Op-Ed: U.S. airstrikes are recklessly legitimizing a new kind of war

Prayers are recited as around 200 people attend a mass funeral for the 10 people killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. For years, critics have sounded the alarm on targeted airstrike campaigns carried out by the U.S. Now, investigations published in December by the New York Times reveal how a secret U.S. air campaign against ISIS was riddled with imprecise targeting and flawed intelligence — further proof of a larger pattern of reckless strikes by the U.S. that have killed thousands of innocent civilians.

The mounting evidence contradicts the “promise of precision” championed […]

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