US air strike in Syria kills up to 85 civilians 'mistaken for Isil fighters'

[Nuvendil]

loy310 said:

Nuvendil said:

ISIL has been in steady decline since mid 2015.  They've been in sharp decline this year with Mosul about to be sieged, Palmyra fallen, Fallujah fallen.  Since their peak in early 2015, they've lost nearly 50% of their territory including key locations.  Mistakes happen, it sucks, but the provided air dominance has clearly helped the Iraqi, Syrian, and Kurdish forces push ISIL back.

Me and thoes 85 dead people feel much better now, thanks..........

What?  Now you're just flinging emotions without reasoning.  You said that the current military strategies aren't working, but I am pointing out it is an objective fact that they are.  This was a mistake, a tragic mistake.  But to use these deaths to universally condemn the military efforts against ISIL and vilify the whole US effort is as exploitational of their deaths as those dismissing their deaths is distasteful.  Such things shouldn't happen and we should own up to them when they do.  But the cold, hard reality is that civilian casualties in a war between landed powers are inevitable and have always been inevitable.  

Also, if the US didn't give a crap about collateral damage, we have over 100 perfectly good heavy bombers that could obliterate the ISIL bases, strongholds, and cities.  But to do so would cause the deaths of a huge number of civilians.