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Re:Thousands of deadly U.S. military airstrikes have gone un... by packetized on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:59AM (#13596380)
'current', for small values of current.
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Re:Thousands of deadly U.S. military airstrikes have gone un... by bpodgursky on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:04AM (#13596408)
I can only think of one contrary example within the last decade -- Libya, where Gaddafi was still in power when we started bombing. It was complicated, and I think in the end it was a poor decision, but I don't think it's fair to consider it wrong or evil.

Looking farther back you find Iraq and Afghanistan on the list with similar disclaimers. In any case, neither was a "lob a few missiles from the stratosphere and peace out" strikes the parent comment implies.

Let me know if I'm forgetting something.

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Re:Thousands of deadly U.S. military airstrikes have gone un... by packetized on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:21AM (#13596474)
Philippines, possibly - depending on who you talk to.

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/deadly-drone-strike-on-mu...

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Re:Thousands of deadly U.S. military airstrikes have gone un... by bpodgursky on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @02:45AM (#13596578)
The US has tons of bases on the Philippines and there's a lot of training/cooperation. I can't imagine that the US didn't have permission and cooperation there, if it happened.

FWIW the Philippine military denies that it happened -- http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/07/09/12/philippine-military-.... Which is at odds with objecting to it.

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