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A key factor there is the word 'war'.
Did Iran and Israel ever sign a peace treaty? In 2020, the UAE normalized relations with Israel, and many countries took the opportunity to remind everyone that even if we are all dying of COVID, they would prefer that Israel go first.
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US “war on terror” propaganda really never dies huh. Don’t fall in line with US global hegemony? Terrorist. Even if you’re an ancient culture who pose no rational threat to American people. Whatever cognitive dissonance allows you to think carpet bombing brown people in another country with drones is morally justified I guess
Who are you arguing with? Nobody in this line of discussion said anything about the United States not also being considered terrorists. There can be terrorists on both sides but it looks like the US is living rent free in your head.
But sure, everyone’s a terrorist, great contribution.
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Seems to be rather a bad faith argument to suggest that they're not also against that drone strike. Maybe you'd like to suggest they're advocating for the genocides of Uyghurs and Rohingyas because they didn't mention those either.
I'm not suggesting that the they are not against that strike. However, most of HN is American, this is an American site linking in this case to a story in American media. Complaining against the lesser 'offender' (if at all) in a site hosted in a greater 'offender' is unfortunate. Also, the ordering of the posts is affected by upvotes, and the GGP's post is first. I suspect that plenty of US people who do shrug their…
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A legal system only has influence within its borders though (other than extradition treaties). And since the drone can't be prosecuted and the operators are outside of the borders, what can you do but give them bad press?
A lot of times when people say illegal, they really want to say immoral but that word sounds too out of place in common language. Is it okay to assassinate scientists? How about tech CEOs and software engineers? To me, the most troubling thing is that Iran seems to do nothing in response.
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Who are you arguing with? Nobody in this line of discussion said anything about the United States not also being considered terrorists. There can be terrorists on both sides but it looks like the US is living rent free in your head.
Lmao what? I’m responding to a comment suggesting an offensive like this is justified because they’re “terrorists”. But sure, everyone’s a terrorist, great contribution.
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According to NYT article the AI was used to compensate for the movement of the truck from the guns recoil and the 1.5 second round trip latency to the operator. Again according to the NYT what was astonishing was the accuracy. Fifteen rounds were shot and no one other than the target was injured. Of course, take it all with a grain of salt, as both Iran and Israel have reasons to lie about what actually went down. Is…
Don't really know how to feel about this. On one hand, it could mean less collateral damage and fewer civilian casualties than drone strikes. Just yesterday, the US had a drone strike that killed 10 civilians. The military and administration proceeded to lie about the strike and pretend they hit the target, but they were called out by the NY Times and had to backtrack. We could see fewer civilian deaths with technolo…
So what is Israel likely to do when Iran has a working nuke? I ask as a half jew. These questions are intensely interesting to me. Probably "no one knows" is a decent answer, but I can't help but wonder what sort of plans are already in place. EDIT: I immediately regret asking about politics. Never mind. Hopefully things will work out.
Israel seems likely to receive a similarly smuggled-in remotely-activated attack, in the form of a small nuclear bomb, with no clear evidence of who's responsible. MAD doesn't seem effective if you don't know who to attack...
A 50 kiloton warhead detonated over Tel Aviv would reduce Israel’s economy to basically nothing.
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Lmao what? I’m responding to a comment suggesting an offensive like this is justified because they’re “terrorists”. But sure, everyone’s a terrorist, great contribution.
And you brought the US into it when this conflict is clearly between Israel and Iran. The US isn't the only one who classifies enemy combatants as "terrorists". US bashing for the sake of US bashing, just calling it out.
I’m not going to continue engaging with you and will let the mods do their thing.
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How bizarre for you to sidestep the issue and go after issues with the laws of Iran! In what country is it legal to assassinate a scientist?
He's a nuclear scientist. Working on a nuclear bomb. For Iran. Wich is run by radical extremists. He's essentially a terrorist. Albeit one who goes around in a white lab coat as opposed to a machine gun and who has never harmed a fly but is more dangerous than the entire taliban put together.
Not. The Mossad is the terrorist group here.
Let me explain the situation more clearly. Lets suppose that a team in Iran would travel to US with the purpose of killing at cold blood a scientist working for the army, or in the NASA if you prefer. Would anybody doubt for a microsecond to tag them as terrorists commiting an act of terrorism?