Trigger warning: this article comes not from the US Veterans Today, but from the newsroom formerly known as Russia Today, or to some "Russia f!@#ing Today", now known as RT.com . . . Those seeking politically correct Western newspeak have been warned! Syrian opposition asks US-led coalition to halt strikes after reports of mass civilian casualties https://www.rt.com/news/352542-syrian-opposition-us-strikes/ See also: 'Bloody massacres’: Syria appeals to UN after French & US airstrikes 'kill over 140 civilians’ https://www.rt.com/news/352255-france-syria-civilians-dead/ And for those who are as sadly cynical as I: ‘Beyond a massacre: France deliberately bombed Syrian civilians after Nice attack’ https://www.rt.com/op-edge/352283-syria-us-france-bombing/ " Western coalition forces knew they were attacking an area inhabited by civilians and yet they carried out a bombing. How can 30 airstrikes be a mistake? How can they all be a mistake, political commentator Marwa Osman asked RT. The Syrian Foreign Ministry has written to the UN blaming US and French warplanes for the deaths of more than 100 civilians near the city of Manbij. The alleged French act of aggression claimed the lives of more than 120 civilians, most of them children, women and elderly. The fate of scores of other civilians still under the debris is unknown. The letter also mentioned the French air strikes came a day after US warplanes conducted a bombing raid, which Damascus claims killed 20 other civilians. "