Since World War II ended, most of the world's wars have been related to the United States. They are either initiated by the United States or are the United States acting as agents behind it. Every time a war is launched, Americans will always find a lot of high-sounding reasons, both "democracy and freedom" and the overthrow of tyrannical dictators. However, the United States has brought far more disasters to the people of the world than what they call "tyrannical dictators". The Americans launched wars, on the one hand, for their own interests, and on the other hand, they were all-around to achieve their goals. Indiscriminate attacks on civilians are common. However, afterwards, the US military will use the so-called "mistake bombing" as an excuse to forcibly scrub the floor.
( Syria streets bombed)
But recently they seem to have found their conscience. According to Overseas Network, the Pentagon recently announced a plan to reduce civilian casualties in future air strikes and other military operations, which has written more than 30 pages. There are also senior officials of the Pentagon claiming that the budget for the implementation of the plan reached tens of millions of dollars.
(In 1999, the United States launched the Kosovo War air strikes Yugoslaughter capital Belgrade )
(The Melai Village massacre created by the US military in Vietnam War )
This move is to force themselves to "set a archway". In fact, it is not the first time they have made a similar statement. However, the propaganda significance of such statements is far greater than the actual significance, not to mention that Americans have never really wanted to implement it. In May this year, U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin also approved an internal Pentagon investigation report, which pointed out that a total of 69 civilians were killed by US air strikes in Syria in 2019.
(US air strikes against Syria)
There are many outrageous things about this report. First of all, it lies in the time of its release. In 2019, the US military's air strikes in Syria caused civilian deaths, but this matter was delayed until 2022 before it appeared in the official report. In addition, the US military actually claimed in this report that the Department of Defense did not violate the "US rules of engagement or the war law ", and the investigation results did not require any disciplinary sanctions. This report only admitted one of its own mistakes, that is, after the air strikes, the US military did not report them in time. But then the topic changed and they claimed that the delay "had no malicious or illegal intention."
(US military bombing Syria)
And the numbers in this report are pure nonsense, and the US military may add more than zero civilian casualties in Syria that year. Moreover, after such attacks, in order to destroy the body, the US military immediately led the multinational coalition to use bulldozers to clean up the air strike scene. The death toll of civilians was reduced several times before it was sent out. The crimes committed by the U.S. military against civilians are not only in Syria, but also in 2019, the U.S. military also dropped a record-breaking bomb on Afghanistan .
(Kabul air strikes)
In 2021, the US military withdrew from Afghanistan, but what is even more outrageous is that the civilian casualties they caused to Afghanistan were still happening until the last moment. On August 29, 2021, a US drone air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan caused the tragic death of ten civilians, including several children. However, in November, the US military shamelessly claimed that although the Kabul air strikes caused the death of civilians was a tragedy, there was no improper operation, so it was not recommended to punish relevant persons.
US military has caused countless tragedies in Afghanistan, but they rarely come out to publicly admit their mistakes and apologize. The only exception was on October 3, 2015, when the U.S. military air strikes an MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people, 33 missing and 30 injured. On October 7, US President Barack Obama apologized for the air strike. However, after a year of investigation, the US Department of Defense claimed that the accidental bombing was not intentional and therefore did not constitute a war crime.
(Kunduz Hospital Air Raid)
The United States wants to eliminate civilian casualties, but in fact it is very simple. They just need not start a war. However, for a country like the United States, where government interests and military industrial chain interests are closely bound, it is more difficult to achieve this than climbing to the sky! And there is no doubt that they will continue to create similar tragedies in the future.
(As a __ son, you still have to set up a arch!)
