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146. Well I'm glad you believe all the Iranians pronouncements

Reply to AloeVera (Reply #145)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 02:47 PM

Mar 8

Me on the other hand you can color me skeptical.
But confirmation bias is as confirmation bias does.

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🚨 THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT. READ THAT AGAIN: America just struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Isla [View all] riversedge Mar 7 OP

Exactly as predicted by this professor: LuckyCharms Mar 7 #1

I like this guy, but I am still cautious about his ties to the CPC. /nt artemisia1 Mar 7 #37

What is the PPC? S/V Loner Mar 7 #47

"People's Party of Canada"? Another Jackalope Mar 7 #51

Thanks. I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. n/t S/V Loner Mar 7 #55

Typo. CPC (Communist Party of China), whose approval is necessary to obtain and retain a professorship at a artemisia1 Mar 7 #60

Is that any better than our system? paleotn Mar 7 #78

Not quite there, yet Red Mountain Mar 7 #87

Watch out, that guy's a JFK / Lunar landing / 9-11 nutter, amongst other things rictofen Mar 7 #50

Thank you! progressoid Mar 7 #115

What the stars foretell .... eppur_se_muova Mar 8 #123

This is not a legitimate news source SCantiGOP Mar 7 #100

Nah, he's just another internet nutter. progressoid Mar 7 #116

This has to be a war crime karynnj Mar 7 #2

Yes, it definitely is a war crime. wnylib Mar 7 #48

We need another round of "disobey.illegal orders" with specific examples pat_k Mar 7 #58

Put it on signs for No Kings rallies. wnylib Mar 7 #59

It was also a war crime to bomb a girl's school and a hospital Bayard Mar 7 #99

Bombing hospitals maliaSmith Mar 8 #139

Didn't Gorbachev warn that the water wars will dwarf the oil wars blm Mar 7 #113

That's pretty much a war crime leftstreet Mar 7 #3

Immediately, no NJCher Mar 7 #26

The cruelty is a feature UpInArms Mar 7 #4

Warmongers need to go vapor2 Mar 7 #5

I'd like to see a primary candidate running on a platform entirely consisting of RockRaven Mar 7 #6

They have no intention of getting arrested and LuvLoogie Mar 7 #35

Right out of the Putin/Bibi playbook. Wuddles440 Mar 7 #7

"THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT" According to Iran you mean? EX500rider Mar 7 #8

Not so unbelievable after double-tap on a girls school. nt Ilsa Mar 7 #24

Yeah, I found that to be horrifying. And we did it, as confirmed by major US news services. patphil Mar 7 #27

Corporate media -0- coverage................ Lovie777 Mar 7 #70

Trump govt says they're investigating, but all the evidence points to the US attack on a nearby naval base. patphil Mar 7 #112

And if it's true? druidity33 Mar 8 #131

Well first if it would depend if it was on purpose or not EX500rider Mar 8 #134

You think the current US government would admit it? nt. druidity33 Mar 8 #137

There's a very special place in hell for the duo of evil carrying out such war crimes. vanessa_ca Mar 7 #9

We really need to decide on a single standard sarisataka Mar 7 #10

Assuming it even happened, (shows pic of undamaged facility) EX500rider Mar 7 #12

... ruet Mar 7 #28

Great response. Kingofalldems Mar 7 #38

Sure, who I am I to question some rando's post on X, must be true!! RT agrees!!! lol EX500rider Mar 7 #88

That's the Israeli/US JBTaurus83 Mar 7 #97

After watching Israel bomb people inside a pen for two years straight, questionseverything Mar 7 #91

This claims the US did it, not the IDF EX500rider Mar 7 #93

Sadly, two peas in the same nasty pod. Israel could not have tortured the people of Gaza w/o our permission, help and questionseverything Mar 7 #95

