08-21-2016, 01:19 PM
(08-19-2016, 11:31 AM)Duchess Wrote:
He had just been pulled out of the wreckage of his home after it had been bombed. I'm going to assume he's in shock given there are no tears. *sigh*
It made me cry for a minute when I first saw the video, as did the pic of the refugee boy who washed up on the coast in Greece last year.
They're just two of over 50,000 children killed during the Syrian civil war. I just read that Oman's 10-year-old brother died of the injuries he suffered during the airstrike that wounded Oman. Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...uries.html
It's a terrible situation all the way around. Trying to eradicate organized terrorist groups in civilian territories is tricky and, by default, involves civilian casualties (whether via airstrike, drone, or ground troops). ISIS is being severely pushed back and thwarted inside Iraq and Syria by the allied forces, but not without a human cost.