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Igel

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66. Yeah, but most of that blather for the last week or so has been about Iran knocking out water supplies for Arab states.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 05:40 PM
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Whether that would be the final breaking point in Iran's descent towards Putinistic 'let's bomb maternity hospital' type scheiss.

That didn't happen. But I'm not ruling out that the 'attack' on the desalination plant was parallel to when Israeli interceptors took out a Muslim-fired missile--whether God's Party, ZEAL, or the Iranian Ayatollah Shi'ite Shura as the agents of intended Israeli corpsehood--and it was clear that it was the remains of the interceptor-intercepted system that did the damage. Moreover, had the missile accomplished its goals, the death/destruction/etc. would have been worse. Few to none that I am aware of claimed it was the Israeli military intentionally destroying an Israeli apt. building.

Then again, had it fallen on Arabic speakers or Muslims, all bets are off.

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Exactly as predicted by this professor: LuckyCharms Yesterday #1
I like this guy, but I am still cautious about his ties to the CPC. /nt artemisia1 Yesterday #37
What is the PPC? S/V Loner Yesterday #47
"People's Party of Canada"? Another Jackalope Yesterday #51
Thanks. I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. n/t S/V Loner Yesterday #55
Typo. CPC (Communist Party of China), whose approval is necessary to obtain and retain a professorship at a artemisia1 Yesterday #60
Is that any better than our system? paleotn Yesterday #78
Not quite there, yet Red Mountain Yesterday #87
Watch out, that guy's a JFK / Lunar landing / 9-11 nutter, amongst other things rictofen Yesterday #50
Thank you! progressoid Yesterday #115
What the stars foretell .... eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #123
This is not a legitimate news source SCantiGOP Yesterday #100
Nah, he's just another internet nutter. progressoid Yesterday #116
This has to be a war crime karynnj Yesterday #2
Yes, it definitely is a war crime. wnylib Yesterday #48
We need another round of "disobey.illegal orders" with specific examples pat_k Yesterday #58
Put it on signs for No Kings rallies. wnylib Yesterday #59
It was also a war crime to bomb a girl's school and a hospital Bayard Yesterday #99
Bombing hospitals maliaSmith 11 hrs ago #139
Didn't Gorbachev warn that the water wars will dwarf the oil wars blm Yesterday #113
That's pretty much a war crime leftstreet Yesterday #3
Immediately, no NJCher Yesterday #26
The cruelty is a feature UpInArms Yesterday #4
Warmongers need to go vapor2 Yesterday #5
I'd like to see a primary candidate running on a platform entirely consisting of RockRaven Yesterday #6
They have no intention of getting arrested and LuvLoogie Yesterday #35
Right out of the Putin/Bibi playbook. Wuddles440 Yesterday #7
"THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT" According to Iran you mean? EX500rider Yesterday #8
Not so unbelievable after double-tap on a girls school. nt Ilsa Yesterday #24
Yeah, I found that to be horrifying. And we did it, as confirmed by major US news services. patphil Yesterday #27
Corporate media -0- coverage................ Lovie777 Yesterday #70
Trump govt says they're investigating, but all the evidence points to the US attack on a nearby naval base. patphil Yesterday #112
And if it's true? druidity33 13 hrs ago #131
Well first if it would depend if it was on purpose or not EX500rider 13 hrs ago #134
You think the current US government would admit it? nt. druidity33 12 hrs ago #137
There's a very special place in hell for the duo of evil carrying out such war crimes. vanessa_ca Yesterday #9
We really need to decide on a single standard sarisataka Yesterday #10
Assuming it even happened, (shows pic of undamaged facility) EX500rider Yesterday #12
... ruet Yesterday #28
