On Aug. 29, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 10 civilians, including seven children—and no terrorists. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie described the bombing as a successful blow to ISIS-K, while Gen. Mark Milley called it a “righteous strike.” Not to be outdone, President Joe Biden referenced the strike in his Aug. 31 speech in a warning to ISIS-K: “We’re not done with you yet.” It took weeks before the Pentagon admitted, on Sept. 17, that the drone strike killed innocents and failed to kill any terrorists. Until that point, officials continued to insist that the bombing was a justifiable retaliation for the Kabul airport terrorist attack days earlier, which had killed 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the U.S. military. At a Feb. 9 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Pentagon’s use of …