Burnwinter wrote:
@[deleted] Did you actually read the statements made by MSF at the time? That was what led me to believe the attack was an intentional one aimed at destroying a hospital.
http://www.msf.org/topics/kunduz-hospital-airstrike
We had informed all fighting parties of hospital GPS coordinates.
All parties to the conflict, including in Kabul and Washington, were clearly informed of the precise location (GPS Coordinates) of the MSF facilities – hospital, guest-house, office and an outreach stabilization unit in Chardara (to the north-west of Kunduz). As MSF does in all conflict contexts, these precise locations were communicated to all parties on multiple occasions over the past months, including most recently on 29 September.
The bombing continued for more than 30 minutes after American and Afghan military officials in Kabul and Washington were first informed. MSF urgently seeks clarity on exactly what took place and how this terrible event could have happened.
No, mate, I didn't (thought I made it clear I did not go into details there). It is just harder for me to pretend I fully take anything as hard evidence for what someone knew or meant to do. I look at the event, and try to see how it could have happened, and then judge.
If, indeed, someone - doesn't even have to be everyone - with the ability to call the thing off (ability includes rank or role for the specific mission, plus ability to make the call - getting some credible info, for one) deliberately carried on with it, then surely this puts it in one of the worst categories of war crimes/crimes against humanity (of course, it's even worse if the whole thing was planned).
The context here was an attempt to compare terrorists with (who ever these guys were). If it is found that one of the crime scenarios is real, the comparison gets some credibility.
