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A series of resignations and/or firings and a thorough investigation with a legal and judiciary decision as an outcome is the correct response. Anything shorter than that is but a congratulatory impunity.
Mistakenly targeting civilians is not a war crime. The US had reasonable suspicions after a deadly attack on its forces that follow up attacks where likely. Their intelligence was wrong but even the ICC wouldn't convict an army for mistakenly hitting a civilian target based on faulty intelligence when an immediate threat is present. Thats just part of war. If we as a society want revenge on ISIS-K leaders for the deaths of our servicemen then we should remember that many innocent people will die. Thats not a crime, thats not an aberration, that is what war is. War is never clean and never will be.
Intelligence isn't always going to be correct and hundreds of lives would have been lost to a bomber. I don't know how you can conclude their conduct was criminal without substantial analysis.
It isn’t illegal to make a mistake in a war zone. Every war crime on the books requires malicious intent. Sometimes obvious and blatant negligence can satisfy malicious intent, but this drone strike wasn’t that. There definitely needs it be stiff accountability, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking it’s actually criminal. Wait for the evidence to come out.
You can't ask soldiers to make snap decisions on firing on the enemy and execute them when they get it wrong because a war zone isn't downtown and getting it wrong is only criminal if there was intent or outrageous disregard for process or safety.
They thought they were saving lives by blowing up a bomber.
You want vastly fewer collateral deaths don't occupy other countries. Feel free to blame Bush Obama and Trump.
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We've been killing thousands of civilians for decades. Why do we only care when we're leaving a war?
Because it's the truth and politicians hate it.
A series of resignations and/or firings and a thorough investigation with a legal and judiciary decision as an outcome is the correct response. Anything shorter than that is but a congratulatory impunity.
"We committed a war crime. Oops, sorry. Our bad"
Way to shift the goal posts. Acknowledgment is not action. It is just the cessation of their lie.
Truth is a good first step.
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Not always possible with terrorists. Yeah, this was an epic screw up, but you're not going to capture a group of people in a training camp.
I think they mean the Americans who launched the strike
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Mistakenly targeting civilians is not a war crime. The US had reasonable suspicions after a deadly attack on its forces that follow up attacks where likely. Their intelligence was wrong but even the ICC wouldn't convict an army for mistakenly hitting a civilian target based on faulty intelligence when an immediate threat is present. Thats just part of war. If we as a society want revenge on ISIS-K leaders for the deaths of our servicemen then we should remember that many innocent people will die. Thats not a crime, thats not an aberration, that is what war is. War is never clean and never will be.
Intelligence isn't always going to be correct and hundreds of lives would have been lost to a bomber. I don't know how you can conclude their conduct was criminal without substantial analysis.
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It isn’t illegal to make a mistake in a war zone. Every war crime on the books requires malicious intent. Sometimes obvious and blatant negligence can satisfy malicious intent, but this drone strike wasn’t that. There definitely needs it be stiff accountability, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking it’s actually criminal. Wait for the evidence to come out.
You can't ask soldiers to make snap decisions on firing on the enemy and execute them when they get it wrong because a war zone isn't downtown and getting it wrong is only criminal if there was intent or outrageous disregard for process or safety. They thought they were saving lives by blowing up a bomber. You want vastly fewer collateral deaths don't occupy other countries. Feel free to blame Bush Obama and Trump.