The U.S. government is waging an air war in Iraq. “In recent
months, the tempo of American bombing seems to have increased,”
Seymour Hersh reported in the Dec. 5 edition of The New Yorker. “Most
of the targets appear to be in the hostile, predominantly
Sunni provinces that surround Baghdad and along the Syrian border.”
Hersh added: “As yet, neither Congress nor the public has engaged
in a significant discussion or debate about the air war.”
Here’s a big reason why: Major U.S. news outlets are dodging the
extent of the Pentagon’s bombardment from the air, an
avoidance all the more egregious because any drawdown of U.S. troop
levels in Iraq is very likely to be accompanied by a step-up of
the air war.
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