I wish I were joking, even a little. Malcolm Gladwell’s book, The Bomber Mafia , maintains that Haywood Hansell was essentially Jesus tempted by the Devil when he refused to burn Japanese cities to the ground. Hansell was replaced, and Curtis .
the so-called islamic state while hundreds of fighters are holed up there in what was once the group s de facto kept on the u.s. airstrikes have pound at their positions and witnesses say they ve caused numerous civilian casualties but syrian rebels on the ground dispute that claim. they can t see the enemy fighters for the rebel group the syrian democratic forces start shooting at random hoping to lure i.a.s. snipers from their hideouts. a few hundred militants from the so-called islamic state are believed to be hiding out in the ruins controlling a small part of russia the destruction is partly a result of u.s. led coalition airstrikes on a is that reportedly killed more than eight hundred sixty civilians since june that s according to the organization air wars which tracks casualties by interviewing eyewitnesses but this commander disputes that claim. stick you. know that s not true sometimes civilians are killed in the fighting but they re
including kids, died from coalition air strikes in iraq and syria under the obama administration. that is an average of 80 deaths per month. for the trump administration, it s an average of 260 deaths per month, that is a total of roughly 2200 civilian deaths since he was inaugurated. air wars has slightly higher numbers, but why the rise? experts say trump s policy is partially to blaming. another is the changing policy in the landscape. here is what donald trump said about the fight on terror. i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. i would just bomb those suckers, and that s right, i would blow up the pipes, the refineries, every inch, there would be nothing left.
as senators return to washington. there are outside groups now up running ads targeting some of the senators who said they were noes on the original bill trying to make sure they keep their promise and stay no vote. votes. so those air wars will continue to keep pressure on the home front even as senators return to washington. garrett, thank you very much. michael, we may see action on the hill. senator pat toomey was out this morning. here is what he had to say about where this all goes from here. there are people who aren t quite there yet. but we ve got a new version coming out today or tomorrow. okay. that is meant to bring on board people who still have their reservations. today or tomorrow a new version, michael. do you think that s going to get some republicans behind this thing? yeah. i think they are inching toward the finish line. they know the consequences of not getting this done are unacceptable. you ll see more insurers pulling out of the individual market. yo
necessarily the ticket to getting them on board. additionally, there s no evidence that trump would be able to leverage to actually go after gop house members. tease are district by district battles, not national media based advertising wars or air wars. as you cited in the run-up there, the health care bill is not particularly popular. so these folks are not going to face challenges from the right necessarily, let alone ones where donald trump would be a major factor in whipping up support for a primary challenger. let listen to what congressman david brat told conservative caty tur today. do you believe this vote is going to happen on thursday? right now we re aiming for it. aiming for it sound like you re not very confident you re going to have it. i don t think there s the