A US airstrike targeted a group of fleeing civilians outside of the village of Baghouz in eastern Syria on Friday. The attack killed at least 23 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The majority of those slain were civilians, though there are reports
that some of the fleeing people were ISIS members. Activists said they
believe the majority had been displaced from nearby areas, and were
fleeing again.
This comes amid the latest offensive by US-backed Kurdish forces against
the three ISIS towns in eastern Syria, and the adjoining villages.
These areas have been repeatedly attacked, lost and regained, and every
time it leads to a number of displaced civilians.
US airstrikes against this area, always presented as support for the
Kurdish offensive, has tended to inflict a number of civilian casualties
disproportionate for the relatively small population of the area, and
the precision which the US claims to have in its bombings.
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Such is the reasoning of the US government, it’s better to kill 10 innocent people than let one guilty person go free. Generally when US citizens are involved, the ratio goes to 3:1, but there’s plenty of room for moral flexibility.
I read a book about the CIA(Victor Marchetti) that stated the CIA would blow up an airliner to terminate ONE person aboard. Instant coverup at the expense of a couple hundred dead people!
…annnnd the pullout is coming any minute now. Just a few more war crimes and we should be good. To. Go… Nope? OK then, f**k it, lets just stay forever.
Charlie Manson was a horrible person…..
He never had a hand in killing as many people as the present and past occupants of the White House though, did he? And this “institutionalized” criminal, courtesy of the US justice system, is a good example of the wasted dollars that go into a prison complex that doesn’t rehabilitate as much as it uses prisoner cheap labor for corporations. Manson WAS horrible for sure, but many of his traits are emblematic of USA society today, especially the cold-blooded killers we call the National Security State!! Was Manson a CIA “creation” for public consumption?
Charlie Manson was a Frankenstein… Kinda like ISIS.
Reminds me of the early days of the Iraq invasion, where the US totally demolished a popular restaurant full of people based on a rumor that Sadamm was dining there. Nothing left but fragments and the US has never shown any remorse for the innocents we killed that day.