<U.S. officials said the tank had taken fire from the area of the hotel.

It's pretty far down in the article, so you might have missed it. It's the last sentence of the first paragraph.

Guess what. Colateral damage is not merely with local citizens. It could happen to anyone who choses to remain in the impact area. You wanna trust the man with the trigger, then do so. If you don't, then get out of the way.

‘QUESTIONS ABOUT JUDGMENT’

‘ANSWERS ABOUT JUDGMENT’

If a soldier is fired upon, expect the soldier to reply in kind. Armchair war correspondents, such as Reuters Editor-in-Chief Geert Linnebank, have no knowledge of this. He is not there being fired upon, but insists he would have performed differently.

Good for him.

The precision of the bombing campaign in this conflict has been, and remains utterly amazing (I've used this word several times today, and will likely continue).

Are you out on a limb? Sure -- and steadily sawing away,
Dan