Wednesday, October 07, 2015

The hospital bombing



The accidental bombing of the hospital by U.S. forces is deplorable. It should be investigated. It is possible some people should be disciplined. Certainly reparations & apologies should be made, and procedures put in place to avoid this happening again.
But what grounds are there for trying labeling this a "war crime"?
Has anybody saying it was not a mistake never done an action that turned out badly, that they didn't plan on? I doubt it.

If a doctor at the hospital made a mistake and the patient died, is the doctor a murdering terrorist?

This spring, 2015, I was stopped at a red light. A pedestrian crossed in front of me from right to left, in the pedestrian lane, with the pedestrian light on. A car came from the opposite direction whooshed around the corner w/o stopping. Luckily, the pedestrian saw it in time, and was young and agile enough to jump to the curb, at least three feet away. If he hadn't, that car would have hit him full on.
When I say the drive would have been guilty of murder if he had killed the pedestrian, people disagree. Why would he have been less culpable?

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