Sentences with phrase «about civilian casualties»

There are concerns that, despite his public disquiet about the civilian casualties and calls for restraint, the failure to call for an immediate ceasefire is akin to giving Israel the green light.

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If you can't name him right away, check Google... for reliability use Google to find out a report made public by the Johns Hopkins Universiity Blloomberg School of Public Health about the estimated figures on civilian casualties during the Iraq invasion... Just so you be aware that we too in America have our «Hitler», so publicly paraded in San Francisco, Rome and other places in the world during the height of the Iraqi invasion and make your own conclusion...

We're still talking about airstrikes and minimizing civilian casualties.

There is too much we simply do not know about the war and the conduct of the war, or even how many civilian casualties there have been.

The strikes raise questions about rules of engagement, and whether some of the laws put in place to minimize civilian casualties have been relaxed under President Donald Trump.

Probably, but just ask General Westmoreland about civilian (and US troop) casualties in Vietnam and you'll get a number about 20 % of the real thing... as usual.

But more importantly, we only lost about 130 soldiers in this war, and were at the same time able to keep civilian Iraqi casualties to a minimum.

An interesting question to discuss here would have been whether callous targeting that brings about multiple civilian casualties may blur this distinction.

In the lead up to the vote, Arab League secretary - general Amr Moussa's outspoken attack over alleged civilian casualties raised concerns in Westminster about the extent of international support for the mission.

Like «Avengers: The Age of Ultron,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» and «Iron Man 3,» «Civil War» is simultaneously about the ramifications of US intervention in a post-9 / 11 world; the responsibility of private military contractors (which is basically what the Avengers are here) to defer to their government and the United Nations; the question of whether civilian casualties negate the righteousness of a noble mission; the allure and price of vengeance; and individuals» ongoing, never - finished struggles to understand how their pasts drive their present - tense actions.

Thirty - six barrels of gunpowder were placed in the cellar of the House of Lords, but then several of the conspirators changed their minds, concerned about the potential for very significant civilian casualties.

He decided against it because he was worried about the possibility of a few dozen civilian casualties in the missile strike.

This concern about «large - scale,» accidental killing is valid, but the same practical argument applies to civilian casualties and not just military ones.