US-Backed Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Russian Helicopter, Abuse Crew Bodies
No group has claimed responsibility for downing a Russian Mi-8 helicopter on a humanitarian mission to aid the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, but the crash site is controlled by a rebel alliance, comprising al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham and several other radical groups. Interestingly, the US views some of them as moderate.
Several gruesome videos that Sputnik will not publish for ethical reasons have appeared online following the attack that claimed the lives of three crew members and two officers. Their authenticity has not been verified.
Footage shows a crowd looking at the burning wreckage of what appears to be a Russian helicopter with several bodies nearby. Some bystanders can be heard shouting Allahu Akbar, or God is great in Arabic. One of the videos shows a rebel standing on a naked body, while another one depicts a mob dragging the body of what is said to be a Russian pilot through the dirt.
Several gruesome videos that Sputnik will not publish for ethical reasons have appeared online following the attack that claimed the lives of three crew members and two officers. Their authenticity has not been verified.
Footage shows a crowd looking at the burning wreckage of what appears to be a Russian helicopter with several bodies nearby. Some bystanders can be heard shouting Allahu Akbar, or God is great in Arabic. One of the videos shows a rebel standing on a naked body, while another one depicts a mob dragging the body of what is said to be a Russian pilot through the dirt.
IF, in fact the US government has any control whatsoever, of the group which did this, then it appears that the US government is perfectly fine with Russian humanitarian flights getting hit, and their crews dying because of it.
If the mental images of what this report conjures up don't absolutely sear your conscience and disgust you, in terms of what this government does with our money, and in our names, then we have already lost the fight to restore decency, morality, and ultimately being on the right side of history when we support groups doing the US government's bidding.
More and more, with the US government and military, I am seeing a very definite tilt toward "the end justifies the means" thinking, which has, in times past, present, and future, land this country into some very dark places.
We as a country need to be in an honest, respectful, moral dialogue about where we are going with all these wars, both declared, and undeclared, and what they are actually doing for We the People.
The way I see it, the short answer is, not much; they are ultimately about control of foreign resources, to which the US government, nor the large corporations which support our politicians, and are developing those resources, and selling them only in US dollars, have absolutely no moral right whatsoever.
If the mental images of what this report conjures up don't absolutely sear your conscience and disgust you, in terms of what this government does with our money, and in our names, then we have already lost the fight to restore decency, morality, and ultimately being on the right side of history when we support groups doing the US government's bidding.
More and more, with the US government and military, I am seeing a very definite tilt toward "the end justifies the means" thinking, which has, in times past, present, and future, land this country into some very dark places.
We as a country need to be in an honest, respectful, moral dialogue about where we are going with all these wars, both declared, and undeclared, and what they are actually doing for We the People.
The way I see it, the short answer is, not much; they are ultimately about control of foreign resources, to which the US government, nor the large corporations which support our politicians, and are developing those resources, and selling them only in US dollars, have absolutely no moral right whatsoever.
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