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The saddest part of the article is the US tried to blow the dam up during the gulf war. Why? That is as brutal as dropping the nukes on Japan.

by yalogin 10y ago

berntb 10y ago
Uh, what article are you reading? Or do you think bombing a generator is to "blow up the dam"? The quote is: "the dam had been built to survive an aerial bombardment. (In fact, during the Gulf War, American jets bombed its generator, but the dam remained intact.)" (A dam with bad air defense ought to be an easy target, considering all the emphasis the Americans puts into getting through lots of cement -- and that dams were bombed already during WWII.) Edit: The shocking part was how the US found out about how much the sanctions had damaged the country -- and then poured billions into fixing it. The US politicians might waste even more than my native ones.
- jimnotgym 10y ago
  bombed generator not dam....bombing dams was banned under the Geneva conventions. "According to Article 56 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, “works or installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dikes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even when these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.”
  - dmurray 10y ago
    That was never ratified by the USA or ISIS, both reserving their right to blow up dams like this one.
- yalogin 10y ago
  Yep. That is what I thought. I realize now that its strategically just to blow out the generator :)
lisivka 10y ago
Proof please. BTW: Fake news site is not a proof.
DonHopkins 10y ago
During World War II, the Royal Air Force's Operation Chastise [1] killed about 1,600 civilians (600 Germans and 1000 Soviet forced-labourers) with specially designed dam busting "bouncing bombs" [2]. There was a discussion about bouncing bombs about a month ago [3], which went full Godwin, of course. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12961241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12961241
empath75 10y ago
They didn't but we did blow up dams in WWII. In fact, the death star run in Star Wars was based on a WWII movie called the dam busters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M
mjolk 10y ago
Are you against the WW2 retaliation bombing of Japan by the US? If so, please, from your office chair, inform us on what the course of action should have been.

The saddest part of the article is the US tried to blow the dam up during the gulf war. Why? That is as brutal as dropping the nukes on Japan.

by yalogin 10y ago

The saddest part of the article is the US tried to blow the dam up during the gulf war. Why? That is as brutal as dropping the nukes on Japan.

berntb 10y ago

Uh, what article are you reading? Or do you think bombing a generator is to "blow up the dam"? The quote is: "the dam had been built to survive an aerial bombardment. (In fact, during the Gulf War, American jets bombed its generator, but the dam remained intact.)" (A dam with bad air defense ought to be an easy target, considering all the emphasis the Americans puts into getting through lots of cement -- and that dams were bombed already during WWII.) Edit: The shocking part was how the US found out about how much the sanctions had damaged the country -- and then poured billions into fixing it. The US politicians might waste even more than my native ones.

jimnotgym 10y ago
bombed generator not dam....bombing dams was banned under the Geneva conventions. "According to Article 56 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, “works or installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dikes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even when these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.”
- dmurray 10y ago
  That was never ratified by the USA or ISIS, both reserving their right to blow up dams like this one.
yalogin 10y ago
Yep. That is what I thought. I realize now that its strategically just to blow out the generator :)

lisivka 10y ago

Proof please. BTW: Fake news site is not a proof.

DonHopkins 10y ago

During World War II, the Royal Air Force's Operation Chastise [1] killed about 1,600 civilians (600 Germans and 1000 Soviet forced-labourers) with specially designed dam busting "bouncing bombs" [2]. There was a discussion about bouncing bombs about a month ago [3], which went full Godwin, of course. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12961241 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12961241

empath75 10y ago

They didn't but we did blow up dams in WWII. In fact, the death star run in Star Wars was based on a WWII movie called the dam busters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M

mjolk 10y ago

Are you against the WW2 retaliation bombing of Japan by the US? If so, please, from your office chair, inform us on what the course of action should have been.