Reply #12: Hello? He was told to mark legitimate targets. The drones attacked

[RaleighNCDUer]

the marked targets. The drones, the US forces, did NOT mark the targets. It was NOT a matter of spy-eyes misidentifying a target. If the kid didn't mark them, they would not be hit.

The civilians were killed by the kid's targeting them. The US forces had no reason to believe they were not legitimate targets. The US was not 'imposing a death sentence for entire families' - it was attacking targeted enemies.

Was it a stupid program, and a fucked up operation? Of course. The difference is, the US forces thought they were doing the right thing, while the kid knew he was doing the wrong thing.

Intent counts. The most the Taliban can make of this is as an example of American stupidity, not American malice.