dkwangchuck

I was under the impression that there is no such thing as an “accidental shooting” - there are only varying degrees of negligence or recklessness. As someone who does some firearms instruction, what are your views on that?

Welcome to the Myoelectric Arm Channel. This piece of play-do shaped into an animal is very dangerous and we must stop it.

This is insane. Are you suggesting that your positive alternative would be totalitarian occupation where the entire country is locked down under military force? “We weren’t serious enough when we went to war.” How serious were we supposed to be? How long did the Soviet Union occupy the country? Or is your understanding that the USSR was also way too soft?

Do you actually believe there was a military solution there?

I’m sorry. I appreciate that you openly acknowledge that the shitshow that was the PNAC’s military adventurism created more terrorists - something I totally agree with. But this belief that Afghanistan, of all places, could have been subjugated in some manner that would have eliminated religious extremism - I find that preposterous.

Uh, that’s not a solution either. Mass genocide is exactly the sort of thing that makes recruiting by violent extremists way easier. Wholesale slaughter in Afghanistan would certainly have lead to more terrorism.

How worried are you about prosecutors or investigators overstating the certainty of your findings? Like what happened with forensic hair analysis. For example, the findings of PCAST are very much at odds with public perception of how developed forensic science is. Is that troubling - that your work may be inappropriately used to convict someone?