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

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350 points tepidandroid | 1 comments | 19 Sep 19 16:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gcatalfamo ◴[20 Sep 19 05:55 UTC] No.21023650[source]▶
This is how you create terrorists. What do you think the children and friends feelings towards the US will be from now on? People get radicalized for much less than that.
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alpb ◴[20 Sep 19 08:02 UTC] No.21024258[source]▶
> This is how you create terrorists.

Um no, you are wrong.

_What USA does_ is terrorism. When you drop bombs on people out of nowhere, that's called terrorism. Sorry if you're an American but you've got some learning to do about the biggest terrorist organization in the world before calling others a terrorist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRbnPA3fd5U

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yakshaving_jgt ◴[20 Sep 19 08:48 UTC] No.21024521[source]▶
> When you drop bombs on people out of nowhere, that's called terrorism

Only if the motive for dropping those bombs is to advance a political/ideological agenda.

We need to be very clear that "terrorism" has a very specific meaning. It's not just a group or individual who terrorises.

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misja ◴[20 Sep 19 09:14 UTC] No.21024699[source]▶
Genuine question: if the motivation for this bombing was not political or ideological, what was it then?
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yakshaving_jgt ◴[20 Sep 19 09:45 UTC] No.21024873[source]▶
It was an accident.
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1. misja ◴[20 Sep 19 10:47 UTC] No.21025194[source]▶
Sure, but what was the motivation for dropping the bombs if you say it was not political or ideological?