Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded

  • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
    158·
    30 days ago

    Yeah, Iran’s unmatched in respect for human rights and the laws of war.

    Civilians in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are at grave risk from ongoing Iranian strikes in response to US and Israeli military attacks on Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the Iranian attacks have struck civilian residential buildings, hotels, civilian airports, and embassies, and have unlawfully targeted civilian objects such as financial centers.

    https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/17/iran-unlawful-strikes-across-gulf-endanger-civilians

    “If our security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe.” - Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, July 22

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
      93·
      30 days ago

      All the targets you named are retaliations for similar targets bombed by those countries. High value economic infrastructure. The US and its proxies bomb a desalination plant in Iran and Iran bombs one on Kuwait. This is simple deterrence.

      As for those “hotels and residential buildings” the US has admitted to shelter their personell inside of civilian infrastructure. Which is a war crime by the way. You do not get to pin that one on Iran but on the US.

      Iran does not bomb random girl schools or commit blatant terror attacks against civilian targets without value in any way like the US and Israel have done.

      • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
        25·
        29 days ago

        Ah yes, the classic defense of squabbling children in the back seat. “They did it first!” Being the second to massacre a family of four isn’t appreciably more awesome than being the first. And it sure wouldn’t make a difference to either family.

        First you’re writing Iranian fanfic about how noble Iran never targets civilians. Now you’re saying, ‘Sure, they kill civilians but when they do it it’s the good kind of civilian slaughter!’ You’re twisting yourself into some wild shapes to carry water for a tyrannical dictatorship.

        And talking about the deaths of “random school girls” seems like little more than a propaganda point for you when you’ve discredited yourself about caring about civilian casualties at all. So long as they were killed by the right people, it seems like you wouldn’t think there was anything inherently wrong with it.

        This isn’t hard though: when the US targets civilians, it’s a war crime; when Iran targets civilians, it’s a war crime. I couldn’t give a single fuck who did it first.

        • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
          31·
          29 days ago

          You are intentionally misrepresenting Iranian actions and desperately trying to conflate them with the evils of the USA.

          The only tyrannical dictatorship being supported is by you.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      2·
      30 days ago

      I mean its definitely leaping over the low bar set by the US as they seem to be intent on only doing it in reprisal but yeah for much of the rest of the world this is probably somewhat of a “let them fight” moment.

      The Iranian dictatorship is brutal, lots of people were killed in the recent protests (2k+). The US government saw this and bombed a children’s school. What’s that Napoleon quote? “Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake”

      Thats kinda what the US did here.