Trump Carrying Out Obama's Bombing Policies in Iraq, Sacrificing Civilians To Kill ISIS Snipers
Channel: Jason Zenith
Date: 24/04/2017

Anand Gopal of The Nation Institute visited Iraq. In an interview on Democracy Now! April 20, 2017 (democracynow.org) he had this to say:
"What Trump has been doing in Iraq is essentially carrying out Obama's policy. It seems from here like it's an escalation but it's actually not an escalation....Obama actually relaxed the rules of engagement a number of times including most recently in late December, when he made it easier for forces on the ground to call in airstrikes, and I think this is actually the biggest cause for the spike in civilian casualties nothing that Trump has done."