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Correct. Methinks he is channeling his "Full Metal Jacket" flashbacks.
What you describe is not the "mowing down" and murdering of civilians that he claimed.
Did you run around shooting at civilians for sport? Where you ordered to? If so, lets put your ass in jail. Of course I know you did not. Why? Because we don't have a policy of doing those things. Because we place a value on human life. We try and mitigate civilian casualties. That is a fact.
That's the ideal for forces on the ground. And how things should and are intended to operate.
Mitigate doesn't mean eliminate though. And mistakes happen. The fog or war is a real thing and bombs and missiles don't care what or who they hit. Rules can be inadequate, or get sidestepped or ignored.
In practice, the US air war in the Middle East has killed thousands of civilians, potentially tens of thousands. Per reporting from the New York Times in early 2022, the Pentagon's own data acknowledges 1,417 civilians have died in airstrikes in the campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria to the end of 2019, with a further 188 civilian deaths acknowledged in Afghanistan from US air operations since 2018.
That likely understates the extent of civilian deaths. Potentially to a massive degree.
A RAND study, mandated by the US Congress and released in early 2022, found that actual civilian casualties could literally be an order of magnitude higher than the figures officially released. For instance, the DoD's official figure for civilian casualties caused by US & Coalition operations in Syria in 2019 is 21. The lowest NGO assessment was 490 (a 23 times multiple), the highest was 1,118 (a 53 times multiple).
RAND also reported the US military's own analysis on post strike damage assessments conducted in 2010 found that these missed civilian casualties in 19 out of 21 cases. Because video/photo assessment had already been performed pre-and post strike and those had found no civilian casualties, any other claims of such were dismissed as 'not credible'.
The US military is generally satisfied that its own photos and video are 'credible', so when third party information comes up that contradicts this, in better than 50% of cases its just dismissed. From that RAND study: "When military sources showed no evidence of civilian casualties—often because they did not put forth sufficient effort to engage external sources—the U.S. military often used such findings as justification to conclude that reports of civilian casualties were not credible." In other words, if I refuse to see it, then it didn't happen
There is a problem. If there wasn't the US wouldn't be improving how it assesses, reports and mitigates civilian casualties.
This is an emotive issue, and I'm not accusing the US of a policy of deliberately targeting civilians. But it's clear that more could be done to both limit civilian casualties and to acknowledge them when they do actually occur.
The only way to eliminate collateral damage, is to eliminate warfare.
There is absolutely no way to prevent non-combatants from being caught in the crossfire, no matter how hard a military tries.
However, there is a big ass difference between injuring/killing civilians while engaging a legitimate target and intentionally targeting civilians in the street, children's hospitals, driving an AFV over a civilian in their automobile, executing bound civilians, shooting a little boy and his grandmother in a boat.
I honestly have no f**king idea how anyone can justify what Russia is doing to the Ukraine at the moment.
Best?Wars should be like real life Survivor. Our 10 best guys and your 10 best dropped at opposite ends of an Island. Whoever survives wins. I can Dream.
Before they'll let that happen they'll resort to the nuclear option on a global scale. "If we're going down we're gonna take you with us!"This war will end when the Russians are defeated in the field and pushed out of Ukraine and when Ukraine is strong enough to prevent future Russian attacks. After that Russians can sit in their now sanctioned and boycotted sh#thole of a failed state and rot.
It's time to find out how many of those countries voting in favor of Russia or abstaining receive U.S. aid and immediately cut off all funding to them. Let Russia and China give them International Welfare checks.BREAKING NEWS:
The General Assembly of the United Nations has just voted to suspend Russia from its Human Rights Council during a session in New York.
It follows allegations of war crimes by Kremlin troops in Ukraine.
Before votes were cast, Ukraine's ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya accused Russia of "horrific" abuses – raising the issue of alleged civilian killings in the city of Bucha.
Russia's own representative Gennady Kuzmin condemned the vote, and other nations including North Korea and Syria rallied behind him.
UPDATE: Here are some details on how the vote went. Frankly, I'm surprised at the number of votes against and the number of abstentions:
Ninety-three countries voted in favour of the move, 24 against, and there were 58 abstentions.
Among the countries who supported the suspension were the US, EU nations, the UK, and of course Ukraine itself.
China, Syria, and Belarus were among those who voted against the motion.
And India, Egypt, and South Africa were among the nations which abstained.
I like it. I doubt Ukraine is buying them though. More likely Slovakia is otherwise compensated.Perhaps the US can provide them with some M712 Copperhead rounds for it
Major General Smedley Butler moment... War is a racket.Best?
Hell no - let the politicians fight for the people. These assholes start the wars and they were elected to represent the people, so let them do their job.
And I am not talking modern combat, eff no.
They will go into a large arena like the Roman Colliseum, armed only with edged weapons so they can look their adversary in the eye.
The rules are simple:
There is no quarter allowed - kill or be killed.
The last man/woman/whatever standing has won the war.