A chronology of events
On August 29, 2021, a Reaper drone launched a Hellfire missile that killed ten Afghan citizens, including seven children.
On 9/1/2021, General Miley says at least one of the killed was an ISK terrorist, although innocent Afghanis may have died in the explosion.
On 9/10/2021, the New York Times reports that the evidence suggests there was no bomb in the 1996 white Corolla the hellfire missile struck.
9/17/2021 US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admitted the drone strike that killed ten Afghan citizens, including seven children, was a mistake. I think he said, “honest mistake,” as opposed to a dishonest mistake. But, of course, it was a mistake. US military didn’t mean to kill ten Afghanis, including seven children, so of course, it was a mistake. But, just like that, we didn’t mean to do it, so it’s a mistake.
Where is Joe Biden, the empathic president who identifies with loss, suffering, and pain? The US drone strike happened on August 29; today is September 18, two weeks from the strike date, and he has not said a word. Joe Biden is responsible for the chain of events that caused the strike and is speechless about what happened. How is that possible? The president experienced significant family loss; one of his generals authorized a drone strike that killed ten Afghan citizens, including children. How is that possible that he didn’t express his sorrow for their loss. He does it when American families experience significant loss; why not for Afghanis who died at the hands of the US. military. But it was a mistake, and we are sorry but not him, the man in charge. I could understand a cold-blooded president like Trump saying, “O well, shit happens, that’s life, sorry about that, everyone makes mistakes.” But not the president, whose trademark is empathy, not saying, “my God, we are so sorry for your loss.” “Our hearts and prayers are with you.” But he didn’t say a word, nada, not a syllable, nothing from a president who loves to talk. Come on, man! Isn’t that what you always say at the end of a sentence. Come on, man! Where are you?
Footnote: Zemerai Ahmadi, was a longtime employee at an American humanitarian organization and three of his sons — Zamir, 20, Faisal, 16, and Farzad, 11 — were killed. The three children of another brother — Arween, 7, Binyamin, 6 and Ayat, 2 — also died, along with Emal’s 3-year-old daughter, Malika, and his nephew Nasser, 30. A cousin’s infant daughter, Sumaiya, was also among those killed.