The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that the US-led airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria have “compounded the humanitarian consequences of the conflicts in both countries.”
Even though the US couched the initial attacks in Iraq as a “humanitarian intervention,” their focus has since expanded to a full scale war to “destroy” ISIS, in which officials have promised to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, but didn’t appear overly concerned about the deaths in the strikes so far.
The Red Cross warns that the situation is continuing to worsen, and warned that all the combatant factions must refrain from harming civilians and must allow humanitarian workers to bring help.
As US strikes have increased, ISIS has moved most of its forces to less conspicuous targets that are less convenient to hit. This has made the US more likely to go after difficult targets, particularly those in populated areas, which means the humanitarian woes of the conflict are likely to grow as the war continues.
Hey, Red Cross (and UN Humanitarian groups), get it through your ignorant heads…the current version of the US is not the US of old. You know the old US where they at least made it look like they gave a damn about the poor, innocent, down trodden and persecuted of the world. This iteration of the US doesn't even bother with the kabuki. The current version is balls-to-the-wall total destruction and if you're in the way, tough.
And it's looking more and more like the rest of the world has signed on. It became sickly obvious when they gave a "Peace Prize" to a man hip-deep in a war of aggression he gave no indication he was even moderately interested in stopping. All he's done since the award is expand the war in every direction. And the rest of the world sits by and applauds – and then lines up to sign on.
The ruling class has gone stark raving insane and they're dragging the rest of the world down the scheisse-hole with them.
Insane? Or is it possible that the huge resources of untapped petroleum in the area continue to keep them interested in the region? It doesn't matter if we are "energy independent", we are dependent on the world being a petroleum-based economy. That includes keeping the supremacy thing going.
I now see why the savage bombings of Gaza civilian infrastructure and of innocent people was not decried, but in fact praised unanimously in our Congress. It was because we were planning to do the same thing on just as flimsy if not more flimsy grounds.
You are right, the mask of caring is off. How this will affect the "Homeland" (though I am glad to hear that horrible world less) I do not know.
The Red Cross is right to keep up the protest, however weak. Someone has to say something. I am sure the Red Cross organization is under no illusions about the character of the US, especially when it always sides with Israel's "mad dog" behavior. But like the Lorax who speaks for the trees, someone must speak for the displaced and suffering that we are causing. Drive a lot less and do not feed the beast.