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Lone U.S. Soldier murders 17 Afghani civillians

Livewire

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    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17343437

    Just sad. So very sad. The soldier, while experienced, evidently had a total mental breakdown before the killings happened.

    The Pentagon said in a media briefing that the killings, in the early hours of Sunday, were "tragic" but insisted it was an isolated incident.


    The soldier has not been named, but he is reported to be in his 30s with three children.
    Afghan MPs earlier passed a motion saying civilians have lost patience with foreign troops.


    The incident has put more strain on relations between Afghans and foreign forces.
    Anti-US sentiment is already high after soldiers burned some copies of the Koran at a Nato base in Kabul last month.


    US officials have repeatedly apologised for the Koran incident, which sparked a series of protests and attacks that killed at least 30 people and six US troops.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17343437#story_continues_2

    The Taliban has promised revenge attacks for the latest killings. A tribal elder told the BBC that he would not be calling for protests.
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    More reason to move up the withdrawal date from Afghanistan, in my opinion.

    Thoughts?
     
    Esper

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    • A horrible, horrible thing. I'm surprised things like this don't happen more often. There is so much tension between the NATO troops and Afghans at some point we won't be able to honestly claim we are accomplishing anything there. We might already be at the point where our presence it making things worse.
     

    Alec Empire

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    • I really think that that all of our troops need to get out of the Middle East, NOW. Whether or not Afghanistan becomes a thriving nation isn't our problem, and us massacring their people sure won't do anything to make that happen.
    But anyway, this is a horrible this. How can he do something like that?
     
    Mario The World Champion

    Mario The World Champion

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    • This is a major cry for help from soldiers who have unknown mental illnesses. It's also a cry for a major overhaul for the care of soldiers with mental health issues. And it's also a major sign that we really need to pull our men and women out of that god forsaken dustbowl.

    Let the Afghan army deal with everything from now on. Maybe they'll learn something.
     
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