Last week in a firefight in Afghanistan, the US military killed several insurgents and some civilians. What has caused some outrage in Afghanistan is that the locals (and the UN) say that 92 were killed, including 60 children.
Classic fog of war problem, nobody knows what really happened, but this tidbit caught my eye. The Pentagon, looking for somebody to support their side of the story, said their version was corroborated by an independent journalist embedded with the military.
The journalist they named was Oliver North, of Fox News and Iran Contra fame. No, I'm not making this up.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4699077.ece
Human Rights watch has been warning that our excessive use of air power is hurting our ability to "win the hearts and minds" of Afghanis. Probably since people don't love you much when you drop bombs on them.
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