Re:From Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to pre...
by extra88 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @05:38PM
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The difference is intentionally attacking civilians and only civilians. The U.S. military has mistakenly attacked civilians, I assume there have also been cases where there was a high-value target and the deaths of nearby civilians were considered acceptable "collateral damage." (if you want to counter this, please restrict examples to ones since 9/11 and ones when no perpetrators were charged or disciplined).
While the distinctions don't matter to dead people or their surviving loved ones, they do within the oxymoron "military justice."
The United States Government has performed missile attacks (via drone) on a hospital, several weddings (At least eight, according to a 2 second search), and at least one Mosque. And yet the Military arm of the United States Government is not considered to be a terrorist organization. Sounds like a double standard to me.