Protective-marker evasion tactics rendered the anti-ISIS air campaign largely ineffective

Evidence

To mitigate the effects of the air strikes, the militants took cover amid civilians, split into small units, shifted locations rather than staying in established military compounds, and moved fighters and vehicles individually rather than in convoys. Not only was ISIS an elusive target, but the severe restrictions on the aerial campaign to spare civilians also did not leave much to bomb. … In most of the missions, fighter planes returned without dropping their bombs because they could not find a permitted target (Schmitt, 2014). Because of these protective measures, the aerial campaign had a limited impact. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2460

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2460