Sentence examples for attacking the wrong target from inspiring English sources

Had I been attacking the wrong target, believing that neo-Darwinism was wholly Darwinian, throwing the baby out with the bath water?

When faced with demonstrations here in New York last weekend, Mayor Bloomberg took the interesting approach of arguing that the protestors were attacking the wrong target, trying to pretend that they were attacking the typical Wall Street office worker.

The crew of the AC-130 gunship relied on a physical description of the compound provided by Afghan forces, which led the crew to attack the wrong target on 2 October.

One of the main criticisms of President Bush's decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein was that the United States had attacked the wrong target.

O.K., also attacking the wrong country.

"They're attacking the wrong issues.

"They're attacking the wrong people.

Still, it's also clear that the sequester is attacking the wrong problem.

To attack foreign purchasers for inflating London's housing market may be hitting the wrong target.

The system's automated nature is dangerous, according to Snowden, who said that cyber attacks can be "spoofed," implying that an automatic response could hit the wrong target.

The US has accepted responsibility for the attack and blamed human error and technical failures for destroying what they claim was the wrong target, though many questions remain unanswered.