"I see remarks like "seeing women and children as expendable commodities in this stupid game, ", and I wonder if they are serious."
And I wonder if the writer has eyes to see.
Quick reminder ...
The Al Qaeda guy was targetted by the CIA.
Fine.
But they also killed his wife and Kids.
When the BBC reported on it, the story was about the great success of killing the bad guy.
What about the innocents who died?
Where is the triumph in their death?
If a mass murderer in the US went back to have dinner with his family, would the police be justified in lobbing a hand grenade into the dining room to get him?
Woo Hoo, we got the bad guy (by the way we killed his family too and they were innocent).
The only differences here are that it didn't happen here, (so who gives a fuck) and that they weren't British or American (so who gives a fuck).
Here's my headline for the same incident.
INNOCENT CHIULDREN AND BABIES MURDERED IN BOTCHED ASASSINATION ATTEMPT.