I GUESS WE JUST CAN'T STOP KILLING THE WRONG PEOPLE

We've been killing Afghan civilians for years and this is only the latest in a tragic series of blunders that has turned the population against us. Note the choice of words by the Afghan spokesman.

Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops
Sat Nov 7, 2009 9:06am EST

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

"Yesterday, in a NATO air strike, seven Afghan (soldiers and police) were martyred in Badghis province," Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman General Zaher Azimy said.