[uncbob]

Matthews a witless waterboy D who doesn't understand that 'self-inflicted' doesn't imply 'intentional'...

Either do they vast majority of people

When they hear Self Inflicted they think of intentional

They should have used a different term like
Accidental Self caused friendly fire

The main emphaisis is that IT WAS NOT THE RESULT OF ENEMY FIRE

[Mia T]

Don't blame YaYa123; she was quoting me. ;)

"Self-inflicted" is motivation neutral; 'accidental" is not. As we do not know what was in Lt jg Kerry's little mind, the former term is the appropriate one.