It looks like there has been another fatal error in Iraq

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A bomb that killed six civilians Monday near Baiji,
Iraq, missed its target by 65 feet (20 meters) and hit the wrong home,
military officials said.

The bomb, which was dropped by a U.S. fighter plane, was aimed at a
building that three men entered after planting a roadside bomb as an
unmanned surveillance plane watched from overhead, the officials said.

A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet strafed the building before the bomb
was dropped, according to a U.S. military statement released after the
nighttime attack.

The bomb had “successful effects against the insurgents,” the statement
added.

The strike flattened a family’s home, killing six of the family members
and wounding three others, said a spokesman for the Salaheddin provincial
governor’s office. A father and daughter survived with only minor injuries,
he said.

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It has been reported that the US is upping airstrikes in Iraq in order to
fight the insurgency and possibly reduce ground troops but if this is the cost
of that then perhaps that plan should be rethought. This is going to further
harm our standing in the country and most likely force more members of their
government to ask for our withdrawal.

One thing that amazes me in this story is the choice to bomb the house.
Considering 65 feet was all it took for the bomb to hit the wrong house that
seems like they were threading a needle with a devastating outcome should they
miss. Why didn’t military leaders decide to have a ground force go in and sweep
the house these insurgents ran into? We here about all the Iraqi military troops
that are ready for combat, it would of been a great experience for them. Sounds
like more wrong decisions were made in Iraq.