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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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It took a full week after a
New York Times visual investigation for the Pentagon to very belatedly admit its "tragic mistake" in a drone strike which killed 10 civilians, including 7 children. In total this was three weeks after the attack itself. Prior to that, military leaders had
held firmly to the narrative that the Aug.29 airstrike stopped an "ISIS-K terrorist" - despite the narrative fast unraveling, yet they continued to talk about "confidence" in the intelligence.
So the Pentagon knew about the confirmed deaths "within hours" but continued to keep casting doubt on civilian deaths and holding the possibility at a distance, likely hoping reports of the deaths would get buried, or would remain ambiguous accusations - as the language of their early press releases suggest (with words like "unclear" and "may have happened" and the "potential" of civilian deaths based on being "aware of reports").
It's easy to conclude that had
The New York Times not conducted its own detailed investigation, which included photos and video from on the ground, the Pentagon and Biden administration
never would have been "caught"- and never would have admitted anything.