Iran declares U.S. citizens, personnel 'legitimate targets' after strike on nuclear sites
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Everybody's going to the party, have a real good timeDancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
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Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR??
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I mean, yeah, that's what a declaration of war usually entails.
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The headline is somewhat misleading. Iran said US personnel are legitimate targets (meaning those employed by the US government. Not all US citizens.
Although if I were American I would not risk depending on the judgment of a random Iranian soldier.
First sentence:
Iran announced Sunday that any American civilian or military personnel in the region are now considered legitimate targets
So yes, still not all Americans, but no, not just government employees, American civilians too.
But I suspect non-military people will be arrested, not treated as military targets to be attacked or bombed.
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I mean, yeah, that's what a declaration of war usually entails.
It used to be that non-combatants weren't considered legitimate targets. Ain't progress fun?
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Oh good. Americans will die.
Trump will be fine.
But Americans are gonna die.
Trump is a traitor Nazi.
Maybe they can blow up his hotels and golf courses. He'd actually care more.
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First sentence:
Iran announced Sunday that any American civilian or military personnel in the region are now considered legitimate targets
So yes, still not all Americans, but no, not just government employees, American civilians too.
But I suspect non-military people will be arrested, not treated as military targets to be attacked or bombed.
After we've droned some of their people. I wouldn't put money on that.
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It used to be that non-combatants weren't considered legitimate targets. Ain't progress fun?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Americans have only ever pretended to care about non-combatants when it's convenient. President Obama even invented the term 'enemy combatant' so he could pretend his drone strikes were killing fewer civilians.
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Haha welp, guess we have airline bombings to look forward to in the future
This timeline fucking blows, guys.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]My best guess is that they'll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
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It used to be that non-combatants weren't considered legitimate targets. Ain't progress fun?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]In the history of the world, it has only been a very short window during the late 20th/ early 21 st century that civilians were not considered fair game in war, although they get slaughtered anyway. Even with civilians being off limits, as recently as WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East, civilians have been targets either by design, by atrocity, or by proximity.
If there's a war, don't think you're getting off the hook just because you're a civilian. During war, the old adage "If your not with us, you're against us" becomes weaponized.
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My best guess is that they'll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Release Ebola or some such thing in America, and the MAGAs will make sure no laws or mandates are passed to prevent it's spread. 50% of the population will be gone within a year, destroying our society without firing a shot.
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Release Ebola or some such thing in America, and the MAGAs will make sure no laws or mandates are passed to prevent it's spread. 50% of the population will be gone within a year, destroying our society without firing a shot.
It would be oddly poetic to use our own basic grossness against us. Americans have terrible hygiene.
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It used to be that non-combatants weren't considered legitimate targets. Ain't progress fun?
tell that to all the civilians in Guantanamo and Gaza.
if the first aggressor doesn't give a fuck about rule of war, it can't complain about them
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Haha welp, guess we have airline bombings to look forward to in the future
This timeline fucking blows, guys.
I really don't think Iran's leaders are that foolish, after what happened last time someone did that.
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I mean, yeah, that's what a declaration of war usually entails.
Trump doesn't even have the class to declare.
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I really don't think Iran's leaders are that foolish, after what happened last time someone did that.
The stronger-than-ever Taliban?
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I mean, yeah, that's what a declaration of war usually entails.
Not the citizens part
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My best guess is that they'll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
Our government is exceptional at dealing in violence but inept at handling threats that it can't beat, shoot, or bomb into submission.
The societal response and government handling of COVID was not at all reassuring. To the point that I let go of any last remaining shred of hope I had for us to turn this ship around on several metrics (e.g. climate change). And unfortunately I think it has gotten even worse, e.g. with the (at least apparent) increase in anti-vaxxers.
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Our government is exceptional at dealing in violence but inept at handling threats that it can't beat, shoot, or bomb into submission.
The societal response and government handling of COVID was not at all reassuring. To the point that I let go of any last remaining shred of hope I had for us to turn this ship around on several metrics (e.g. climate change). And unfortunately I think it has gotten even worse, e.g. with the (at least apparent) increase in anti-vaxxers.
Same. My city reopened in Mid-June 2020 and I remember going to the gym and seeing people pretending the virus was gone, no masks, distancing, or wiping down the equipment. People are disgusting.
So I still mask up and carry sanitizer.
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My best guess is that they'll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
Iran would not do that, but you raise an important point about how insanely vulnerable the US is to actual biological attacks.
Could you imagine the US government trying to get Americans to get an anthrax vaccine after a weapon attack?
