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Yes, I was asking for actual evidence.


Here is a list of engagements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_mili...

Taking "2017 Shayrat missile strike" as a random example (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Shayrat_missile_strike) shows that specific mission had at least 9 civilian casualties.

So even if not intended, the US army are in fact using violence against civilians (like probably most armies in the world)


> use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes

Last week's tl;dr:

    Iran should be wiped off the map
      -- President Trump
I'm pretty sure genocide falls under violence to further his cause




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