US airstrikes pounded the village of Kishkiyeh in eastern Syria on
Friday, killing at least 11 civilians, according to activist group
DeirEzzor 24. The death toll was later confirmed by the Syrian government.
The attacked village was on the outskirts of the town of Shofeh, one of
three “ISIS towns” that have been getting pounded by US airstrikes for
months. The Syrian government’s reported added that there were “huge
property losses” related to the attack.
Among the 11 people killed, local groups identified two women and four children. The US has yet to make any comment on the matter, regarding either why the village was attacked or who was killed.
This is common for the US-led coalition when strikes had no obvious
target and killed only civilians. The Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights noted that over 1,000 people have been killed in attacks against
the three towns and the adjoining villages, and roughly 12,000 people
have fled the area to escape fighting and airstrikes.
Par for the course. If you can destroy the country, then deny it credit to rebuild, you don’t ever need a military victory nor do you have to ever leave.
It’s past time for a war crimes tribunal and some trials in my opinion.
Rebecca Gordon wrote an interesting book called “American Nuremburg” arguing just that for Shrub-era crimes.
Then Dubya’s war crimes became Obama’s war crimes and the majority of active anti-war organizers sort of lost interest in the idea.
If Trump persists in Syria, odds are he could be brought down by war crimes accusations as desperation to remove him before the 2020 elections mounts.
Here is a more honest report of the story.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/01/05/584958/Continued-USled-coalition-raids-in-Syria-show-disregard-for-UN-Charter-intl-law-Damascus
So, the US is leaving Syria and the claims are the delay is to have an orderly withdrawal. How about a cease fire until then? Or isn’t there enough death in that sand?