Police action

I am upset like many with the developments in Iraq and Syria. The US takes over a city and many civilians are killed and injured. Then the other guys take over and many innocents are killed and injured. Then the US takes over and so on. I saw a picture of cannons pointed at Mosel and in the caption it said there were somewhere between one and two million civilians in the city. This is what happens when politicians are running the operation. Note I did not call it war. In Korea we called it a police action and that name has stuck since, at least in United Nations speak. While doing this we constantly express our concern about minimizing collateral damage. I am getting more upset as I write this so I will quit.