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With unremarkable frequency, bomb damage assessments recharacterize deaths to fit a narrative. Civilians become collateral damage. A house becomes a base. A
by dsr_ 8y ago
With unremarkable frequency, bomb damage assessments recharacterize deaths to fit a narrative.
Civilians become collateral damage.
A house becomes a base.
A wedding party becomes a meeting of terrorists.
Children become collaborators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airstrike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wech_Baghtu_wedding_party_airs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruzgan_helicopter_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_crimes#2003%E2%80%932011:_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_crimes#2003%E2%80%...
I'm going to stop there. When war starts, it's rarely the politicians who started it who suffer.
- berbec 8y agoThere should be a forced ammendment every time we institute the draft: deferments are not allowed for descendents of politicians who voted to institute said conscription.