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I think the US destroyed a strategically important elementary school on the first day of the war.

YZF 6mo ago
It's not confirmed but I agree it was very likely a US strike. An accidental one. Assuming the US did not intend to kill school girls that is also not a war crime. You can certainly argue that this happened due to the US decision to go to war and claim the actions to not be moral (or illegal as some have stated). Others might argue that more harm would occur if no action was taken and that the action minimizes the overall harm (e.g. to the Iranian people or others). You could also argue that attack was intentional. I don't think there's any evidence of that and I'm not sure what purpose it served if it was one.
- etc-hosts 6mo ago
  It is difficult to extract the real purpose of most things about this war, if you're in the US, since almost every single part of it seems against the US' interests and public face. You're probably technically correct and that the US didn't intentionally look in Google Maps for an elementary school and decided to destroy it. But did we really need to Double Tap it? Timothy Snyder has an opinion about this: https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2040883546093436941?s=20 https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2040883546093436941?s=20 I'm not quite there yet.
  - amarant 6mo ago
    That tweet by Timothy Snyder is quite ridiculous. There's just no way that's the motivation behind all this. Unfortunately it's also the only motivation anyone has presented that there is any real hope of actually achieving. And it's the kind of excuse trump could use to become glorious dictator. Or at least I wouldn't be surprised to learn he thinks it is. No, I really don't think that's why this war was started. I don't think trump actually wants terrorist attacks in America. But it just might be what he will get, whether he likes it or not.
    - zimpenfish 6mo ago
      > I don't think trump actually wants terrorist attacks in America. He might not but he's surrounded by christian evangelist lunatics who think bringing about the end times is their moral responsibility and, more importantly, they are in charge because Trump is an addled idiot who has fewer thoughts in his head than an orange cat.
      - amarant 6mo ago
        Religion ought to be forbidden
        zimpenfish 6mo ago
        Possibly wouldn't go that far but the US could definitely do with understanding that whole "separation of church and state" edict they were given.
aogaili 6mo ago
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YZF 6mo ago

It's not confirmed but I agree it was very likely a US strike. An accidental one. Assuming the US did not intend to kill school girls that is also not a war crime. You can certainly argue that this happened due to the US decision to go to war and claim the actions to not be moral (or illegal as some have stated). Others might argue that more harm would occur if no action was taken and that the action minimizes the overall harm (e.g. to the Iranian people or others). You could also argue that attack was intentional. I don't think there's any evidence of that and I'm not sure what purpose it served if it was one.

etc-hosts 6mo ago
It is difficult to extract the real purpose of most things about this war, if you're in the US, since almost every single part of it seems against the US' interests and public face. You're probably technically correct and that the US didn't intentionally look in Google Maps for an elementary school and decided to destroy it. But did we really need to Double Tap it? Timothy Snyder has an opinion about this: https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2040883546093436941?s=20 https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2040883546093436941?s=20 I'm not quite there yet.
- amarant 6mo ago
  That tweet by Timothy Snyder is quite ridiculous. There's just no way that's the motivation behind all this. Unfortunately it's also the only motivation anyone has presented that there is any real hope of actually achieving. And it's the kind of excuse trump could use to become glorious dictator. Or at least I wouldn't be surprised to learn he thinks it is. No, I really don't think that's why this war was started. I don't think trump actually wants terrorist attacks in America. But it just might be what he will get, whether he likes it or not.
  - zimpenfish 6mo ago
    > I don't think trump actually wants terrorist attacks in America. He might not but he's surrounded by christian evangelist lunatics who think bringing about the end times is their moral responsibility and, more importantly, they are in charge because Trump is an addled idiot who has fewer thoughts in his head than an orange cat.
    - amarant 6mo ago
      Religion ought to be forbidden
      - zimpenfish 6mo ago
        Possibly wouldn't go that far but the US could definitely do with understanding that whole "separation of church and state" edict they were given.

aogaili 6mo ago

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