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

354 points · 307 comments · hebelehubele

albatross79 · 1789663270 · focus · HN ↗
Arguing whether it was intentional or a mistake is stupid. It doesn't matter, the enormity of it should shake everyone involved. That it doesn't is the real tell of what kind of people these are.
1. senordevnyc · 1789667981 · focus · HN ↗
  It makes a huge, huge difference. Gross criminal negligence that results in the deaths of many civilians should of course be fully investigated and prosecuted, but it’s not the kind of pure evil that would do this intentionally. And I don’t believe you think they’re actually the same either.
  1. krapp · 1789698547 · focus · HN ↗
    "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth has literally stated that war crimes are now American military policy. Not that they were really off the table for the US to begin with, but we're no longer even pretending to care about the rules, because rules are for soyboy virgin cucks and our warfighters are warmaxxing Spartan chads. "Maximum lethality, not tepid legality."
    We should assume it was intentional.
    Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe · 1789711543 · focus · HN ↗
    > war crimes are now American military policy
    Can you give a source please?
    defrost · 1789712160 · focus · HN ↗
    1. (of many) <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/press/pete-hegseth-dropped-a-largely-unnoticed-war-crime-on-live-tv-experts/" rel="nofollow">https://law.stanford.edu/press/pete-hegseth-dropped-a-largel...
    FWiW we'd be hearing about a whole lot more if it weren't for House Speaker Mike Johnson shutting things down early to prevent a vote on a bipartisan impeachment motion brought forward against Hegseth.
    A number of people on both sides believe him to be both inept and 'accidentally' doing a war crime or three.

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