Yes, individual soldiers commit war crimes in every war. That does not mean that there is a top down order to target civilians.

There was no aim to avoid civilian casuality, U.S just doesn't talk about the insane body count of their invasion. They did not care about civilian deaths, they tortured innocent people - you're pretending it was accidental or individual - it was systematic.

The US did not have a policy of disregarding civilians.

Yes they did, it cost 70,000 lives since 2001

Compare that to the conservative estimate of 500,000 dead civilians within one decade of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. That is what civilian disregard looks like.

You're implying either one had regard for the civilians? Were you alive during 2001? Extreme patriots were calling to nuke the middle east, they declared invasion due to 9/11 yet went straight to building and occupying pipelines

The fact is, U.S showed a disregard for these civilians in many instances - and all you can say is the Soviets were worse? What a cop out