Thumbs up, America

http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSAttack0204/19_wounded-cp.html

In brief:

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The four Canadians were killed early Thursday when a U.S. F-16 fighter jet mistakenly bombed their unit during a live-fire exercise south of the base. They were Sgt. Marc Leger of Lancaster, Ont,; Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer of Montreal; Pte. Richard Green of Mill Cove, N.S. and Pte. Nathan Smith of Tatamagouche, N.S.

Eight other Canadians were injured -- two were being treated on the base and the others were airlifted to an American military hospital near the U.S. air base at Ramstein, Germany.

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That is horrible. Makes me wonder if other nations pull the same crap and get it passed under the media radar. Nevertheless, how on earth did such an incident occur? Did the pilot fly to the wrong area, were the people supposed to be in the area, or what?

the situation gets messier by the day

He panicked, and dropped a bomb. Self-defence.

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The pilot of an American F-16 fighter jet who dropped a 250-kilogram laser-guided bomb on Canadian troops in Afghanistan, killing four and wounding eight, had ignored orders not to fire, sources say.

The U.S. National Guard pilot twice requested and was refused permission to drop his ordnance after spotting tracer fire in a desert training area near Kandahar, where paratroopers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were on a live-fire exercise.

"When he saw tracer fire again, he bombed anyway," the source said.

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Time to go home, America. Who are you fighting, anyway?

On the one hand, This all comes down to one idiot that decided he knew better than any of his superiors where his bombs should and should not be dropped.

On the other, just who decided that he could handle these bombs?

Good lord, I need to get out of this country- what I wouldn't give to be on the outside looking in (Physically, at least. I can't do anything for the fact that I was born here) the next time we go and do something like this.

I expect this kind of sillyness from Kenshin, not you Mode.

It's a shame. :( RIP :(

I don't think he's foffing about with Tomfoolery. this
is just a pitiful pathetic story. All I can do is shake
my head.

heard about it on the news:


"US accidently bombs Canadian troops"


"apologizes"


Now, I see HOW it happened, its pretty sad.



America's fighting the "evil-doers" for future reference.

Yeah, it is AMERICA'S fault that ONE jackass doesn't know what he is doing and does something stupid. That's a perfectly reasonable opinion. Right.

Why is there an America presence there to begin with, Shidoshi?
Why are Canadians there to begin with, Shidoshi?

"Why, we're fighting terrorism!"

What we've got here is a war of principles with no clear objectives, and no defined enemy. What is currently being accomplished over there could be done with a much smaller force, and certainly does not, and never did, require international assistance. Instead it's this ridiculous 'show of support,' that ends up getting even more innocent people killed, and I don't just mean those Canadians.

Innovative!