US Bombs Nigerian Village, Media Asks 'Who Do We Blame?'
Al Jazeera highlights Nigerians describing a US bombing in Jabo, with villagers detailing burning debris and casualties. This 'news' is presented almost as an isolated incident, an unfortunate 'mistake.' The inconvenient truth—that the US military's 'precision strikes' frequently hit civilians—has been documented for decades, from Vietnam to Afghanistan to Somalia. Just last year, the Pentagon
admitted a drone strike in Kabul mistakenly killed 10 civilians, including 7 children, initially claiming it was a legitimate target. The pattern is clear: designate a region as a 'terror hotbed,' deploy 'anti-terror' units, and when civilians die, it's always 'unintended consequences' or 'ISIS's fault.' How many times can a global superpower 'accidentally' bomb non-combatants before we question
the definition of 'accident'?