Great response. Kingofalldems Yesterday #38
Sure, who I am I to question some rando's post on X, must be true!! RT agrees!!! lol EX500rider Yesterday #88
That's the Israeli/US JBTaurus83 Yesterday #97
After watching Israel bomb people inside a pen for two years straight, questionseverything Yesterday #91
This claims the US did it, not the IDF EX500rider Yesterday #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 Yesterday #95
When Iran does it, it's called asymmetric warfare rictofen Yesterday #54
Who in your opinion would it be ok to do it? displacedvermoter Yesterday #57
No, I am against the conflict as a whole sarisataka Yesterday #61
But aren't we supposed to be "better" than them? displacedvermoter Yesterday #64
One would like to think so sarisataka Yesterday #67
I don't think Netanyahu is a moron. PufPuf23 Yesterday #94
Last time i checked, Netanyahu is not the US President sarisataka Yesterday #106
Netanyahu plays Trump like a fiddle. PufPuf23 Yesterday #108
October 7 sarisataka Yesterday #110
Oops my finger hit the adjacent key. nt PufPuf23 Yesterday #111
Perhaps Kegsbreath displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #132
Murdering school girls wasn't enough dalton99a Yesterday #11
School war crimes Whip-poor-will Yesterday #17
Remove the rapist Whip-poor-will Yesterday #13
The missile was allegedly launched from Bahrain vanessa_ca Yesterday #14
"proof" Looking at the trajectory those look like interceptor missiles EX500rider Yesterday #20
DU rules prohibit me from replying -eom vanessa_ca Yesterday #22
Gosh if you can't trust RT who can you trust right LOL EX500rider Yesterday #29
Russian propaganda sources sarisataka Yesterday #32
Confirmation bias in its purest form EX500rider Yesterday #33
You'll also find DU rules prevent RT from being used in late breaking news for some reason I wonder why EX500rider Yesterday #31
Perhaps this was a reciprocal attack sarisataka Yesterday #23
I like square circles. Igel Yesterday #63
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #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 Yesterday #66
That was very educational for me. ananda Yesterday #16
War on a whim. "Three days the most" Welcome to hell, world. usonian Yesterday #18
This is the Putin playbook. The Madcap Yesterday #19
I haven't been able to find a major US news source to confirm this yet. patphil Yesterday #21
I'm sure they will- as soon as they find those WMDs -eom vanessa_ca Yesterday #25
I tried four or five sources earlier. No joy. nt Ilsa 20 hrs ago #127
debunked by AI... where's the evidence? WarGamer Yesterday #30
Effin monsters malaise Yesterday #34
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Yesterday #36
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Knock out Israel's desalinization plants and its agricultural artemisia1 Yesterday #39
According to Wikipedia, nearly 90% of Israel's drinkable water is from desalination. Incredibly stupid highplainsdem Yesterday #40
Well, when you have an incredibly stupid ass running things in the Oval Office, calimary Yesterday #44
So, are we being greeted as 'liberators' yet? RandomNumbers Yesterday #41
To my veteran cohorts who followed illegal orders and deliberately or without questioning, Wonder Why Yesterday #42
Trump, Stephen Miller CABAL are all Sadists popsdenver Yesterday #43
True or not, I expect Iran to use this as a precedent Another Jackalope Yesterday #45
Sure, if they want all those countries to add their Air Forces to the current attacks then great idea! EX500rider Yesterday #65
They don't seem terribly concerned so far. Another Jackalope Yesterday #75
"much air defense they have in reserve." EX500rider Yesterday #77
Maybe they're just past giving a shit Another Jackalope Yesterday #82
Iran didn't shot down any F-15's, that was blue-on-blue EX500rider Yesterday #85
Seems you are rooting for a wider, regional war. AloeVera 23 hrs ago #120
Most people recognize sarcasm EX500rider 22 hrs ago #121
That was sarcasm? AloeVera 21 hrs ago #122
