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Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds

354 points · 307 comments · hebelehubele

  1. skeledrew · · focus · HN ↗
    So... what's gonna be done about it? The recent precedent has been to invade the country, grab the president and try them.
    1. pmkary · · focus · HN ↗
      A very good one minute summary of exactly what is about to happen: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2Whrat_Rn0I" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=2Whrat_Rn0I
      1. awakeasleep · · focus · HN ↗
        If anyone else got their hopes up: this was a funny video not a serious reply
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      2. threecheese · · focus · HN ↗
        This is a flagrant mischaracterization and you should be ashamed. They even issued a retraction: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5SZYz7lZRRI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5SZYz7lZRRI
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      3. thrance · · focus · HN ↗
        Similar sketch by the Onion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aPfVkuPmpc8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=aPfVkuPmpc8
        1. pmkary · · focus · HN ↗
          This was just great... It was so real I couldn&#x27;t really distinguish the scenes with animate scenes that were clearly CGI from reality.
    2. belorn · · focus · HN ↗
      It would be good if future elected politicians would choose to remove the president power to starting wars or killing people in special military operations. I am reminded of this 13 year old rap news video being very prophetic, including mentioning bombing Iran. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WpMPu5p_QXU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=WpMPu5p_QXU
      1. skeledrew · · focus · HN ↗
        It doesn&#x27;t really matter what powers the president is &quot;given&quot;. As seen with this current US president, there&#x27;re always ways to grab more power, directly or indirectly, no matter what checks are in place. And there are certain things that a president has to be allowed in some way for them to be able to act as a president in the first place, which preempts making them fully off limits.
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