A new report from UN investigators in Syria has singled out the United
States, Russia, and the Syrian government as nations which may have
committed war crimes in Syria, in the course of killing and wounding civilians.
The report was deeply critical of all three nations in their carrying
out of airstrikes in Syria, with Syria and Russia faulted for apparent
targeting of civilian targets in Idlib and Aleppo Provinces.
This has all been well documented, with strikes hitting hospitals,
schools, and marketplaces in trying to soften up the areas they intend
to capture in a ground offensive. The report says the US largely did the
same thing.
US strikes were further east, where Kurdish forces were seizing cities
from ISIS. The UN Commission found that there were “reasonable grounds
to believe” that US and coalition forces had not directed forces against
military targets, or at the very least failed to do so with any
precautions, which led to the reckless deaths of a lot of civilians.
…..but not Israel?
This is how war is fought – unfortunately. The US dropped two atomic bombs on civilians in WWII. They conducted the Dresden bombing raid which was equally destructive. The US has committed war crimes in every war they ever fought in and continue to do so.
No military gives a fig about civilians except their own – and sometimes not even then. All they care about is keeping their own troops out of harm’s way so they can win with minimum casualties. If that means dropping seventy thousand pounds of bombs on a civilian neighborhood rather than sending in ground troops to root out the enemy at close quarters, with the attendant casualties, then that’s what they’ll do.
Well of course the free Syrian army , AlQaida, Al Nursa and ISIS always locate their offensive weapons in schools, hospitals and places that should not be attacked . The game of the terrorists is to always be the victim of the most horrific crimes .