Imagine if it was Trump who accidently killed a family of ten after incorrectly thinking the dad was a terrorist.

The 'Suicide Bomber' Killed by a Drone in Kabul Was an Aid Worker and the Biden White House Is Trying to Shift Blame

In one of the final acts of its 20-year war in Afghanistan, the United States fired a missile from a drone at a car in Kabul. It was parked in the courtyard of a home, and the explosion killed 10 people, including 43-year-old Zemari Ahmadi and seven children, according to his family. The Pentagon claimed that Ahmadi was a facilitator for the Islamic State, and that his car was packed with explosives, posing an imminent threat to U.S. troops guarding the evacuation at the Kabul airport. “The procedures were correctly followed, and it was a righteous strike.” What the military apparently didn’t know was that Ahmadi was a longtime aid worker, who colleagues and family members said spent the hours before he died running office errands, and ended his day by pulling up to his house. Soon after, his Toyota was hit with a 20-pound Hellfire missile. What was interpreted as the suspicious moves of a terrorist may have just been an average day in his life.

 Reports: U.S. Drone Strike Targeted Aid Worker Carrying Water, Not Explosives

Independent investigations by The New York Times and The Washington Post are calling into question the U.S. military claims that its Aug. 29 drone strike in Kabul destroyed a car operated by an ISIS-K sympathizer, which allegedly contained explosives destined for the Kabul airport.

The U.S. Central Command initial statement described the strike as a "self-defense" operation that eliminated an "imminent ISIS-K threat" to the airport. "Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material." In a press conference Sept. 1, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley called it a "righteous strike" that correctly followed procedures.

But the Times and Post investigations were unable to find evidence of any explosives in the car, which they say was driven by 43-year-old Zemari Ahmadi, an engineer working for the U.S. aid group Nutrition and Education International, which aims to eliminate malnutrition in Afghanistan. Family members told the Times that Ahmadi had applied for refugee resettlement in the United States.

Ahmadi was not the only person killed by the drone strike. Ahmadi's relatives told the Times that 10 members of their family were killed, including seven children.

How is this NOT front page news. After all, the reports are coming from the NY Times and Washington Post. Nobody can demand that these are hardcore right wing Biden critics. But rather than be leading with this story (and having some ongoing discussion of the US killing an Afghan family by accident) the Times is leading with Texas abortion law, while WaPo is discussing 9-11 and the falling apart of the liberal spending laws. 

So while I appreciate that these liberal rags are doing some real research, none of that helps if you don't actually report it or let people see the story. The fact that the United States not only hit the wrong target, but made up a bunch of lies to cover for it, is disturbing on so many levels. 

If we go back to the arguments taking place here. I watched this from nearly the beginning. Turning on the new channels within a few minutes of the strike. I argued then, that the story provided by the Administration had more holes than swiss cheese and that something didn't add up. Of course, some people called me "crazy" for using logic and common sense, rather than accept the statements from the White House at face value.  Turns out that the real crazy ones were the ones listening to the White House and believing a single word of what they were saying.

This White House lies. Not about a crowd size or accomplishments or whether or not you slept with a woman. But this White House lies about important things. They lie about killing people. They lie to people whom they tell they can bring home (when they had no intention of doing so). They lie about Covid.  They lie all the time about things that have nothing to do with self bravado and ego. 

Now I just want to imagine if it has been Donald Trump that ordered a strike against an civilian Afghani nutritionist, whom they mistakenly believed that bottles of water were explosives. Then as he went home, instead of to the airport, they decided to drone strike him with a giant missile before he had the chance to head out with his bottles of water and attack the airport. How would the media have responded to Trump basically murdering Afghan women and children? We most certainly would have seen impeachment number three for that and wall to wall coverage for six months.

But the old senile man and military idiots running the show who believe that the "Proud boys" and "White Rage" are the biggest threat of our time? No, we let them have a pass. Perhaps we don't actually expect or even care if they are competent. As long as they point the finger at the right people and say the right things. 

This makes me sick to my stomach and it's the very reason that much of the international community hates America.