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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]

omg, THIS IS SO CRUEL!!!

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🚨 THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT. READ THAT AGAIN:

America just struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island, Iran.

Do you understand what that means?

– 30 villages just lost their water supply

– This is not a military base. Not a missile site. Not a radar station. A WATER PLANT.

– Iran's FM warned this will have "grave consequences"

– He said: "The US set this precedent, not Iran"

– That means Iran now considers ALL civilian infrastructure fair game

– Every desalination plant in the Gulf just became a potential target

– Saudi Arabia gets 70% of its drinking water from desalination

– UAE gets 90%

– Qatar gets almost 100%

– One strike on a Gulf desalination plant and MILLIONS have no drinking water within days

The US just opened a door that CANNOT be closed. And Iran is watching.

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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 Saturday OP

Exactly as predicted by this professor: LuckyCharms Saturday #1

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

What is the PPC? S/V Loner Saturday #47

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

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

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

Is that any better than our system? paleotn Saturday #78

Not quite there, yet Red Mountain Saturday #87

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

Thank you! progressoid Saturday #115

What the stars foretell .... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #123

This is not a legitimate news source SCantiGOP Saturday #100

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

This has to be a war crime karynnj Saturday #2

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

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

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

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

Bombing hospitals maliaSmith Yesterday #139

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

That's pretty much a war crime leftstreet Saturday #3

Immediately, no NJCher Saturday #26

The cruelty is a feature UpInArms Saturday #4

Warmongers need to go vapor2 Saturday #5

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

They have no intention of getting arrested and LuvLoogie Saturday #35

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

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

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

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

Corporate media -0- coverage................ Lovie777 Saturday #70

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

And if it's true? druidity33 Yesterday #131

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

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

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

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

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

... ruet Saturday #28

Great response. Kingofalldems Saturday #38

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

That's the Israeli/US JBTaurus83 Saturday #97

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

This claims the US did it, not the IDF EX500rider Saturday #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 Saturday #95

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

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

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

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

One would like to think so sarisataka Saturday #67

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

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

Netanyahu plays Trump like a fiddle. PufPuf23 Saturday #108

October 7 sarisataka Saturday #110

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

Perhaps Kegsbreath displacedvermoter Yesterday #132

Murdering school girls wasn't enough dalton99a Saturday #11

School war crimes Whip-poor-will Saturday #17

Remove the rapist Whip-poor-will Saturday #13

The missile was allegedly launched from Bahrain vanessa_ca Saturday #14

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

DU rules prohibit me from replying -eom vanessa_ca Saturday #22

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

Russian propaganda sources sarisataka Saturday #32

Confirmation bias in its purest form EX500rider Saturday #33

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

Perhaps this was a reciprocal attack sarisataka Saturday #23

I like square circles. Igel Saturday #63

Kick dalton99a Saturday #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 Saturday #66

That was very educational for me. ananda Saturday #16

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

This is the Putin playbook. The Madcap Saturday #19

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

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

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

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

Effin monsters malaise Saturday #34

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trump, Stephen Miller CABAL are all Sadists popsdenver Saturday #43

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Most people recognize sarcasm EX500rider Yesterday #121

That was sarcasm? AloeVera Yesterday #122

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

Whether you can recognize sarcasm or not EX500rider Yesterday #126

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Exactly. n/t rzemanfl Saturday #102

Winning their hearts and minds dflprincess Saturday #53

Right?!!! Kath2 Saturday #56

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

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

News, schmooze sarisataka Saturday #72

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

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

you know.... i kind of felt some sympathy for the "i'm just following orders" rank and file military Takket Saturday #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 Saturday #74

No ROE, remember? Another Jackalope Saturday #80

So bombing an Iranian water plant is a war crime sarisataka Saturday #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 Saturday #96

My ethics are not flexible enough sarisataka Saturday #107

Understanding is different than druidity33 Yesterday #128

Which is your opinion sarisataka Yesterday #143

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

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

Hearts and minds BeyondGeography Saturday #81

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

Why that island? Answer... AloeVera Saturday #86

I like your theory bluestarone Saturday #92

location certainly makes it more likely IMO EX500rider Saturday #114

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

Tell that to Russia. nt. druidity33 Yesterday #129

You are so right to be concerned 4bonhoffer Saturday #101

Trump... Dave Id Saturday #103

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

Peace? greblach Saturday #109

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

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

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

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

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

Ah, there it is. AloeVera 23 hrs ago #145

Well I'm glad you believe all the Iranians pronouncements EX500rider 23 hrs ago #146

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

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

Always.. LiberalArkie Yesterday #135

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

This violates the Geneva Conventions. AllyCat Yesterday #141

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

Disgusting and inhumane. Punishment is appropriate. Fla Dem 22 hrs ago #147