Our bombs are so smart they can wage war on their own
by digby
Wow, I guess we really do have bombs that are so smart they only kill "bad guys." And the Saudis and the others who participated in the bombing strikes must have them too.
Obama administration officials emphasized Tuesday no civilians were killed during U.S,. air strikes in Syria, first tentatively in a televised Pentagon briefly, then much more strongly in an on background call, assuring reporters that no civilians had been killed.
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On the call, the administration was far more confident that the only people killed in Syria last night were the ones America and its allies want dead.
“Ninety-five percent of the munitions that we dropped were precision-guided munitions. And that includes the Tomahawk missiles which were very precise. Which I think goes a lot to the reason why we haven’t seen any kinds of claims of collateral damage or civilian casualties thus far.
This is great. We no longer have to worry that bombing campaigns will end up hurting innocent civilians. In war these days, we just kill people who deserve to die. Huzzah.(We should give some of them to Israel. They really need them ...)
*Word is trickling out that there were civilian casualtie...er, "collateral damage". Some of those bombs might have needed some remedial instruction.
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