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Strike on girls' school that killed 150 in Iran 'likely' carried out by US

45 points by vrganj 8mo ago

Swoerd 8mo ago
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_ink_ 8mo ago
Sickening.
throwawaysleep 8mo ago
Learning from the Israelis it seems.
aaron695 8mo ago
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neonsunset 8mo ago
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skaushik92 8mo ago
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- mikkupikku 8mo ago
  Lol bro, in America we put schools IN military bases. Military people have families, their kids need schools. The places people work and live are naturally going to have some degree of correspondence.
- chvid 8mo ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010750321/how-we-analyzed-the-strike-on-the-iranian-school.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/1000000107503... Basically the school was hit by a precision strike due to outdated information / satellite imaginary.
- sega_sai 8mo ago
  Good old victim blaming. Apparently the main issue is not that the country that started the war hit the school and killed 150 people, but where the school was placed.
mikkupikku 8mo ago
Hearts and minds. That's what soldiers are meant to aim for, right? If this war was meant to provide an opportunity for Iranian people to overthrow their regime and install a west-friendly government, and if Iranian people aren't actually going and doing that, then do we call off the war or are we going to keep it going indefinitely, as seems to be the modern fashion?
- spwa4 8mo ago
  Judging by the reactions by Iranians hearts and minds are firmly on the US and Israeli side inside Iran. And it's mostly socialist/"pro-Palestinian" voices outside of Iran that scream about stopping the war. The more reasonable attitudes (which boil down to a reasonable discussion about "but is this war worth it?") are being totally drowned out on both sides, as per usual. As for the Iranian side, on the Belgian government channel, there's an interview with 3 Iranian women. The title is "Willing to Risk Everything, Even Death": VRT NWS Speaks with 3 Women from Iran Despite Internet Blockade https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/03/06/getuigenissen-iran-1-week-oorlog/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/03/06/getuigenissen-iran-1... In it you will essentially find a description of 1) how bad the situation is 2) that it is actually better than normal life under the regime 3) that their biggest fear is to go back to the regime (and yes it's these women themselves that put forward the dramatized version that they'd like the war on Iran to continue even if it kills them personally) I find this attitude in many places. Not quite as dramatic but the basic principle that Iranians fear, more than anything, more than the war itself, that the situation would go back to "normal life" under the islamic regime. Meanwhile, the islamic regime has taken to emptying machine guns at residential blocks where people are musically celebrating the death of Khamenei. To ordering their troops to "shoot-to-kill" at children. And worse.
  - mikkupikku 8mo ago
    Perceptions of public attitudes are hard to trust. What I think matters more is results, however they feel are the Iranian people actually overthrowing and forming a new government, and if not, at what point do we admit that more bombs aren't driving us closer to that kind of conclusion? Is there no cut off?
TheAlchemist 8mo ago
Of course it was. That can happen in a ... war. Unfortunately, and as said as it is, it's ... normal during a war. What's not normal is that US is supposedly not at war with Iran. What's not normal is that there isn't even a slightest effort being made to hold anybody accountable about it. What's not normal is that it probably happened because of AI tools that are right 99.9% of time, but this was this 0.1% of time.
- vrganj 8mo ago
  What's not normal is that the US has a Secretary of War that seems to get off on the cruelty and on breaking international law. > “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and pocket square, bragged to reporters at the Pentagon near Washington. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.” > As defence secretary Hegseth has vowed to “unleash overwhelming and punishing violence” on enemies and promised to dispense with “stupid rules of engagement” – rules designed to restrict attacks on civilian populations. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth...
andrewinardeer 8mo ago
"Whoops"
albatross79 8mo ago
This is heinous.
returnInfinity 8mo ago
This thing makes me really sad.

45 points by vrganj 8mo ago

Swoerd 8mo ago

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_ink_ 8mo ago

Sickening.

throwawaysleep 8mo ago

Learning from the Israelis it seems.

aaron695 8mo ago

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neonsunset 8mo ago

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skaushik92 8mo ago

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deleted 8mo ago
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mikkupikku 8mo ago
Lol bro, in America we put schools IN military bases. Military people have families, their kids need schools. The places people work and live are naturally going to have some degree of correspondence.
chvid 8mo ago
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010750321/how-we-analyzed-the-strike-on-the-iranian-school.html https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/1000000107503... Basically the school was hit by a precision strike due to outdated information / satellite imaginary.
sega_sai 8mo ago
Good old victim blaming. Apparently the main issue is not that the country that started the war hit the school and killed 150 people, but where the school was placed.

mikkupikku 8mo ago

Hearts and minds. That's what soldiers are meant to aim for, right? If this war was meant to provide an opportunity for Iranian people to overthrow their regime and install a west-friendly government, and if Iranian people aren't actually going and doing that, then do we call off the war or are we going to keep it going indefinitely, as seems to be the modern fashion?

spwa4 8mo ago
Judging by the reactions by Iranians hearts and minds are firmly on the US and Israeli side inside Iran. And it's mostly socialist/"pro-Palestinian" voices outside of Iran that scream about stopping the war. The more reasonable attitudes (which boil down to a reasonable discussion about "but is this war worth it?") are being totally drowned out on both sides, as per usual. As for the Iranian side, on the Belgian government channel, there's an interview with 3 Iranian women. The title is "Willing to Risk Everything, Even Death": VRT NWS Speaks with 3 Women from Iran Despite Internet Blockade https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/03/06/getuigenissen-iran-1-week-oorlog/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/03/06/getuigenissen-iran-1... In it you will essentially find a description of 1) how bad the situation is 2) that it is actually better than normal life under the regime 3) that their biggest fear is to go back to the regime (and yes it's these women themselves that put forward the dramatized version that they'd like the war on Iran to continue even if it kills them personally) I find this attitude in many places. Not quite as dramatic but the basic principle that Iranians fear, more than anything, more than the war itself, that the situation would go back to "normal life" under the islamic regime. Meanwhile, the islamic regime has taken to emptying machine guns at residential blocks where people are musically celebrating the death of Khamenei. To ordering their troops to "shoot-to-kill" at children. And worse.
- mikkupikku 8mo ago
  Perceptions of public attitudes are hard to trust. What I think matters more is results, however they feel are the Iranian people actually overthrowing and forming a new government, and if not, at what point do we admit that more bombs aren't driving us closer to that kind of conclusion? Is there no cut off?

TheAlchemist 8mo ago

Of course it was. That can happen in a ... war. Unfortunately, and as said as it is, it's ... normal during a war. What's not normal is that US is supposedly not at war with Iran. What's not normal is that there isn't even a slightest effort being made to hold anybody accountable about it. What's not normal is that it probably happened because of AI tools that are right 99.9% of time, but this was this 0.1% of time.

vrganj 8mo ago
What's not normal is that the US has a Secretary of War that seems to get off on the cruelty and on breaking international law. > “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and pocket square, bragged to reporters at the Pentagon near Washington. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.” > As defence secretary Hegseth has vowed to “unleash overwhelming and punishing violence” on enemies and promised to dispense with “stupid rules of engagement” – rules designed to restrict attacks on civilian populations. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth...

andrewinardeer 8mo ago

"Whoops"

albatross79 8mo ago

This is heinous.

returnInfinity 8mo ago

This thing makes me really sad.