Nato Afghanistan Kunar air strike 'kills 10'
This article covers a recent NATO (North American Treaty Organization, ironically) air strike that killed 10 people. Normally, this wouldn't be headline news but unfortunately a majority of those killed in this particular attack were women and children. There is a silver lining that 3 Taliban commanders were also killed, but do the ends justify the means? I would say no; in order to change the hearts and minds of the people you are trying to liberate you have to rise above the the means of their oppressors. If anything, this event is likely to further propagate the spread of violence by causing others to seek vengeance against the United States and maybe even join the Taliban to achieve this.The president of Afganistan Hamid Karzai condemned the United States and the air strike saying that the "war against terrorism was not to be fought in Afghan villages." If the United States continues to use methods such as this we can never hope to achieve a better tomorrow for these people, let alone peace between nations.
Keith MacLeod
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Keith MacLeod
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