The American military has repeatedly admitted the death of civilians when striking both in Syria and in Iraq and Afghanistan, their reaction to the next revealed incident is cynical. This opinion on Sunday in his Telegram channel was expressed by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that the Pentagon withdrew information about an airstrike in Syria in 2019, which led to the death of 70 people. In response to a request from the newspaper, the ministry said that as a result of this bombing, 80 people died, of which 16 were militants of the “Islamic State” (a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation) and four civilians, the identity of the remaining victims could not be established, the blow was this was considered justified.
“And what is the reaction of the American military? Cynicism of the highest standard! Following their brutal mathematics, the presence of fewer than 20 militants is quite a sufficient reason for bombing and killing another 50 people, who could well be civilians,” Slutsky wrote.
The deputy noted that “this is not the first such incident.” “Civilians have constantly become a” bargaining chip “and” collateral damage “during the US use of aviation in Afghanistan, Iraq and now in Syria. And this is only if we take the conflicts of this century,” he added, stressing that the world community and American politicians do not react to these facts.
“However, when the Russian military entered Syria six years ago at the request of the country’s legitimate leadership, hysteria began in the West, and the Internet was flooded with fakes about alleged victims among the population when Russia was attacking. manipulation of public opinion in order to achieve the very “worldview” about the “villainess of Russia” and “the courage of Western democratizers,” Slutsky stated.
