And, by some people, I mean “liberals”, and the hit lists include the names of enemy commanders. You know, those wonderful little darlings of the Left who are part of Al Qaeda and the Taliban
When it comes to war, killing the enemy is an accepted fact. Even amid the sensation of the WikiLeaks.org revelations, that stark reality lies at the core of new charges that some American military commando operations may have amounted to war crimes.
Among the thousands of pages of classified U.S. documents released Sunday by the whistle-blower website are nearly 200 incidents that involve Task Force 373, an elite military special operations unit tasked with hunting down and killing enemy combatants in Afghanistan.
Denouncing suggestions that U.S. troops are engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan, military officials and even war crimes experts said Monday that enemy hit lists, while ugly and uncomfortable, are an enduring and sometimes unavoidable staple of war.
Some, however, cautioned that without proper controls that mandate the protection of innocent civilians, such targeted hits could veer into criminal activities.
Yeah, I’m sure the civilians are the real concern of these “some.” These same “some” sure never seemed to have a problem with the civilians killed by the radical Islamists, nor did they ever decry the abuse of women by the same Islamists.
“This is a war. The enemy is shooting at us, and we’re shooting at them,” said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. “Are we really suggesting that while the Taliban plant suicide bombs, we shouldn’t try to kill anybody?”
Yes, you read that correctly, a Democrat did say that. Expect him to be on a “hit list” from the extreme lefties for ousting.
Parker added that Americans may accept the idea of a military team going after an enemy general, but when it’s reduced to a hit list of individuals’ names, it becomes less palatable.
“Personalization makes people uncomfortable,” said Parker.
Oh. Maybe we should take Bin Laden and Zawahiri off the list. But, hey, I’m not uncomfortable. One would think it was/is kinda important to know who they really need to kill during a war.
Teach so far we have spent the equivalent of 20 grand on each and every Afghan.
and unless you think that the war has been going really well. maybe we should think about making some changes in teh way we have done things. The old ways just don’t seem to have worked so well, have they ?
Hey, you wanna start dousing the Pashtun hicks in the sticks with VX or something, go right ahead, JR. Can’t think of much else that would work.
Nukes.