Matt writes:
A headline like Seven afghan children killed in US-led airstrike, which I read in Monday's New York Times, can't help but make you angry. Angry about the dead children, of course, but also angry about the knowledge that there are bound to be others out there angrier over their deaths than I am. They'll have brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors, uncles and fathers, mothers, and cousins.
Many of them, naturally enough, will become America's enemies.
Naturally enough. Matt goes on to explain why air strikes are a generally bad idea in counterinsurgency campaigns. The whole thing is worth a read.
