Several missle strikes have been loosely attributed to US forces since President Obama took office:
On January 23, CBS reports 18 “people” were killed in 2 strikes “at least 5 of which were foreign militants”,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/23/terror/main4749317.shtml
On January 29th, AFP reports 12 “suspected militants” were killed, and
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ih3MnOuS2_4ZLGqau3jyhPZ9aitQ
On February 14, AP reports 17 “militants” were killed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
During the Bush administration, whenever one of these “missle strikes” was attributed to US forces, the article either led with a civilian death count, or got to it quickly. It is clear to me that our missle strikes are remarkably more accurate now. That is encouraging.
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Heh...yeah...now that the one is here our smart weapons will strike
AceInTX (Diary) Tuesday, February 17th at 1:15AM EST (link)gnats off the head of a pin with precision!!!
You know air raiding villages
antisocial (Diary) Tuesday, February 17th at 1:48AM EST (link)and killing civilians is a thing of the past.
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
Maybe they're more accurate when
bk (Diary) Tuesday, February 17th at 5:42AM EST (link)launched from Pakistan than across the border like under Bush.
Snarkiness aside, it seems when you read these that they say the area was immediately cordoned off by a bunch of bad guys. Assuming that’s true, we don’t know if that’s to try to find other bad guys who may have survived, remove bodies of bad guys, remove any sort of evidence (files, etc.), plant bodies of women and children before they allow the cameras in, whatever. But I always wondered that if it brings a swarm of bad guys out why we don’t do followups. Hit the same area 30-60 mins later. It’s not like Red Crescent or the UN or Human Rights Watch or whoever is going to talk any worse about us than they already do, so why not take out a bunch more each time?
Now you're thinking like a terrorist
1SGinTN (Diary) Tuesday, February 17th at 10:12AM EST (link)Which is another way of saying “determined adversary”.
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LOL...good point...but then we'd be critisized for killing first responders...nt
AceInTX (Diary) Tuesday, February 17th at 11:38AM EST (link)