As it’s been recently noted, the latest mass-casualties inflicted by US
and NATO airstrikes in Raqqa and Mosul reveal that Washington has
decided to turn its back on rules
designed to protect the innocent. In turn, the Times reports that field
commanders appear to be exercising more latitude to launch strikes in
civilian-occupied areas than ever before. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration
to state that we’re witnessing by far the deadliest attack on civilians
in decades. Just one US airstrike on a densely populated neighborhood
of Mosul resulted in more than 200 civilian casualties, according to the
official numbers released.
