BERLIN — The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, pushed back Tuesday against international criticism over an airstrike ordered by German troops that claimed the lives of scores of people in northern Afghanistan, even as NATO announced that it appeared civilians had been among those killed in the bombing.

Well hey, we have a war to fight, and unfortunately civilians will sometimes be victims. So this is totally justifiable, right?

I mean, it’s not like the chancellor of Germany has no problem killing innocent people, right?

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