US, Israel 'Going Gaza on Iran' as Death Toll Tops 500 Amid New Massacres | Common Dreams
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"This is carpet-bombing, which has struck everything from playgrounds, to an emergency services HQ, schools, media buildings, and medical facilities," said one observer.
  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    13 days ago

    For a very long time, the US military has prided itself on performing surgical strikes with the least amount of civilian casualties and collateral damage as possible. Israel prides itself in their capacity to inflict maximum pain and destruction.

    Allowing Israel to lead and dictate our military operations (as stated by Trump and US officials) in any way, is leaving us soaked in blood and with a stain that won’t clean off for a very long time.

    • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Israel prides itself in their capacity to inflict maximum pain and destruction.

      That wasn’t the case at the start of the Gaza genocide. They used to say how good they were at targeting and that they only did precision strikes.

      Then I guess that they realised that nobody believed them but they weren’t going to do anything about it anyway so they stopped pretending.

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    12 days ago

    So far I’ve heard official statements saying “The goal of this is to bring about Armageddon so that Jesus can return,” and “there won’t be any stupid rules of engagement.” Both from SecDef.

    Meanwhile the official white house statement is that “the full scope and duration of military operations” is unknown.

    This is literally an act of world sabotage by the doomsday cult in charge of the world’s most powerful military…

    I’m gonna be sick…

  • chellomere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    This is pure propaganda. Let me explain.

    All friends and family we have contact with within Iran are not afraid of any strikes and describe the attacks as highly targeted. There is no “carpet bombing”.

    The article cites NIAC, a propaganda piece of the IRGC, as a source, of which Trita Parsi is the head. All first-hand sources are directly controlled by the Islamic regime. The article even cites Hezbollah (!!!). I think this is very telling regarding overall credibility. Of course they have an interest in showing as high numbers of dead innocent civilians as possible.

    Let’s say the number 500 over 4 days is correct. Of course this is tragic, but compare that to the 40 000 slaughtered by the Islamic regime on Jan 8-9. Iranians against the regime, which are the vast majority, see the US-Israeli attacks not as a start of the war but as a continuation of a war against the regime that has already started. The Iranians were screaming for foreign intervention, not because they necessarily like it, especially by the US and Israel, but because they see it as a necessity to get rid of the regime. Iranian civilians have tried and failed to get rid of the regime, because they lack weapons.

    Iranians in general are pleased with the strikes on the leaders of the regime, there have especially been much celebration of the ayatollah being killed, but there is also a worry regarding what the war may bring, especially as they know that the US and Israel don’t have the best interest of the Iranian people in mind.