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1. nielsbot · 1790485326 · focus · HN ↗

   > Iran’s leaders “might have purposely disguised some of these things to make them look like targets, the same way the Palestinians and others do,” Lonsdale said.

   Ah—the old “murder our kids for sympathy” ploy. which has worked… when?

   What an absolute murderous and racist piece shit this guy is.

   1. alendit · 1790498270 · focus · HN ↗

      Which works approximately all the time against Western powers? Influencing / manipulating public support is the strongest weapon the non-Western adversaries have right now.

      People seem to be struggling to hold two, not-even-conflicting thoughts at the same time: the school bombing, even though clearly accidental, is reprehensible from our moral perspective and is a direct product of callous way the intervention has been conducted AND the Iranian leadership would happily sacrifice thousands of "their own" children to get an edge in this conflict by reducing the political support for the further escalation. We are talking about the regime which killed tens of thousand of "their own" citizens just a couple months prior.

      1. surgical_fire · 1790506950 · focus · HN ↗

         Or, you know, the US just bombed a fucking school. I don't even think this was accidental.

         And accident would imply they didn't want to bomb a school but this happened due to an honest mistake (already a tall order when you are dropping bombs in an area with civilian infrastructure).

         In truth it was probably that the US didn't care about the collateral damage of bombing targets regardless of what is there.

         Let's not pretend the US has much issues killing civilians in other countries. Your president just gave a speech at the UN talking about "annihilating Iran" and "driving them into hell".

         Even after that people still contort their thoughts in the illusion that the US would never bomb a school. Imagine if Iran's president gave a speech talking the same way about Israel or the US, would you give Iran the same benefit of doubt?

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