Obama Hit With ‘Double Standards’ Accusation Over Iraq, Syria Civilian Casualties

 

Obama Hit With ‘Double Standards’ Accusation Over Iraq, Syria Civilian Casualties (The Algemeiner)
“The speed with which the Obama administration lifted restrictions from itself was equalled only by the speed with which it demanded that Israel place restrictions on itself,”

 “I applaud the administration for loosening its absurd rules of engagement. When an enemy hides among civilians, the resulting civilian deaths are the enemy’s moral and legal responsibility, not ours,” French wrote, in a clear allusion to the fighting tactics adopted by Hamas in Gaza. “Yet I can’t help but notice the double standard. If Israel’s acts of self-defense are ‘disgraceful,’ then how does the administration describe our own strikes?”

 "The loosening of the US’s own strict standards on civilian casualties was revealed after reports emerged that as many as a dozen civilians, including women and young children, were killed when a Tomahawk missile struck the village of Kafr Daryan in Syria’s Idlib province on the morning of September 23. Caitlin Hayden, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said that while the reports were being investigated, the bar set up by President Obama against US drone strikes unless there is a “near certainty” there will be no civilian casualties does not apply in the current war on IS."