A Photo from Kunduz, Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz

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Children playing in a puddle in Kunduz

On September 4, 2009 the German army incinerated about 100 civilians in Kunduz Province, Aghanistan, and because Germany wasn’t officially at war with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, there was a remote possibility that the German soldiers responsible for this impressive massacre could be prosecuted for homicide.

So the Germans quickly…

…reclassified the Afghanistan deployment in February 2010 as an “armed conflict within the parameters of international law,” allowing German forces to act without risk of prosecution under German law.

Harharharhar!!!

Brilliant! Got a problem with killing a whole lotta people? Just call it “armed conflict,” and presto!

Alles in Ordnung!

A few months later Germany offered the families of victims about $5000 apiece, ex gratia, as they say, as a gift, without admitting liability.

This sum is comparable to the most expensive hunting license in the United States, which Arizona sells to non-residents for hunting buffalo:

$3755.