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the U.S. provides all satellite and drone intelligence for the mass murder, while in Syria U.S. officials complain that lacking spotter forces on the ground, ISIS targets cannot be confirmed.

Other government lie fabricators postulate that Syrian sandstorms prevented accurate targeting, or perhaps it was ISIS’s habit of co-mingling with the local populace!

However, the truth lies elsewhere. It begins with the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room—the fact that Syria has never approved any U.S. bombing of its own country! U.S. warplanes have targeted supposedly ISIScontrolled Syrian oil refineries, weapons depots, com­ mand bunkers and communication centers. What were purportedly off-limit targets with regard to these facili­ ties yesterday are fair game today.

According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Hu­ man Rights, U.S. and “coalition” airstrikes have killed 132 Syrian civilians. In a recent strike at the Syrian vil­ lage of Bir Mahli, more than 60 were murdered, mostly women and children. U.S. officials claim they were ISIS combatants; the Syrian Observatory states otherwise.

Notwithstanding its use of the most advanced aerial bombing equipment in the world, coupled with topgrade precision guided missiles, the U.S. has bombed na­ tions indiscriminately in all its endless wars, with Iraq in 2003 being a prime example. Over a million Iraqi deaths, mostly civilian, were recorded in that war against “weapons of mass destruction” that did not exist!

“Restraint” aside, U.S. commanders don’t want to give the impression that their bombing efforts have been in­ significant in Syria and Iraq today. They have assured doubters that the U.S. air campaign has achieved several “successes.” Some 4200 air strikes that dropped 14,000 bombs and other weapons and killed 12,500 “fighters” have been recorded. These U.S. statistics fail to note how

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regime will be placed in the U.S. crosshairs.