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1. ck2 · 1789757171 · focus · HN ↗

   forget "close calls" there's been actual murder

   just a reminder "AI" selected the elementary school for bombing that murdered over 250 kids

   the intel was outdated but that's no excuse because they ended the division that reviewed targets by hand otherwise

   if Iran murdered 250 US school kids he'd turn the entire country to sand

   1. vintermann · 1789757720 · focus · HN ↗

      > just a reminder "AI" selected the elementary school for bombing that murdered over 250 kids

      I think that's almost certainly just AI washing. They didn't do it because the AI told them to do it, they did it because they wanted to do it, and the AI is an excuse.

      It could be that they had an AI and told it to come to the conclusion they wanted. But more likely there was no AI at all.

      1. ck2 · 1789759655 · focus · HN ↗

         I'm clearly no fan of this administration or US Military but I don't believe for a minute they purposely wanted to murder 250 school kids

         if I remember the reporting correctly there were like 1000+ targets picked for simultaneous bombing by Tomahawks (at $4 Million a pop) and the division that reviews targets had been dismantled by this administration so the "AI" list was never double-checked

         apathy vs malice

         though the final reason doesn't matter to those kids or their families

         Iran is going to end like Iraq and Afghanistan and Vietnam and Korea way before that, we just finally leave because we can't "win" and leave it worse than the horror it was in the first place

         I don't even think the Dems can change it if they somehow win the Senate, it's going to be this nightmare through 2029

         1. [deleted] · 1789761745 · focus · HN ↗

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         2. vintermann · 1789791977 · focus · HN ↗

            It's always like that - no matter what they do, you refuse to believe that "the boys in uniform" aren't basically still good and decent people.

            How do you explain the double tap?

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