The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children (Read 706 times)

QUIETShooter

And I believe this.  Wholeheartedly.

But I also believe mistakes can be made.  Outdated intelligence.  Wrong coordinates given.  Pilot error.  Everything and anything can happen.

So Hegseth said the administration is investigating this incident.

I'm sure they will be able to find out if that target location was fired upon by the US.  After all, every target location is verified, double checked, and DOCUMENTED.

Right?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/karoline-leavitt-says-us-did-not-kill-175-people-at-iranian-girls-school-that-we-know-of/ar-AA1XxTtu?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=69aa0f2d8f6d47efb21d0618f62b3e6d&ei=36
Sometimes you gotta know when to save your bullets.

Flapp_Jackson

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2026, 02:38:40 PM »
And I believe this.  Wholeheartedly.

But I also believe mistakes can be made.  Outdated intelligence.  Wrong coordinates given.  Pilot error.  Everything and anything can happen.

So Hegseth said the administration is investigating this incident.

I'm sure they will be able to find out if that target location was fired upon by the US.  After all, every target location is verified, double checked, and DOCUMENTED.

Right?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/karoline-leavitt-says-us-did-not-kill-175-people-at-iranian-girls-school-that-we-know-of/ar-AA1XxTtu?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=69aa0f2d8f6d47efb21d0618f62b3e6d&ei=36
According to the 9/11 Commission report, as well as Bill Clinton's own accounts, he had multiple opportunities to kill Bin Laden in the 1990s.  He never gave the green light, and we saw the result in 2001.

If you want 100% guarantees that you're not about to make a mistake, then Commander in Chief of the most powerful military in the world is not the job for you.  You have to weigh the consequences of getting it wrong with the consequences of doing nothing.  There's rarely an optimal solution.  The best we can do is put people whose judgement we trust in those positions of responsibility, and then back them up even if their decision turns out to have been not what was expected.

Half the country -- maybe the world -- already believe Trump can't make a good decision no matter which option he chooses.  So, there's really no reason to listen to those pundits after the outcomes are known.  Always easier to cast aspersions after everything happens.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

changemyoil66

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2026, 03:14:14 PM »
Something to think about

The "school" is right next to a base.  So any blast would affect it negativly.  Not across the street, but like a wall separates the 2.

School on a saturday?  OK, maybe.

Girls school in an islamic country?  Ok, maybe.

Reported child to adult dealths by the Iranians means it's a 1:1 ratio of students to staffing. Ok, maybe.

For 3 days following, no "bodies", but just backpacks.  1 Iranian vid shows a man digging into fresh dirt, as in not rubble.  You can tell by the discoloration.  And the translation is "he's looking for his daughter".  The "hole" is about 3 inches deep and about the size of a shoe box.  I wouldn't put it pass the Iranians to immediatly release vids of "bodies" to get international and liberal support, but they haven't.

1 source claims the missile was an Iranian one that went off course.

100% death rate, as in no survivors.

hvybarrels

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2026, 03:36:05 PM »
Sharing is caring, but forced redistribution is communism.

ren

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2026, 04:47:56 PM »
Girls education opportunities in Iran are limited. I wonder if they have access to TikTok like most Americans do as a source of education and news?
this requires some reading and thought:
https://borgenproject.org/girls-education-in-iran/
Deeds Not Words

ren

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2026, 08:25:01 PM »
hook, line...
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/09/appalling-unacceptable-schatz-5-other-us-senators-condemn-apparent-strike-iranian-girls-school/

Schatz, along with U.S. Sens Patty Murray, D-Washington, Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Chris Coons, D-Delaware, said in a statement:

“We are horrified by the latest reports concerning the February 28th strike on an Iranian elementary school near the town of Minab, which resulted in the killing of at least 175 people, most of whom were school children. Independent analysis credibly suggests the strike may have been conducted by U.S. forces, which if true, would make it one of the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of American military action in the Middle East. The killing of school children is appalling and unacceptable under any circumstance. This incident is particularly concerning in light of Secretary Hegseth’s openly cavalier approach to the use of force, including his statement that U.S. strikes in Iran wouldn’t be bound by ‘stupid rules of engagement,’ in his words.
Deeds Not Words

Chrashd

Re: The US does not intentionally target innocent civilians and children
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2026, 10:30:36 AM »
How many times will our ignorant elected people take any terrible report from "a reliable source"---the U.N.?? or the Muslim Brotherhood and present it as fact!! Bullshit scores points!!