The commander of the NATO occupation of Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, has done a complete 180 on the alliance’s official stance on Wednesday’s pre-dawn air strike against the Logar Province, which killed 18 civilians including nine children.
NATO initially claimed that everyone killed, including apparently the young children, were known militants, though it did promise an eventual “follow-on assessment” to confirm that claim.
Now Gen. Allen is apologizing for the air strike, though not “claiming responsibility” for the deaths, saying that while the investigation will continue “our weapons killed these people.” Apparently the alliance still hopes to find some way to blame the Taliban.
Anger over the civilian deaths forced Afghan President Hamid Karzai to cut short his state visit to China, rushing back to Afghanistan to condemn the killings and press NATO once again to stop launching attacks against populated areas.
NEW LAW
Any foreign solder who kills an unarmed Afghan civilian or unarmed Afghan Taliban, both the killer and his commanding officer shall serve one year in prison at hard labor, rebuilding roads and bridges.
Somehow SORRY just isen't enough
They keep killing, then apologizing, killing again and apologizing again. Their apology is insincere, and does not bring back a family's breadwinner, someone's mother, son, daughter, etc etc.
We can never feel the pain of the people who are subject to this beastly and inhumane treatment by just reading about it. We cannot feel the depth of the clamity unless it happens to us.
Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. Ehud Barak Obomba is insane and keeps bombing and bombing, letting the soldiers kill civilians and brag about it and says there are only a few bad apples. There are a lot more bad apples. They're so bad they even make worms sick.
NATO: "Whups, me bad."
With that apology and 5 bucks, one of those parents can buy their other kids a bowl of ice cream (provided they have any kids left).
The Pentagon 'Apology Dept.' is totally seperate from the ' Destruction Dept.' What the 'Destruction Dept.' does are 'facts on the ground'. What the 'Apology Dept.' does are 'mirages, illusions, and wishful thinking for the gullible'.