US forces bomb another hospital

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  1. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    But do you deny the legitimacy of the topic?
  2. El Chup

    El Chup Fuck Trump Deceased Member Git

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    No, why would I? I have questioned the motivations of the thread starter and his objectivity, not the topic itself.
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  3. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    So you want to derail the thread in order to target the messenger? Why am I not surprised by this?
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  4. RickDeckard

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    Given that he repeatedly does it across many threads, I think that the moderators should consider splitting the posts out into their own El Chup bitchfest thread.
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  5. Dinner

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    http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/airstrikes-hit-medecins-sans-frontieres

    The Saudis bomb a hospital in Yemen but Rick does not mention it. The Russians have routinely attacked ambulances but yet again Rick fails to mention it much less make a thread about it (just like he didn't mention the four hospitals in Syria the Russians have bombed in the last month).

    Yes, I think it is very fair to say Rick singles out the US as a special target for his hatred.
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  6. RickDeckard

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    The idea that I give the Saudi's a free pass is beyond laughable.

    I'd note that they also destroyed a school.

    In the midst of a humanitarian crisis, that is going to make things much much worse.
  7. Dan Leach

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    So, the US military has admitted that the hospital was bombed due to complete incompetence, they apparently thought it was a government building that was overrun with Taliban.
  8. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    This is pretty much what I figured all along. Some decided it had to be intentional, but this sort of thing just isn't done on purpose.
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  9. Dan Leach

    Dan Leach Climbing Staff Member Moderator

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    Hhmmmm so, which of these is lies bullshit?
  10. RickDeckard

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    Accepting an investigation by a perpetrator into its own actions is hardly a good idea.
  11. Dan Leach

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    Well, yeah, they do tend to be a bit 'whitewashy'
  12. Dinner

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    You are welcome to try to start your own but don't expect anyone to cooperate with it.
  13. Man Afraid of his Shoes

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    So what's the take away from this? That the US screwed up and is admitting that they screwed up?
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    The US has no problem admitting that "they" screwed up - by "they" I mean the system/the procedures/the technology are screwed up. So no actual people are to blame.
    It's nobody's fault because it's everybody's fault.