Debate over whether the U.S. airstrike on an Afghan #MSF hospital http://aje.io/qjpn is a war crime shouldn't occlude bigger issues here
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Nor is the smaller question of whether Kunduz
#MSF hospital air strike is a war crime emblematic or representative of these larger issues. -
The legality of the airstrike on the
#MSF hospital should of course be rigorously investigated by US military & an independent body, BUT… -
…it helps no one, certainly not Afghan civilians, to pretend an actual war crime indictment or conviction stands a snowball's chance in hell
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And a finding that US airstrike on the Kunduz
@MSF hospital was a war crime should not serve to sanitize or absolve the rest of the war. -
"Friendly fire" deaths are not an aberration but a routine part of war, and have been for a long time, from Stonewall Jackson and earlier.
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"Friendly Fire and the Limits of the Military Justice System" by Lt. Col (ret) Michael J. Davidson, U.S. Army: https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/438724bd-7da8-43b7-9b47-dddad770c3c4/Friendly-Fire-and-the-Limits-of-the-Military-Justi …
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@ChMadar 2/2 for a good example of this see the US prepared to get into bed with Al Queda to fight Daesh. http://gu.com/p/4c2hb ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ChMadar 1/2 a deal WILL EVENTUALLY be cut with the Taliban but only when it's in the interests of short term US foreign policy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ChMadar 2/2 otherwise how does the U.S. justify military spending that is around 2/3 of their GDP?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ChMadar 1/2 demilitarising the conflict is a catch 22. The conflict is there so the military can go there.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ChMadar strategy is continuing war 4 the military industrial complex and growing opium for heroin production.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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