When Iran does it, it's called asymmetric warfare rictofen Mar 7 #54

Who in your opinion would it be ok to do it? displacedvermoter Mar 7 #57

No, I am against the conflict as a whole sarisataka Mar 7 #61

But aren't we supposed to be "better" than them? displacedvermoter Mar 7 #64

One would like to think so sarisataka Mar 7 #67

I don't think Netanyahu is a moron. PufPuf23 Mar 7 #94

Last time i checked, Netanyahu is not the US President sarisataka Mar 7 #106

Netanyahu plays Trump like a fiddle. PufPuf23 Mar 7 #108

October 7 sarisataka Mar 7 #110

Oops my finger hit the adjacent key. nt PufPuf23 Mar 7 #111

Perhaps Kegsbreath displacedvermoter Mar 8 #132

Murdering school girls wasn't enough dalton99a Mar 7 #11

School war crimes Whip-poor-will Mar 7 #17

Remove the rapist Whip-poor-will Mar 7 #13

The missile was allegedly launched from Bahrain vanessa_ca Mar 7 #14

"proof" Looking at the trajectory those look like interceptor missiles EX500rider Mar 7 #20

DU rules prohibit me from replying -eom vanessa_ca Mar 7 #22

Gosh if you can't trust RT who can you trust right LOL EX500rider Mar 7 #29

Russian propaganda sources sarisataka Mar 7 #32

Confirmation bias in its purest form EX500rider Mar 7 #33

You'll also find DU rules prevent RT from being used in late breaking news for some reason I wonder why EX500rider Mar 7 #31

Perhaps this was a reciprocal attack sarisataka Mar 7 #23

I like square circles. Igel Mar 7 #63

Kick dalton99a Mar 7 #15

Yeah, but most of that blather for the last week or so has been about Iran knocking out water supplies for Arab states. Igel Mar 7 #66

That was very educational for me. ananda Mar 7 #16

War on a whim. "Three days the most" Welcome to hell, world. usonian Mar 7 #18

This is the Putin playbook. The Madcap Mar 7 #19

I haven't been able to find a major US news source to confirm this yet. patphil Mar 7 #21

I'm sure they will- as soon as they find those WMDs -eom vanessa_ca Mar 7 #25

I tried four or five sources earlier. No joy. nt Ilsa Mar 8 #127

debunked by AI... where's the evidence? WarGamer Mar 7 #30

Effin monsters malaise Mar 7 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Mar 7 #36

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Knock out Israel's desalinization plants and its agricultural artemisia1 Mar 7 #39

According to Wikipedia, nearly 90% of Israel's drinkable water is from desalination. Incredibly stupid highplainsdem Mar 7 #40

Well, when you have an incredibly stupid ass running things in the Oval Office, calimary Mar 7 #44

So, are we being greeted as 'liberators' yet? RandomNumbers Mar 7 #41

To my veteran cohorts who followed illegal orders and deliberately or without questioning, Wonder Why Mar 7 #42

Trump, Stephen Miller CABAL are all Sadists popsdenver Mar 7 #43

True or not, I expect Iran to use this as a precedent Another Jackalope Mar 7 #45

Sure, if they want all those countries to add their Air Forces to the current attacks then great idea! EX500rider Mar 7 #65

They don't seem terribly concerned so far. Another Jackalope Mar 7 #75

"much air defense they have in reserve." EX500rider Mar 7 #77

Maybe they're just past giving a shit Another Jackalope Mar 7 #82

Iran didn't shot down any F-15's, that was blue-on-blue EX500rider Mar 7 #85

Seems you are rooting for a wider, regional war. AloeVera Mar 8 #120

Most people recognize sarcasm EX500rider Mar 8 #121

That was sarcasm? AloeVera Mar 8 #122

Well gosh I'm sure you know more of what I meant than I do LOL EX500rider Mar 8 #124

Whether you can recognize sarcasm or not EX500rider Mar 8 #126

But wait, didn't Iran just say that it wouldn't target them? Igel Mar 7 #73

They're in a fucking war. And the USA just did it to them. Another Jackalope Mar 7 #76

Who says the US did it to them other then some rando's X post? EX500rider Mar 7 #89

