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U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

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350 points tepidandroid | 5 comments | 19 Sep 19 16:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.633s | source
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stargazing ◴[19 Sep 19 23:26 UTC] No.21021750[source]▶
Can someone explain to me how the US military is still unable to distinguish pine nut farmers from IS Jihadi terrorists? Where is all this advanced military tech I keep hearing the US military is developing that people are mistaking for aliens?
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1. hatchershoes ◴[19 Sep 19 23:38 UTC] No.21021828[source]▶
The world's largest, most expensive military does not make mistakes. If they admit a mistake, it's to cover up something far more nefarious.
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2. uh_yikes ◴[20 Sep 19 04:08 UTC] No.21023274[source]▶
... Have you ever met anyone in the US military?
3. arcticfox ◴[20 Sep 19 06:16 UTC] No.21023739[source]▶
Every organization in the world makes mistakes all the time.
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4. saagarjha ◴[20 Sep 19 06:33 UTC] No.21023794[source]▶
I’m assuming the grandparent comment is sarcasm.
5. tempodox ◴[20 Sep 19 12:00 UTC] No.21025654[source]▶
You mean, like Facebook “admitting” to a “bug” that “leaked” user data after they'd been caught red-handed?