Loyalties Unclear

On January 22, 2010 an article entitled “Loyalties of 4 Killed in Afghan Raid Remain Unclear” made some interesting points on the events that are taking place in Afghanistan. One thing that was extremely disturbing was that a boy was killed during the night raid. The thing that stands out the most was that the officials could not even agree on the age of the boy that was killed. It is amazing that the people who are involved in the senseless murder of civilians cannot even determine if those they are killing are insurgents or innocent civilians. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, but rather needs specific, controlled governmental assistance. By creating a new system of night raids and eliminating the use of live rounds during these raids we can eliminate unnecessary civilian deaths.