This as already stated is not a new thing by any means.

Throughout history, many wars fought with the Americans have had them firing at the Brits also.

On the news today, there was a list of british service men who had died from 'friendly' fire in the last 10 years. The deaths have been astounding. And certainly not reciprocated.

Further findings report that the Americans have asked the British troops for advice in recognising ally trucks, and other machinery, and what the enemies look like, as they themselves have not had enough training.

It is disturbing to know that the Americans are under trained and not nearly disciplined or competent enough as soldiers as the British army is.

I don't think it was a gun-ho reaction, just a poor display of technical incompetence displayed by officers who should know better.
The pilots are quite literally the pawns in this case.

Yes, mistakes happen, but we live in an age of technological know-how to be able to avoid these instances and occurances.

And the question is why was there not more communication between the Brits and the US forces. And there have been more friendy fire deaths within the last 3 years.

It was an unecessary war, with ever increasing unecessary deaths.

Unfortunately the whole set-up has been a bodge job, from Afghanistan to Iraq. The people who hit first then think later are the ones to be tried, yet Tony B-liar and his puppet Master Shrub, will manage to weasel their slimy way into a high paid pension instead.

The true cost will be paid by the servicemen and women, who in most cases did not agree with the war either, and the deaths of innocents, whose tragic lives were bad under an appaling dictator, now under dictatorship by the United States and Britain.