Posted on 10/02/2015 6:44:54 AM PDT by C19fan
On Sept. 30, Russian warplanes launched their first air raids in Syria, striking eight targets around Homs, north of Damascus. In a second day of strikes on Oct. 1, Moscow’s planes hit another five targets, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Kremlin insists it’s hitting militants from the so-called Islamic State. But the locations of the aerial strikes imply otherwise—that Russia’s bombing civilians and U.S.-backed rebels instead. Chillingly, video and photographs from Russia’s new air war seem to indicate that the attacks are inaccurate and indiscriminate.
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+1. Good comment.
It seems the more ‘surgical’ the war is the longer it lasts and therefore the more carnage in the long run.
Anything else prolongs them and nobody wants that.
Like Trump said maintain and build our great military, hope you never have to use it.
We do not live in a world where peace is attainable without force.
Might does not make right but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding generation.
Some day tens of thousands of years from now, our world may not need wars but today to think otherwise is foolish. However, do we sacrifice the cream of our crop for 7th century mentality? Yeah Fai Mo like you said *isn't worth to war over*And around you go.
I agree 100%.
Don’t you mean: “...to the dismay of none”?
That why they call it “war”.
The counter for terror is to be even more terrifying.
Come to think of it, I don't much care if they kill "too many" muslims...
Everyone brought up under the moslem sword wants the end of all that is not islam. Anything that reduces the number of such folks is fine with me.
Not quite.
Trying to limit civilian casualties and be civilized makes it more likely that more wars will be fought.
If it isn’t worth going in and killing everyone, fighting to the bitter end maybe it isn’t worth going to war over.
You beat me to it and said it wonderfully. Our insane ROE lead directly to casualties for our troops.
Oh no, they are using bombs which are more hurtful and damaging, Quick stop we can’t fight wars like this.
SARC.
Now the media are on about civilian deaths, but that went away under the fairy in chief when he ordered bombings around the world.
Where is the outrage over Christians having their heads chopped off from this white house ?
Aw, they’re just getting rid of old inventory first. FIFO ya know.
If these bombs make Jihadis change their mind about overthrowing Assad, how dumb are they?
Who really cares?
They are using pin point bombs though and they are fighting a war how it should be.
Unlike the fairy in chief who wants to protect ISIS and the other terrorist groups.
“It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it.”
Robert E. Lee
We did the same thing during the Persian Gulf War during the air campaign, had bombs that we used that was stocked since the Vietnam War.
Bombing civilians is how you fight a war? I don’t think so. Not if you want to claim the moral highground against terrorists.
Secular rebels? Excuse me but wtf? Are we going to start seeing that creep in to the lexicon?
Do they have a flag and a motto?
"Secular Rebels Unite!"
"Secular Rebels, Second to None"
"Swift, Silent and Secular"
What a complete load of crap.
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