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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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jiggawatts wrote: post #53
lawn wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russia actively targets hospitals, fire departments and schools for years and you attribute it to "outdated info".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

It was quite obviously outdated info. What people don’t seem to understand is the word “targeted”. They see some obviously civilian target in ruins with screaming parents outside and they have an instant visceral emotional reaction: “What kind of monster would do something like this on purpose!?” Practically nobody targets civilian building with expensive precision munitions! They’re expensive! There’s limited supply…

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

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Post by lawn »

jiggawatts wrote: post #53
lawn wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russia actively targets hospitals, fire departments and schools for years and you attribute it to "outdated info".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

It was quite obviously outdated info. What people don’t seem to understand is the word “targeted”. They see some obviously civilian target in ruins with screaming parents outside and they have an instant visceral emotional reaction: “What kind of monster would do something like this on purpose!?” Practically nobody targets civilian building with expensive precision munitions! They’re expensive! There’s limited supply…

Terrorbombning is a thing, you should look it up.

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

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Post by AlecSchueler »

tchalla wrote: post #64
plaidfuji wrote: post #47

If this turns out to be true, which seems increasingly likely day by day, this will be the humanitarian price against which the rest of the campaign will be measured. The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters.

> The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters. It will be forgotten soon.

In the US, but not in Iran and elsewhere.

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

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Post by surgical_fire »

vunderba wrote: post #62
lukan wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is a bit more info: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/questions-over-minab... "It can be said with a degree of confidence that, in 2013, the site was used exclusively as a military barracks with a strict security character, as there was no indication of an independent civilian use of any part of the complex. But this changed radically in 2016. Satellite images dated September 6, 2016 capture the main turni…

When I saw that interview I immediately thought, people like Hegseth are why treaties like the Geneva Convention were created in the first place.

People like Hegseth is why you sometimes need Nuremberg trials too.

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

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Post by LightBug1 »

plaidfuji wrote: post #47

If this turns out to be true, which seems increasingly likely day by day, this will be the humanitarian price against which the rest of the campaign will be measured. The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters.

Can't cede moral high ground when that moral high ground is a claim no one believes in anymore. If they ever did.

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

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Post by enronmusk »

readthenotes1 wrote: post #66
waffleiron wrote: post #6

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China and geopolitical enemies of the US doing horrible things regularly gets hundreds of votes. It’s quite clear that this argument is mainly used to defend the US and it’s allies. Just a single example of Russia, hundreds of votes and more than a thousand comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30458277 Edit; just search for Russia, China or Iran on https://hn.algolia.com/ and you’ll find plenty of non tech…

Whataboutism has no place in polite discussion: two, or more, wrongs don't make a right.

Exposing double standards is not whataboutism.

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

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Post by krapp »

jiggawatts wrote: post #53
lawn wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It was quite obviously outdated info. What people don’t seem to understand is the word “targeted”. They see some obviously civilian target in ruins with screaming parents outside and they have an instant visceral emotional reaction: “What kind of monster would do something like this on purpose!?” Practically nobody targets civilian building with expensive precision munitions! They’re expensive! There’s limited supply…

>Practically nobody targets civilian building with expensive precision munitions! They’re expensive! There’s limited supply! Targets are chosen to maximise the military effect.

We're not dealing with a rational or competent military chain of command. We're dealing with people who believe they're bringing about the Biblical Second Coming and that rules of engagement are "woke." These are literally cartoonishly evil people. They probably chose targets by asking Grok.

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

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Post by jiggawatts »

lawn wrote: post #72
jiggawatts wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was quite obviously outdated info. What people don’t seem to understand is the word “targeted”. They see some obviously civilian target in ruins with screaming parents outside and they have an instant visceral emotional reaction: “What kind of monster would do something like this on purpose!?” Practically nobody targets civilian building with expensive precision munitions! They’re expensive! There’s limited supply…

Terrorbombning is a thing, you should look it up.

Oh sure, and the US did it against both Japan and Germany in WW2, but those were not even remotely the same scenario as precision strikes against the IRGC and Iranian leadership in general.

This was clearly a horrific mistake, especially obvious since the girls school used to be a military building.

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

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Post by andriy_koval »

tchalla wrote: post #64
plaidfuji wrote: post #47

If this turns out to be true, which seems increasingly likely day by day, this will be the humanitarian price against which the rest of the campaign will be measured. The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters.

> The US will have ceded much of the moral high ground they claimed in avenging the slaughter of innocent protesters. It will be forgotten soon.

> It will be forgotten soon.

it won't. Opposing US political side will weaponize this incident in their interests.

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

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Post by lawn »

jiggawatts wrote: post #78
lawn wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrorbombning is a thing, you should look it up.

Oh sure, and the US did it against both Japan and Germany in WW2, but those were not even remotely the same scenario as precision strikes against the IRGC and Iranian leadership in general. This was clearly a horrific mistake, especially obvious since the girls school used to be a military building.

I was talking about Russia, not US incompetence or malice, who have an explicit tactic to target civilians.
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