Posted on 10/01/2015 5:39:26 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
It didn’t take long, after Russia began its anti-terrorist bombing campaign, for social media to be flooded with ‘evidence’ of civilian casualties. The claims were readily repeated by Western mainstream media.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that it conducted 20 sorties on the first day of the Syrian operation and bombed eight targets in Syria, including weapon and fuel depots and command centers of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) group. All targets were far from urban areas, the ministry stressed.
Virtually simultaneously, reports started surfacing on social media claiming Russia is not attacking terrorists. Instead, it’s claimed Russian warplanes attacked residential areas, killing dozens of civilians. Others said there was no IS presence in the attack areas and these positions were actually held by “moderate rebels.”
The narrative apparently fitted too well into the familiar ‘Russia is the villain’ narrative for Western media to pass it by. Journalists asked Defense Secretary Ash Carter for confirmation.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
Aren't they civilians?
Bunch of jerks. Go to hell, Social Media.
Quite frankly, Putin could care less.
Sheeeeyit. If there's anybody I trust less than a former KGB agent it's an American "journalist" or anybody in the Obola administration.
Right! Look to Ukraine to see what he thinks of US/International support of countries we vowed to protect! o is a toilet paper kitten!
Aren't you one of the twits who constantly complains about posting from this source?
Aren’t you one of the Putin worshippers who never misses an opportunity to be obnoxious?
Quite frankly, Putin could care less.
I’m thinking this odd bombing of Assad enemies, in country, is more an exercise in waking up American allies, to rub it in their faces (particularly of these pitiful rag tags in Syria) that the US won’t lift a finger to come to their aid, or anyone elses in the region, under Barrack Hussein Obama and MOosschelled and Valerie Jarrett.
This is a deadly propaganda war but with real territorial gains for the bad guys— the ones who have been given free reign under Obama’s empirical silliness and sophomoric foreign babble serving as US foreign and military strategy.
Lord, it’s more than embarrassing— could you do worse if you were an announced enemy of the state?
It’s all too perfect and whatever play these nefarious forces wish to assert in the region are now quite under way, before the clock runs out and this fool of ours in the White House is out of office.
I post RT for giggles. You have it liked on your Facebook page, Ivan.
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