Precision Timidity

Since it now has the Republican presidential monkey-house to make it look moderate, the US military has extruded a spokesbeing to give an update on the crusade against Islamic State. It appears that Mission Re-democratise Iraq grows ever more accomplished, with Mission Pacify Syria only slightly less so, and that only because of unwarranted interference by the beastly Russians. Just like previous Mission Re-democratise Iraqs, the present adventure is the most precise air campaign in history; so much so that until a short while ago the forces of democracy were unable in good conscience to admit having inflicted any civilian casualties at all. Now it turns out that one or two regrettabilities have in fact eventuated, but the freedomisers are ignoring most of them because they lack credibility in the eyes of people who claim you can conduct nearly ten thousand airstrikes against an enemy in civilian uniform and still avoid killing civilians. One monitoring group has identified reports of more than eight hundred damaged collaterals attributable to the US and its allies, which is lower than the beastly Russians' bag in Syria and too low for the good Christian folks who think health care and gun control are symptoms of Kenyan Stalinism.