Well, Ynetnews is reporting it as factual Another Jackalope Mar 7 #98

Not, Ynet is reporting that Iran said it happened. Does not make it so EX500rider Mar 7 #105

Certainly answers our questions, (Will Military follow illegal orders) bluestarone Mar 7 #46

Hegshit will be releasing a new video any minute now in celebration, with Spongebob and Snoopi. OGBuzz Mar 7 #49

Iran is not the only place in the world . . . AverageOldGuy Mar 7 #52

Exactly. n/t rzemanfl Mar 7 #102

Winning their hearts and minds dflprincess Mar 7 #53

Right?!!! Kath2 Mar 7 #56

Just when I think I couldn't hate this administration more cate94 Mar 7 #62

Somebody posts it on X and everybody laps it up as the truth? confirmation bias much? EX500rider Mar 7 #68

News, schmooze sarisataka Mar 7 #72

The guy who posted it is a Middle Eastern bit-coin huckster, so legitimacy!! lol EX500rider Mar 7 #90

As with so many things these days, I am shocked, horrified, repulsed, outraged, appalled... and on and on. liberalla Mar 7 #69

you know.... i kind of felt some sympathy for the "i'm just following orders" rank and file military Takket Mar 7 #71

That's a war crime. Was it the US or Israel? Now our military has an obligation to arrest and try the officers who ChicagoTeamster Mar 7 #74

No ROE, remember? Another Jackalope Mar 7 #80

So bombing an Iranian water plant is a war crime sarisataka Mar 7 #84

Yes. But their only strategy is to make the cost for the US and Israel and the Trump administration and their allies in ChicagoTeamster Mar 7 #96

My ethics are not flexible enough sarisataka Mar 7 #107

Understanding is different than druidity33 Mar 8 #128

Which is your opinion sarisataka Mar 8 #143

Israel is participating in the war and the targets Iran hit are the military installations of their attackers in ChicagoTeamster Mar 8 #144

Inhumane. War Crime, just like the girls' school. Evolve Dammit Mar 7 #79

Hearts and minds BeyondGeography Mar 7 #81

Democracy Is Untidy! Freedom Is Untidy! --- Donald Rumsfeld. ColoringFool Mar 7 #83

Why that island? Answer... AloeVera Mar 7 #86

I like your theory bluestarone Mar 7 #92

location certainly makes it more likely IMO EX500rider Mar 7 #114

Destroying vital civilian infrastructure to achieve war goals is a war crime. AloeVera Mar 7 #119

Tell that to Russia. nt. druidity33 Mar 8 #129

You are so right to be concerned 4bonhoffer Mar 7 #101

Trump... Dave Id Mar 7 #103

Iran did say they would respond "IN PROPORTION" Captain Zero Mar 7 #104

Peace? greblach Mar 7 #109

Surely that's a war crime. nt Trueblue Texan Mar 7 #117

"This is not a military base. Not a missile site. Not a radar station" -correct sarisataka Mar 7 #118

Is this even true? It's only off of a claim by Iran Melon Mar 8 #125

At least 20 SCHOOLS and 10 HOSPITALShave been damaged. We don't hear about that either. AloeVera Mar 8 #136

UNICEF's is just reporting what Iran has said EX500rider Mar 8 #140

Ah, there it is. AloeVera Mar 8 #145

Well I'm glad you believe all the Iranians pronouncements EX500rider Mar 8 #146

Bibi must be providing the targeting data on where to hit. LiberalArkie Mar 8 #130

Didn't Bibi hit Gaza's fresh water supplies too? Botany Mar 8 #133

Always.. LiberalArkie Mar 8 #135

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless........ Ping Tung Mar 8 #138

This violates the Geneva Conventions. AllyCat Mar 8 #141

It's the Israeli war-criminal genocide part two. Just like Palestine was exposed to BComplex Mar 8 #142

Disgusting and inhumane. Punishment is appropriate. Fla Dem Mar 8 #147