„Antradienio laiške daugiau, nei 40 įstatymų leidėjų nurodė, kad kariškiai privalo laikytis „nuoseklių civilių gyvybių apsaugos standartų“.
In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, more than 40 Democratic House members cited reporting by The New York Times in expressing concern over counterterrorism operations conducted by the U.S. military, including airstrikes, that have resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and many more injuries over years of American involvement in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
The 90-day review established by Mr. Austin began in January and is set to wrap up in late April. It was announced after a previous letter in which 11 senators and dozens of House members expressed grave concern over the government’s targeting criteria for drone strikes and other policies intended to prevent civilian casualties during military operations.
In January, The Times revealed surveillance footage that showed how the United States botched a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 10 innocent civilians, seven of whom were children. The Times has also uncovered how the Defense Department covered up a bombing called in by a classified Special Operations unit in which a group of about 70 women and children were killed outside a town called Baghuz in Syria. And a Times investigation based on the military’s confidential assessments of more than 1,300 reports of civilian casualties and ground reporting at more than 100 civilian casualty sites showed that the air campaign against the Islamic State was marked by flawed intelligence, confirmation bias and scant accountability."
„Jei per pastaruosius 10 metų Vakarų istorijoje vyko ilgos populizmo ir liberalizmo kovos, tai Vladimiro Putino operacija, skirta apsaugoti Donbasą, įkvėpė daugelį liberalų paskelbti šį konkursą pasibaigusį, o jų oponentus nugalėtais.
Riksmai, kad rusai puola, neišgelbės nuo katastrofiškai augančių kainų pasekmių liberalams rinkimų metu.