helecopter door, or mail a human head to their girl back home? Did similar things occur in Iraq, on any kind of regular basis?

It's hard to win the "Hearts & Minds" of a country's people when you're spending most of your time spreading both over the asphalt with 20mm.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Don't worry, they'll just throw some bull-winder about how those doctors were "supporting terrorism" by treating "future terrorists" or some dumbass bullshit like that, and sweep it all under the rug, hoping everyone forgets.

Remember, America's the good guys and they fight for Freedom(tm), and if you dare to question any of that, you're a "terrorist sympathizer" who deserves to die in a drone strike.

 

[PeteyCoffee]

Of course not. That's why we made sure that none of those photographs would get back home, and that the only "journalists" present were "embedded" in the very units they were supposedly "covering."

To make sure we captured all the pure heroism that was going on.



The problem was that they were finding that out during the war because there was treason called "journalism" going on, and people were actually seeing stuff like this rather than video game-like bloodless coverage of smart bombs and the like.

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I don't know if the U.S. military places restrictions on reporting their operations, but it seems to me that even if there were no restrictions the media would still be too apathetic to report on this kind of thing.

I'm sure there are at least a couple reporters who care but are silenced by their network whose leaders fear straining their individual government connections or even getting the network's broadcast license revoked.

 

[AnimuGinger]

Probably going to be a line about how Taliban insurgents were using the building as a hideout or something. It doesn't matter. Everyone else is just "collateral damage."

 

[Sanshain]

It's hard to win the "Hearts & Minds" of a country's people when you're spending most of your time spreading both over the asphalt with 20mm.

Or drenching it with enough Agent Orange to wipe out a substantial majority of the local biosphere.

 

[Gaol]

They were trying to give them freedom! But all jokes aside, this is what happens when you give people power, most generals think they are doing the right thing and in their mindset a few civilian causalities goes in part with the greater good.

 

[DNJACK]

Note to mods: Calling out someone for supporting the organizations comitting these actions is not "bait", no matter how liberal you are with the definition.

 

[Vitriol]

deleted what was effectively a callout post for one of the forums vets. This is a sub for discussion not cannibalising each other. If a member of the military wants to come and defend their employers actions that's fine and if none can or will do so i think that says something in and of itself however calling out those who are part of a group that runs contrary to the majority opinion is the kind of shit they do on tumblr.

Note to mods: Calling out someone for supporting the organizations comitting these actions is not "bait", no matter how liberal you are with the definition.

you ninja'd me, but my point stands- singling out a specific vet when we have many is bait. You posted purely to get a reaction from that poster. Had you phrased it as an open question I wouldn't consider it bait.

 

[DNJACK]

If I had a list of US vets, I would have tagged all of them.

 

[Vitriol]

If I had a list of US vets, I would have tagged all of them.

or you could just have said 'US Vets' instead of targeting one specific user.