1) The intelligence was old, and manifestly unreliable. That is why it should not have been used. 2) The freely available satellite imagery clearly shows the school adjacent to, but separated by a wall from, the compound. They fired several missiles into the compound, and when they detected human activity in the adjacent school they fired a missile into that as well. If they had access to those imaged, and good enough sensors to detect people moving, why were they relying on such old intelligence for the targeting? "You had what you had" - it was inadequate to justify the decision! 3) There is nothing dishonest about using "Walter Reid" as a comparison. It is a medical facility, surrounded by civilian dwellings. 4) Yes I am angry, perhaps emotions are running high. I've been a soldier holding a high enough rank to understand and have been involved in making those sort of judgements; I've also been a teacher. Over 100 schoolchildren were killed in a callous, savage and reckless attack. Both the US response and your justification of the attack are equally callous. 5) Writing FACT in capitals (shouting in the idiom) does not establish something as true. 6) Finally, Trump has not been investigated or officially accused of paedophilia primarily because his administration is enthusiastically and comprehensively covering up and suppressing the evidence. Perhaps if as much zeal, determination and effort had been expended on the targeting of the missile strikes as has been on covering up his disgusting antics, then 100+ children would not have been so needlessly slaughtered.
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