While war is never pretty and urban warfare uglier yet, was the battle for Aleppo the "slaughter" that Western governments and their media outlets have been claiming? Not at all. Just look at the numbers that are currently being reported.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, (a pro-rebel reporting site) in the past month, 1,134 people were killed in Aleppo, including 88 children. The observatory’s tally included 583 civilians, 398 rebels and 153 soldiers and militiamen allied with the government. Of the 583 civilian deaths, 130 were caused by rebel shelling against western Aleppo.

While civilian losses are always to be deplored, how do those losses compare to similar battles? In 2014, the Israeli assault on Gaza killed 2100 Palestinians, some 1500 of them civilians along with 498 children. The Israelis alone killed more than three times the civilians and six times the children that were killed by both sides in Aleppo!

I'm just saying...