Slog - Comments on Mistakes Were Made http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1 It's easier to defeat an enemy if you don't arm them: Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials today admitted. Containers destined for local police forces were dropped from a helicopter into a Taliban-controlled area of Zabul province. The coalition helicopter had intended to deliver pallets of supplies to a police checkpoint in Ghazni, a remote section of Zabul late last month. By mistake they were dropped some distance from the checkpoint where it was taken by the Taliban, the Internal Security Affairs Commission of the Wolesi Jirga — the Afghan parliament's... Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:53:26 -0800 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:43:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dan the savage warmonger My Gawd! That is so funny! War can be so fucking amusing and entertaining! Got any amusing stories that include dead babies?

]]> Dan the savage warmonger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001600 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:03:39 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Oh, those crazy Brits!

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001602 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:04:32 -0800 Comment by Dopey You can't have a war without enemies.

]]> Dopey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001611 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:08:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Why is this news? We've always been the secondary supplier of both the Taliban and al-Qaeda, only second to the primary providers in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001650 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:25:37 -0800 Comment by monkey No mistakes were made. We don't want to win the war in Afganistan because then there would be no terrorist threat to scare voters with.

Do you really think Osama is THAT hard to catch?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001667 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:32:18 -0800 Comment by steve I'm confused. Was the cock-up that they gave rocket propelled grenades to terrorists or was it that they got caught giving rocket propelled grenades to terrorists?

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001691 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:52:43 -0800 Comment by COMTE @1:

Sure, but they also include bowling balls and pitchforks - still wanna hear 'em?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001776 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:45:06 -0800 Comment by COMTE When our guys get blown to bits by these same RPG's, you can be sure the White House will still blame it on Iran.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001780 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001780 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:47:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @8 - of course. Stupidity is what they do.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001790 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:55:21 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @5,

If he's in Pakistan, yes.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001896 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:53:06 -0800 Comment by Greg I don't see why the Afghani forces are upset. After all, it's not like the Taliban would use those RPGs against them, right?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001972 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001972 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:34:56 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity War is so awesome! More please. 100 years more.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1001993 The War Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:49:23 -0800 Comment by Woodbun Hanlon's Razor: never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.

]]> Woodbun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1002424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/mistakes_were_made_1#c1002424 The War Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:43:54 -0800