[Salon] U.S. massacre in Syria & Plan Colombia creatures

[Kelley Vlahos <vlahos@quincyinst.org>]

All -- thought I'd share two great pieces from Responsible Statecraft today.

1) Ex-State Dept. FSO and whistleblower on the NYT investigation into 2019 bombing of women & children in Baghuz, Syria, and our 70-year delusion of "humane war": "Though the entire strike was observed on drone video, a precise death count is unlikely because the weapons dropped — totaling over 2,500 pounds of explosives — would have reduced most of the dead to a fine, pink mist. Hard to count that." More: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/11/16/the-us-makes-the-rules-and-syria-massacre-was-no-exception/ 

2) Brian Saady on the capture of 'Otoniel' -- the cartel 'kingpin' who has thrived from US counterterror/anti-drug funding dating back to the 90's. We created him, we have to own him. But we won't: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/11/15/otoniel-is-no-mere-kingpin-hes-a-creature-of-bad-us-colombia-policy/

Have a great day!

Kelley V