Friendly fire kills doctors and children

[pscot]

Hey, at least they're free.

An aerial attack carried out by U.S. forces may have partially damaged a Médecins Sans Frontières trauma center in the Afghan city of Kunduz in the early hours on Saturday, killing 16 people — nine staff working for the international aide organization and seven patients, including three children.

Thirty-seven were injured in the attack, according to MSF.

The Pentagon has acknowledged that around the same time as the attack, U.S. warplanes were carried out "sustained bombing" in the region could have hit the hospital.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/03/445435361/after-u-s-airstrike-3-dead-at-doctors-without-borders-hospital?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

[valerief]

1. War, ain't it grand? Well, at least, a handful of people are getting really rich off war.

That s/b comforting to us all.

[Octafish]

2. That's the ''good'' part.

If USA had to show Russia how tough we are, well, we could blow up a hospital and some kids.

ETA: We are so far past insanity as a nation we won't even notice when they administer the lobotomies.

[cwydro]

3. Furthermore, the administration was informed of the location of the hospital during the bombing.

Obama allowed the bombing to continue for 30 more minutes.

He can talk all he wants about mass murderers. Takes one to know one.

I lost faith in him long ago, but this has made me very anxious as to what additional harm he will cause before he leaves office.

Never mind that Putin completely schooled him last week.