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Amnesty's insane attack on the US military campaign against ISIS

By Tom Rogan

Published April 25, 2019 4:55pm ET

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Amnesty's insane attack on the US military campaign against ISIS — Members of the Maghawir al-Thawra Syrian opposition group receive firearms training from U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers at the al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. | (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Amnesty International has released an unusually idiotic attack on the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS. Focused on the dislodging of ISIS from its former capital in Syria’s Raqqa, Amnesty asserts that the coalition used disproportionate force and unlawfully killed far more civilians than it admits.

But Amnesty is wrong. Its report shows poor methodology, near-zero understanding of combat realities, and no contemplation of viable alternatives.

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