US led air raid in Afghanistan kills 7 children:
"In an operation backed by Afghan troops, jets on Sunday targeted a compound that also contained a mosque and a madrassa, or Islamic school, in the Zarghun Shah district of Paktika province. Early reports indicated seven children at the madrassa and “several militants” were killed, and two militants detained, the statement said.
"Coalition troops had “surveillance on the compound all day and saw no indications there were children inside the building,” said Maj. Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman. He accused the militants of not letting the children leave the compound that was targeted.
"If we knew that there were children inside the building, there was no way that that airstrike would have occurred,” said Sgt. 1st Class Dean Welch, another coalition spokesman."
Let me just state one thing, I don't believe, at all, that the US is purposefully targeting children. But this is just another example of Bush's failed policy and military strategy. First the let the Taliban regain a foothold in Afghanistan, and now they're still doing carpet bombing runs when they should be using Special Op forces.
Could some one explain to me again how staying in helps more than pulling out?
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