America and its allies make modern war in a way that assures „mistakes“ destroy hospitals, and civilian lives are taken by drones and bombs. These horrors are all too often strategic decisions, or the result of the profligate use of needlessly destructive weapons. They are typically far from accidents. The attack on a Doctors without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, is only the latest. It is important as a clear example of a sordid policy.