Here is how the Times describes the Russian intervention:
Russia: "HOW IT IS FIGHTING: Russia has long supplied arms to Syria, but Russian pilots carried out their first airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, dropping bombs near the central city of Homs."""
US: "HOW IT IS FIGHTING: The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups." Notice that only Russian "drops bombs" while the US only "conducts airstrikes". Having dropped more than 20,000 bombs over Syria and Iraq in the last year, the US is presented as a clean bomber: bombing without dropping bombs.
Russia: "HOW IT IS FIGHTING: Russia has long supplied arms to Syria, but Russian pilots carried out their first airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, dropping bombs near the central city of Homs."""
US: "HOW IT IS FIGHTING: The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups." Notice that only Russian "drops bombs" while the US only "conducts airstrikes". Having dropped more than 20,000 bombs over Syria and Iraq in the last year, the US is presented as a clean bomber: bombing without dropping bombs.
