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New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Re: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Post by dzdt »

mullingitover wrote: post #11

I get the feeling AI will be blamed for this, but I would not rule out the hypothesis that this was done intentionally in order to incite Iran to do something that bolsters support for the US regime’s actions. They desperately need domestic political support for this war and right now even the hardcore MAGA people are against it.

I do think there is a strong possibility the people in charge in the US government believe an Iran state sponsored terrorism attack would be a political benefit to them. Such things boost support for the sitting President, and could also give political cover for additional authoritarian acts to help them retain power. Would they do the school attack on purpose? Maybe? But for sure they keep the war going until they generate the response they are looking for...

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Post by Frost1x »

mdni007 wrote: post #20

The US government has now been taken over by religious extremists. The irony...

I think it’s taken by greed focused extremists, they’re just trying to bide favor with some other extremist groups as their flail to maintain their power and attempt to expand it.

Re: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Post by ryandrake »

mdni007 wrote: post #20

The US government has now been taken over by religious extremists. The irony...

I remember being worried about James Dobson, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell back in the 90s and how they were influencing politics from a distance. Thinking that was the worst it could be. Now we have [1].

1: https://i.redd.it/z3yq85ff9eng1.png

Re: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Post by flyinglizard »

mandeepj wrote: post #30
OutOfHere wrote: post #4

What is not clear is how the US received such faulty intelligence. It is also strange how such a blunder happened on day 1. Did some followed Iranian targets go hide in the school? If so, did Iran have a hand in engineering misleading intel for the US, or was it solely the US' doing? Today a boy's school in Iran was affected by an explosion. The intelligence received by the US chronically seems troubled.

I’m afraid Israel will not hesitate from turning Iran into rubble just like what they did in Palestine. Israel definitely has a lot of moles in Iran. They weren’t bothered to confirm whether the target is a school. US earlier tried to turn it on Iran’s failed defense launch.

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Post by arvid-lind »

mdni007 wrote: post #20

The US government has now been taken over by religious extremists. The irony...

they're only pretending to be religious extremists so they will get those votes, though. just like they pretend to be everything else. when the mask comes off and they call the shots, this is who Republicans are. Guardians of Pedophiles.

Re: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Post by hntechbropseud »

Simulacra wrote: post #9

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I do remember seeing a comment in a previous thread about this war. Some person (their profile said cofounder of docker or something???) and they posted a twitter link saying that it looked Iranian-caused. I don’t know what compels someone to take a twitter blue check as an authoritative source. But there were people peddling bizarre rumors without any real evidence

Re: New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike

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Post by jiggawatts »

fbelzile wrote: post #23
mullingitover wrote: post #11

I get the feeling AI will be blamed for this, but I would not rule out the hypothesis that this was done intentionally in order to incite Iran to do something that bolsters support for the US regime’s actions. They desperately need domestic political support for this war and right now even the hardcore MAGA people are against it.

Reporting from the CBC mentioned that the school was located within an area surrounded by other military buildings. The building housing the school was used for military purposes in the past. I think it's more likely that the US was going off of outdated intelligence.

Many similar incidents occurred in Ukraine, where Russia targeted apartment blocks that were built on the former site of some sort of military building that was demolished decades ago.

The ultimate hubris is launching a multi million dollar missile to kill civilians because you couldn’t be bothered to check Google street view (or whatever).

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Post by lawn »

jiggawatts wrote: post #38
fbelzile wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reporting from the CBC mentioned that the school was located within an area surrounded by other military buildings. The building housing the school was used for military purposes in the past. I think it's more likely that the US was going off of outdated intelligence.

Many similar incidents occurred in Ukraine, where Russia targeted apartment blocks that were built on the former site of some sort of military building that was demolished decades ago. The ultimate hubris is launching a multi million dollar missile to kill civilians because you couldn’t be bothered to check Google street view (or whatever).

Russia actively targets hospitals, fire departments and schools for years and you attribute it to "outdated info".

Shame on you.

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