Collateral damage, we are calling them. Sunday's airstrike may have killed as many as three ISIS-K members wearing suicide vests. It would seem obvious that taking them out was necessary.
My concern is that we should lament the loss of civilian lives. We should regret their being killed, and do something to express that concern. Fly flags at half-mast? Issue a statement of apology? Hold a vigil for them? Surely, someone would say, How hypocritical. Still, we should do something. We should be sorry about these deaths, and that should be reflected in what we do and say.
Bless those who lost their lives. Bless their families.
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