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> And places being in a state of internal conflict, conflict which is itself often backed and fomented by US intelligence agencies and backed proxy forces

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore

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Drone strikes picked up, obviously as that technology became more and more mature. They're cheaper to operate and don't put a pilot in harms way. So that's kinda expected?

Agreed with most of the rest you said though

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> So that's kinda expected?

Sure, if the choice is between drone bombings and conventional bombings.

But no, not expected if the choice is between bombing and not bombing.

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> Large scale deployments shifted under Obama to widescale bombing campaigns

This isn't true. Small-scale targeted raids, not B52s recreating Dresden.

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