My son, who shall remain nameless, but is the "Ace" in "Ace's Dad" is there and wrote this to me several hours ago. He flies (legally) in the area, that's all I can say.
He writes: "Those docs are behind enemy lines. They are treating the Taliban. Fuck em, comforting and aiding the enemy. The Taliban just went through Kunduz raping and piliging .... ugh"
There is much more to this story than is being reported. You can maybe start with the "raping" part!
And if the hospital were behind American lines, it’d be treating Anericans.
That’s what doctors do. Treat the sick and wounded. Treat rape victims. Even if sine of the patients were enemy combatants, it doesn’t follow that all patients were enemy combatants. You have pregnant women secret care, children with various diseases. A man who broke his arm trying to fix a roof.
The reality is, some kid lost his mother, father, or relative in that bombing. That kid is going to grow up in an honor/shame system and decide to avenge his honor.
He knows his father/mother/relative wasn’t a terrorist. He also knows that the attack is attributed to allied forces.
Guess where that potentially leads.