2006-10-18 05:17:20 · 5 answers · asked by ? 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Or maybe collateral damage.
2006-10-18 05:18:11 · update #1
Oxymoronic names for catastrophes. They sound better than "We didn't know", "We just blew the **** out of our side" and "Oops. we didn't mean to hit that orphanage."
2006-10-18 07:17:15 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friendly fire means that by accident, an artillery barrage or an air strike is fired on our own people. Military intelligence is supposedly current at the time of a mission or an attack, but a war is like a tug of war where things change constantly and inspite of better communications, it is impossible to control a battle range over miles of territories. Collateral damage is what we expect will happened from an assault....how they react, their force and their weapons...so call it pay-back If you play chess, think about a chess board that is in three levels and every move you make reflects something to the men above or below you. As a commander, you are limited by others' eyes or what you get on a radio but you have to respond now. Sure accidents occur but they occur in other places as well under less stress.
2006-10-18 12:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Frank on the first two. Collateral damage is when we target something (an insurgent hideout, let's say) & something nearby (something that was NOT targeted) gets damaged in the attack.
2006-10-18 13:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Carlin did it first and better.
2006-10-18 12:25:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They're all oxymorons.
2006-10-18 12:20:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