But in this case it is malice. The Taliban destroyed cell phone towers so walkie-talkies were extremely common. Then the US declared every man with a walkie-talkie was a legitimate target.
Anywhere I can find info on this?
This link was posted in another thread and seems to be the source that broke the news today.
This story doesn't show any of the 3 words I put in quotes.
Edit: can I get an explainer on the downvotes to both my comments?
> US declared every man with a walkie-talkie was a legitimate target.
and the policy described in the article is, attempting that will likely lead you to why you are downvoted.
The poster's statement was hyperbole to the point of being an outright lie.
(Had to wait since I was silently barred from posting due to 'karma'/downvotes. Not a great algo for public discussion imo, although I acknowledge this thread is now in the weeds. At the very least it should be made public and obvious that I cannot reply.)