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> The bombing of the school was horrible, but it was a mistake

Please don't say this. It wasn't a mistake.

The very FIRST strike packages of the war are very clearly vetted. If you are involved in military planning, you know this.

They doubled tapped it after seeing people flee inside the save the children.

The goal here was to teach IRGC a lesson and demoralize Iranians, which clearly backfired.

Furthermore, US has been contentiously bombing civilian buildings, bridges, hospitals throughout the war. They have also bombed water desalination plants and other key infrastructure.

You have the US president threatening to use nuclear weapons and end the Persian civilization.

Let's not pretend.



> The goal here was to teach IRGC a lesson and demoralize Iranians, which clearly backfired.

I'm not so sure. A school in the US being bombed would hardly be expected to demoralize us. Quite the opposite.

What if the goal was to goad them into taking action that could justify boots on the ground? But they didn't fall for it and here we are.


Ignoring the obvious joke about "random incidents" in schools regularly in America, is it not the case that the country with the most capacity to retaliate anywhere in the world would not be "demoralized"? I see the possibility that the effect of such terrorism might be different from place to place.

I find it totally implausible that the president or any subordinates intentionally targeted a school. As I recall it was located next to a military base. A mistake seems more likely.


If these last few years have taught us anything is that what was once considered "implausible" has certainly changed. I'll leave it at that.



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