{"id":29762,"date":"2012-05-01T12:28:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29762"},"modified":"2012-05-01T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:29:51","slug":"who-is-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29762","title":{"rendered":"Who is to blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times<\/a> runs an article today about how some US soldiers were holding a meeting in a local village when they were suddenly attacked by Taliban fighters – you know, the guys who Joe Bite Me tells us aren’t the enemy. As is almost always the case, children were crowded around the US soldiers, mostly because US soldiers like to have kids around them for a sense of home and humanity. Unfortunately, three of those children were killed. But read how the NYT tells the story;<\/p>\n

Many children had gathered around the soldiers when the insurgents attacked, he said. \u201cIt is too early to say who is to blame,\u201d Mr. Rasoolyaar said, adding that another shura had been convened to examine what had happened. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WTF was that? “…who is to blame”? The fricken Taliban is to blame, numbskull. Everyone was standing around and talking and the kids were playing and undoubtedly holding the soldiers’ hands when the fricken Taliban busted in and started shooting up the place. Now think about who is to blame.<\/p>\n

But a spokesman for the American military, James Graybeal, accused the Taliban of deliberately targeting the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it sounds like is that during the firefight, the insurgents turned their weapons on the civilians,\u201d he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And it’s a good bet, because none of the US soldiers involved were killed and only slightly wounded. I’m no CSI, but it looks like the Taliban’s whole intention to raid the meeting was to kill children.<\/p>\n

But, we’re not going to hear Hamid Karzai complain about the Taliban shooting the kids nor will we hear a Taliban official talk about investigations, trials or apologies. <\/p>\n

While a growing numbers of civilians have been killed in violence in Afghanistan in recent years, three-fourths of those killed now are the victims of Taliban attacks, according to United Nations data. More than 450 children were killed in 2011. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But let one little mistake from our side happen and the Afghan courts get to plan our night raids for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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