You’re a killer of women and children, but we care about you.

| February 22, 2011

Should have known this was coming since I first read about it.

The provincial governor of Kunar province, Fazlullah Wahidi, told AFP that military operations and airstrikes have killed 63 people in the past week, alleging most were civilians including 20 women and three elderly men.

He said they were killed mostly in air raids by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) against suspected rebels in Kunar.

“In total 63 people have died,” he said, adding that at least 20 of the civilians killed were women, 27 were males – the youngest just seven – and three were elderly men.

However they leave out minor details like these.

Another patient there, Hamidullah, 21, who like many Afghans uses only one name, described an air attack and subsequent occupation of his village, Haigal, by Afghan Army soldiers over the last three days and said that 26 of his family members were killed or wounded. He conceded that the area had been used to launch attacks on NATO convoys.

“I am not sad that I lost my family members,” he said. “They died for God, and I am also willing to die. If the infidels kill me, then it is something that God wishes. These people will, I am sure, God willing, be defeated. I hope God destroys Americans.”

Or this

The NATO account said the assault began around 7 p.m. Thursday and lasted for five hours. The target was Taliban fighters who were gathering on a hillside, said Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, the strategic communications chief. After reviewing footage of the assault and intelligence, he said that he saw no sign that civilians or civilian houses were attacked, but that it was not possible to rule it out entirely.

But in response Rethink Afghanistan is accusing the ISF of blaming the “victims” of these attacks. Let me tell you something else I understand about human psychology. I get, Warren, that you can’t shoot people if you actually think they are like you. I get that you have to make them less than yourself in order to harm them. I get that… you cannot continue to serve unless you continue to “otherize” your enemies.
I know you are a medic. So was my father. But you are still part of the war machine.

Yea, and who is the one who is generalizing now?

Category: Antiwar crowd, Terror War

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Doc Bailey

Alright as a Medic, I’m personally offended by the last one. WE HAVE TO CARE, even when we don’t give a shit about the guy that tried to kill us 5 seconds ago. War sucks dick head. Medics know that better than anyone, because they have to pick up the pieces of what used to be their friends.

obviously us evil nasty Westerners don’t give a shit about the poor innocent taliban that loves little fluffy bunnies. Guess what the “women and children” line is suspect when you’re talking about people who think its their duty to lie to “infidels”

DirtyMick

Wahidi is a thug and a criminal. He’ll say anything to stay in power and play both sides. All he wants to do is keep is compound in asadabad and cruise around in toyotas with his entourage. he’s worthless

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