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joha4270yesterday at 10:25 AM3 repliesview on HN

However terrible it is, it is still a mistake unless you're accusing them of doing it deliberately.

And however much you can say about the current US Administration, I don't think they're prioritizing bombing civilians over military targets.


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folkravyesterday at 12:02 PM

The DoW head sees half of his own country’s population as enemies, Islam as an evil religion of hate, and the work he does as striking down the enemies of God. I heavily doubt that this man gives a single thought to children of muslims.

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DiogenesKynikosyesterday at 10:34 AM

It's a mistake in the sense that if you go and rob a bank while shooting wildly, you only hit the customers "by mistake." That's not an excuse.

The US is bombing both military and civilian targets, by the way. Trump has been very open about this with his talk about "power-plant day." He considers attacking civilian targets to be a legitimate way of pressuring Iran to surrender.

watwutyesterday at 12:09 PM

Hegseth deliberately closed the unit that used to ensure it wont happen. The efforts to avoid civilian causaulities were deemed woke, weak and literally unmanly.

And administration repeatedly threatened to destroy civilian targets.