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> Among the leaked info is the startling revelation that, “nearly 90% of people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets.” Granted this is a cherry-p
by liquidise 11y ago
> Among the leaked info is the startling revelation that, “nearly 90% of people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets.”
Granted this is a cherry-picked time period, this remains a damning revelation. As far as i have heard, even the most pessimistic grumbles have not suggested such numbers.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI wonder how it compares to boots-on-the-ground operations. It seems to me that what US is doing here is not reducing the risk for their own troops (thus minimizing total combatant deaths), but shifting it towards the civilians of the other side.