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To recap: A Iranian military structure was converted into a school. After conversion, the rest of the naval base remained there (< 100m away). Missile strike

To recap: A Iranian military structure was converted into a school. After conversion, the rest of the naval base remained there (< 100m away). Missile strikes hit both the base and the adjacent school. --- FYI, it's not unusual for schools to be part of military bases. The U.S. itself operates over a 100. [1] [1] https://www.dodea.edu/ https://www.dodea.edu/

WarmWash 16d ago
I think the dishonesty is that if the tables were turned, the overwhelming chorus would be "Why the fuck would you convert former soldier barracks, still located on an active base, to a kids school and never update the publicly available maps? How fucking dumb are you?"
alistairSH 16d ago
11 years ago. If we're operating on decade+ old info, that's pretty damning. Is there a "reckless endangerment" or "manslaughter" equivalent in the war-crimes sphere?
- bamboozled 16d ago
  Is it me or is it reckless to leave a school in part of an old military complex ? That seems negligent to me, for this exact reason. Maybe it was intentional too ?
  - alistairSH 16d ago
    Under that logic, is the entire Barracks Row strip in DC fair game? It's across the street from a historic Marine Corp barracks, why would anybody put shops and restaurants there, right? Maybe if the schools was built recently there'd be a case. That's not the case, its as converted a full decade ago. We just didn't bother updating our maps and intel before launching missiles.
    - bamboozled 16d ago
      In my opinion, a more responsible government would probably not continue to using an abandon military base as a school for this reason. I'm sure the thought had crossed someone's mind that something like this might happen. I'm not trying to make excuses for the USA here, it's an abhorrent thing and I do agree, much more care should've been taken. No one is suggesting other kids schools are "fair game" so just calm down a bit?
      - defrost 16d ago
        > a more responsible government would probably not continue to using an abandon military base as a school. The UK, the US, Germany, et al are therefore not "responsible government" ? Iran is an old country, leaving aside the assorted historical and urban settlements dating back to some 7,000 years before present time, the Median and Achaemenid Empires there data back to ~ 600 BC. A lot of buildings and places have prior history.
        bamboozled 15d ago
        The age of the country has nothing to do with a 10 year old conversion by, let's a face it a murderous thug regime who kills its own citizens for not wearing Burqa's, who are you kidding? It wouldn't put it past me if the IRGC steered the USA towards the school for this to happen, that's the kind of people they actually are. They kill protestors, why wouldn't they kill a school full of kids, what's the difference to them?
        defrost 15d ago
        Age of a country has everything to do with it, even Australia a young country with vast open spaces is repurposing former (WWI -> near present) military sites in urban areas. Iran with 7,000 years of history can't really leave unused sites idle - and everywhere there has history. > It wouldn't put it past me if the IRGC steered the USA towards the school for this to happen, that's the kind of people they actually are. Uh-huh. Okay. That's quite the long con child sacrifice conspiracy theory you're projecting there to cover up for what's more likely to be general incompetence caused by a rushed strike order in the context of a POTUS with no plan.

WarmWash 16d ago

I think the dishonesty is that if the tables were turned, the overwhelming chorus would be "Why the fuck would you convert former soldier barracks, still located on an active base, to a kids school and never update the publicly available maps? How fucking dumb are you?"

alistairSH 16d ago

11 years ago. If we're operating on decade+ old info, that's pretty damning. Is there a "reckless endangerment" or "manslaughter" equivalent in the war-crimes sphere?

bamboozled 16d ago
Is it me or is it reckless to leave a school in part of an old military complex ? That seems negligent to me, for this exact reason. Maybe it was intentional too ?
- alistairSH 16d ago
  Under that logic, is the entire Barracks Row strip in DC fair game? It's across the street from a historic Marine Corp barracks, why would anybody put shops and restaurants there, right? Maybe if the schools was built recently there'd be a case. That's not the case, its as converted a full decade ago. We just didn't bother updating our maps and intel before launching missiles.
  - bamboozled 16d ago
    In my opinion, a more responsible government would probably not continue to using an abandon military base as a school for this reason. I'm sure the thought had crossed someone's mind that something like this might happen. I'm not trying to make excuses for the USA here, it's an abhorrent thing and I do agree, much more care should've been taken. No one is suggesting other kids schools are "fair game" so just calm down a bit?
    - defrost 16d ago
      > a more responsible government would probably not continue to using an abandon military base as a school. The UK, the US, Germany, et al are therefore not "responsible government" ? Iran is an old country, leaving aside the assorted historical and urban settlements dating back to some 7,000 years before present time, the Median and Achaemenid Empires there data back to ~ 600 BC. A lot of buildings and places have prior history.
      - bamboozled 15d ago
        The age of the country has nothing to do with a 10 year old conversion by, let's a face it a murderous thug regime who kills its own citizens for not wearing Burqa's, who are you kidding? It wouldn't put it past me if the IRGC steered the USA towards the school for this to happen, that's the kind of people they actually are. They kill protestors, why wouldn't they kill a school full of kids, what's the difference to them?
        defrost 15d ago
        Age of a country has everything to do with it, even Australia a young country with vast open spaces is repurposing former (WWI -> near present) military sites in urban areas. Iran with 7,000 years of history can't really leave unused sites idle - and everywhere there has history. > It wouldn't put it past me if the IRGC steered the USA towards the school for this to happen, that's the kind of people they actually are. Uh-huh. Okay. That's quite the long con child sacrifice conspiracy theory you're projecting there to cover up for what's more likely to be general incompetence caused by a rushed strike order in the context of a POTUS with no plan.