Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia

Post by DoctorOetker » Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

beedeebeedee wrote: post #469

DoctorOetker wrote: post #466

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wow, it is clear that you are trolling and acting as a propagandist. Asking a question about how Mahsa Amini died is not trolling or propaganda, its not even a statement, but a question. > You do know that you can be against violence, hatred and bigotry in general, and not just that of your ‘enemies’, right? I know that, but can you please answer the question, it is you who brought up the matter of critical thinkin…

> I know that Do you? Your whataboutism and dismissing concerns about this war as being butthurt is the dumbest and most morally bankrupt response anyone can make. I absolutely condemn the Iranian regime for what they have done, but that in no way excuses what the Israeli and US regimes have done. This was an unnecessary, unprovoked, world-destabilizing and ultimately counterproductive war. Please stop

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC

jiggawatts wrote: post #458

Hikikomori wrote: post #389

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All the children shot in the head as reported by western doctors working there?

I looked into that one, because it was so outlandish but repeated by multiple sources and reported by reputable journalists. The original reporting was carefully phrased to make it sound like IDF soldiers were "sniping" little children, taking careful aim and deliberately shooting them in the head, which is... monstrous. Where this narrative starts to breaks down is that snipers don't aim for the head, because it's t…

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC

hshdhdhj4444 wrote: post #227

big-and-small wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except it would be very weird goal to achieve because it's only give more reasons to bomb whole country into oblivion and justify deployment of ground troops.

Not really. Because no one in Europe wants to bomb Iran into oblivion, if for no other reason but the fact that the Europeans (and Turkey) would face another massive refugee crisis. The only people wanting to continue this war are the U.S. and Israel (and maybe Saudi Arabia?) and even Trump is clearly looking for an off ramp. This is most likely a way for Iran to tell Europe to do what they can to end this otherwise…

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC

ta8903 wrote: post #275

dastuer wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you protest when they killed 40,000 unarmed civilians in early January?

[flagged]

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Mar 22, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC

nozzlegear wrote: post #445

fnordpiglet wrote: post #425

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re wrong in a few ways - - Iran has structured the functioning of its government and military to be highly resilient to decapitation. Every function has redundancy and every military unit can exercise autonomy. Their goal is to build a theocratic revolution around an ideology and not a personality, and intentionally built a system to survive a hostile environment. - You have to find what you want to destroy and q…

Thanks, I appreciate the reply. My contention was only about Iran's navy and their ability to field ships that can launch ballistic missiles. I believe the GP or GGP was implying that Iran still has "boats" with which they could extend the range of their ballistic missiles even further. That's what I think is a far cry from reality – the US and Israel surely know where those ships would be and would be more than capa…