Canada in Afghanistan

[Wayne McGee]

Laying fault at no one's feet..... in a high-speed, fire-and-forget, laser painted, technology driven battlefield, it's an increasingly unfriendly place for soft-bodied, brittle-boned human beings.
Stupid mistakes aside, a pilot, and his FAC (Forward Air Controller) can cross every 't' and dot every 'i' and do everything perfect right up to bomb release, and then some "burp" happens in the mindless brain of the seeker head, or some solenoid in the control vanes decides it's "shelf life expired" and suddenly the friendlies have a 500 pounder competing for the same piece of real estate.
Stupid mistakes will allways happen. From the first time we picked up a sharpened stick to defend ourselves, and promply poked ourself in the eye, to today.
Murphy's Law Of Armed Conflict states "Friendly Fire Ain't". This is more than a quaint play on words, it is a fact. Our increasing dependance on the "voodoo magic" of modern weapons and weapon systems will lead to ever more tragic results.

'nuff said...my brain hurts.

Condolences to those mates and families who have suffered this loss