Well gosh I'm sure you know more of what I meant than I do LOL EX500rider 21 hrs ago #124
Whether you can recognize sarcasm or not EX500rider 21 hrs ago #126
But wait, didn't Iran just say that it wouldn't target them? Igel Yesterday #73
They're in a fucking war. And the USA just did it to them. Another Jackalope Yesterday #76
Who says the US did it to them other then some rando's X post? EX500rider Yesterday #89
Well, Ynetnews is reporting it as factual Another Jackalope Yesterday #98
Not, Ynet is reporting that Iran said it happened. Does not make it so EX500rider Yesterday #105
Certainly answers our questions, (Will Military follow illegal orders) bluestarone Yesterday #46
Hegshit will be releasing a new video any minute now in celebration, with Spongebob and Snoopi. OGBuzz Yesterday #49
Iran is not the only place in the world . . . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #52
Exactly. n/t rzemanfl Yesterday #102
Winning their hearts and minds dflprincess Yesterday #53
Right?!!! Kath2 Yesterday #56
Just when I think I couldn't hate this administration more cate94 Yesterday #62
Somebody posts it on X and everybody laps it up as the truth? confirmation bias much? EX500rider Yesterday #68
News, schmooze sarisataka Yesterday #72
The guy who posted it is a Middle Eastern bit-coin huckster, so legitimacy!! lol EX500rider Yesterday #90
As with so many things these days, I am shocked, horrified, repulsed, outraged, appalled... and on and on. liberalla Yesterday #69
you know.... i kind of felt some sympathy for the "i'm just following orders" rank and file military Takket Yesterday #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 Yesterday #74
No ROE, remember? Another Jackalope Yesterday #80
So bombing an Iranian water plant is a war crime sarisataka Yesterday #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 Yesterday #96
My ethics are not flexible enough sarisataka Yesterday #107
Understanding is different than druidity33 14 hrs ago #128
Which is your opinion sarisataka 9 hrs ago #143
Israel is participating in the war and the targets Iran hit are the military installations of their attackers in ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #144
Inhumane. War Crime, just like the girls' school. Evolve Dammit Yesterday #79
Hearts and minds BeyondGeography Yesterday #81
Democracy Is Untidy! Freedom Is Untidy! --- Donald Rumsfeld. ColoringFool Yesterday #83
Why that island? Answer... AloeVera Yesterday #86
I like your theory bluestarone Yesterday #92
location certainly makes it more likely IMO EX500rider Yesterday #114
Destroying vital civilian infrastructure to achieve war goals is a war crime. AloeVera 23 hrs ago #119
Tell that to Russia. nt. druidity33 13 hrs ago #129
You are so right to be concerned 4bonhoffer Yesterday #101
Trump... Dave Id Yesterday #103
Iran did say they would respond "IN PROPORTION" Captain Zero Yesterday #104
Peace? greblach Yesterday #109
Surely that's a war crime. nt Trueblue Texan 23 hrs ago #117
"This is not a military base. Not a missile site. Not a radar station" -correct sarisataka 23 hrs ago #118
Is this even true? It's only off of a claim by Iran Melon 21 hrs ago #125
At least 20 SCHOOLS and 10 HOSPITALShave been damaged. We don't hear about that either. AloeVera 12 hrs ago #136
UNICEF's is just reporting what Iran has said EX500rider 11 hrs ago #140
Ah, there it is. AloeVera 8 hrs ago #145
Well I'm glad you believe all the Iranians pronouncements EX500rider 8 hrs ago #146
Bibi must be providing the targeting data on where to hit. LiberalArkie 13 hrs ago #130
Didn't Bibi hit Gaza's fresh water supplies too? Botany 13 hrs ago #133
Always.. LiberalArkie 13 hrs ago #135
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless........ Ping Tung 11 hrs ago #138
This violates the Geneva Conventions. AllyCat 10 hrs ago #141
It's the Israeli war-criminal genocide part two. Just like Palestine was exposed to BComplex 9 hrs ago #142
Disgusting and inhumane. Punishment is appropriate. Fla Dem 7 hrs ago #147
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