Yes. Reality is correct.
But the idea of 100,000 civilian deaths is an unacceptable number. I’m not sure what is. I do know the Kurds have lost a lot of people in this battle.
So far since we had troops on ground in Syria, we have lost 1 soldier. (to the best of my knowledge.) And that was in a vehicle roll over accident.
In a normal war, the UN would be involved directly with the host country. That is not the case in Northern Syria.
In Northern Syria in Efrin province there are 500,000 civilians in refugee camps. They are being supported largely by local food production. There are some groups guiding them with planting and harvesting. This is one of the areas that Turkey wants to over run and has been shelling recently.
There are similar camps Near Raqqa where the displaced are being protected and fed. The liberated city of Tabqa is back under civilian control and has taken in a large number of the displaced.
The same thing will happen with Raqqa. After it is liberated, still months away, it will be de-mined and turned over to local civilian control.
The US military and the SDF both are trying to minimize the civilian casualties. They have done a good job at that.
But since Turkey is still not allowing humanitarian aid through their borders to Syria and they have cut off the Euphrates river, which powers generators for the Syrian electric grid, it is very difficult to bring things to a level we would consider normal. It has also made water sources very difficult. Imagine how much water is consumed by 100,000 people?
“the idea of 100,000 civilian deaths is an unacceptable number”
What you’re saying there can also suggest that Truman’s decision to drop Fat Man and Little Boy on the Empire of Japan has always been on the “wrong side of history”.