Being impossible doesn't mean a token attempt should not be made if its the difference between innocent lives lost. Irregular warfare makes it even more simple to do so, because we no longer need literal boots with all their equipment on the ground nearby to respond to threats in a decent time. Administration buildings even less so, because communication is near instant.

Which returns to my initial point, choosing to still do so is making a statement about how little you care about that collateral damage. The US, and I guess all other modern militaries, does it out of laze and self assured superiority while ME nations do it deliberately as shields.