The Obama administration and American media, as well as the
governments and media in allied states, have denounced as a war crime
the Russian-backed Syrian government offensive that dislodged US-backed
Islamist “rebels” from the city of Aleppo. The plight of Aleppo
civilians, particularly imagery of suffering children, has been widely
reported.
The people of Mosul, however, are being treated as “collateral
damage” by the imperialist hypocrites, barely warranting comment.
Casualties are largely being blamed on ISIS using civilians as “human
shields” or attacking people trying to escape the city with snipers or
mortars.
Summing up the situation, one displaced person told the Washington Post: “People
of Mosul have two options. Either stay inside and die because of the
bombing or hunger, or go to the camps—to the prison. Either way, it’s a
slow death.”
-- James Cogan, "Mosul, Iraq and Obama’s legacy of war" (WSWS).