I managed to catch about three 5 minute snippets of this Fresh Air article on NPR today. Fascinating stuff.

Assessing the Human Cost of Air Strikes in Iraq : NPR 

As chief of high-value targeting for the Pentagon, Marc Garlasco helped plan the targets of laser-guided bombs during the invasion of Iraq. Now a senior analyst with Human Rights Watch, he visits war zones where he assesses the damage being done to civilians by bombs and lobbies for greater deliberation in the use of air power. Garlasco has provided assessments for Human Rights Watch throughout the world, including Israel and Iraq.

 

Basically he was a recommender of bombing target locations and sequencing, based on strategic value and/or who (esp. from the "Deck of Cards") was likely to be there, He moved from there almost overnight to working for HRW, including surveying on the ground the damage he'd seen done by satellite and Predator feed.

Garlasco manages to avoid glib answers (from either side's perspective) and has some interesting bits to say about Afghanistan, too.

I intend to go back and listen to the whole thing.

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