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

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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 14 hrs ago OP

Exactly as predicted by this professor: LuckyCharms 14 hrs ago #1

I like this guy, but I am still cautious about his ties to the CPC. /nt artemisia1 13 hrs ago #37

What is the PPC? S/V Loner 12 hrs ago #47

"People's Party of Canada"? Another Jackalope 12 hrs ago #51

Thanks. I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. n/t S/V Loner 12 hrs ago #55

Typo. CPC (Communist Party of China), whose approval is necessary to obtain and retain a professorship at a artemisia1 12 hrs ago #60

Is that any better than our system? paleotn 11 hrs ago #78

Not quite there, yet Red Mountain 11 hrs ago #87

Watch out, that guy's a JFK / Lunar landing / 9-11 nutter, amongst other things rictofen 12 hrs ago #50

Thank you! progressoid 6 hrs ago #115

What the stars foretell .... eppur_se_muova 4 hrs ago #123

This is not a legitimate news source SCantiGOP 10 hrs ago #100

Nah, he's just another internet nutter. progressoid 6 hrs ago #116

This has to be a war crime karynnj 14 hrs ago #2

Yes, it definitely is a war crime. wnylib 12 hrs ago #48

We need another round of "disobey.illegal orders" with specific examples pat_k 12 hrs ago #58

Put it on signs for No Kings rallies. wnylib 12 hrs ago #59

It was also a war crime to bomb a girl's school and a hospital Bayard 10 hrs ago #99

Didn't Gorbachev warn that the water wars will dwarf the oil wars blm 6 hrs ago #113

That's pretty much a war crime leftstreet 14 hrs ago #3

Immediately, no NJCher 13 hrs ago #26

The cruelty is a feature UpInArms 14 hrs ago #4

Warmongers need to go vapor2 14 hrs ago #5

I'd like to see a primary candidate running on a platform entirely consisting of RockRaven 14 hrs ago #6

They have no intention of getting arrested and LuvLoogie 13 hrs ago #35

Right out of the Putin/Bibi playbook. Wuddles440 14 hrs ago #7

"THE US JUST BOMBED A WATER PLANT" According to Iran you mean? EX500rider 14 hrs ago #8

Not so unbelievable after double-tap on a girls school. nt Ilsa 13 hrs ago #24

Yeah, I found that to be horrifying. And we did it, as confirmed by major US news services. patphil 13 hrs ago #27

Corporate media -0- coverage................ Lovie777 11 hrs ago #70

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

There's a very special place in hell for the duo of evil carrying out such war crimes. vanessa_ca 14 hrs ago #9

We really need to decide on a single standard sarisataka 14 hrs ago #10

Assuming it even happened, (shows pic of undamaged facility) EX500rider 13 hrs ago #12

... ruet 13 hrs ago #28

Great response. Kingofalldems 13 hrs ago #38

Sure, who I am I to question some rando's post on X, must be true!! RT agrees!!! lol EX500rider 11 hrs ago #88

That's the Israeli/US JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #97

After watching Israel bomb people inside a pen for two years straight, questionseverything 11 hrs ago #91

This claims the US did it, not the IDF EX500rider 11 hrs ago #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 11 hrs ago #95

When Iran does it, it's called asymmetric warfare rictofen 12 hrs ago #54

Who in your opinion would it be ok to do it? displacedvermoter 12 hrs ago #57

No, I am against the conflict as a whole sarisataka 12 hrs ago #61

But aren't we supposed to be "better" than them? displacedvermoter 11 hrs ago #64

One would like to think so sarisataka 11 hrs ago #67

I don't think Netanyahu is a moron. PufPuf23 11 hrs ago #94

Last time i checked, Netanyahu is not the US President sarisataka 10 hrs ago #106

Netanyahu plays Trump like a fiddle. PufPuf23 9 hrs ago #108

October 7 sarisataka 9 hrs ago #110

Oops my finger hit the adjacent key. nt PufPuf23 9 hrs ago #111

Murdering school girls wasn't enough dalton99a 14 hrs ago #11

School war crimes Whip-poor-will 13 hrs ago #17

Remove the rapist Whip-poor-will 13 hrs ago #13

The missile was allegedly launched from Bahrain vanessa_ca 13 hrs ago #14

"proof" Looking at the trajectory those look like interceptor missiles EX500rider 13 hrs ago #20

DU rules prohibit me from replying -eom vanessa_ca 13 hrs ago #22

Gosh if you can't trust RT who can you trust right LOL EX500rider 13 hrs ago #29

Russian propaganda sources sarisataka 13 hrs ago #32

Confirmation bias in its purest form EX500rider 13 hrs ago #33

You'll also find DU rules prevent RT from being used in late breaking news for some reason I wonder why EX500rider 13 hrs ago #31

Perhaps this was a reciprocal attack sarisataka 13 hrs ago #23

I like square circles. Igel 11 hrs ago #63

Kick dalton99a 13 hrs ago #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 11 hrs ago #66

That was very educational for me. ananda 13 hrs ago #16

War on a whim. "Three days the most" Welcome to hell, world. usonian 13 hrs ago #18

This is the Putin playbook. The Madcap 13 hrs ago #19

I haven't been able to find a major US news source to confirm this yet. patphil 13 hrs ago #21

I'm sure they will- as soon as they find those WMDs -eom vanessa_ca 13 hrs ago #25

I tried four or five sources earlier. No joy. nt Ilsa 3 hrs ago #127

debunked by AI... where's the evidence? WarGamer 13 hrs ago #30

Effin monsters malaise 13 hrs ago #34

This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #36

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Knock out Israel's desalinization plants and its agricultural artemisia1 13 hrs ago #39

According to Wikipedia, nearly 90% of Israel's drinkable water is from desalination. Incredibly stupid highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #40

Well, when you have an incredibly stupid ass running things in the Oval Office, calimary 12 hrs ago #44

So, are we being greeted as 'liberators' yet? RandomNumbers 12 hrs ago #41

To my veteran cohorts who followed illegal orders and deliberately or without questioning, Wonder Why 12 hrs ago #42

Trump, Stephen Miller CABAL are all Sadists popsdenver 12 hrs ago #43

True or not, I expect Iran to use this as a precedent Another Jackalope 12 hrs ago #45

Sure, if they want all those countries to add their Air Forces to the current attacks then great idea! EX500rider 11 hrs ago #65

They don't seem terribly concerned so far. Another Jackalope 11 hrs ago #75

"much air defense they have in reserve." EX500rider 11 hrs ago #77

Maybe they're just past giving a shit Another Jackalope 11 hrs ago #82

Iran didn't shot down any F-15's, that was blue-on-blue EX500rider 11 hrs ago #85

Seems you are rooting for a wider, regional war. AloeVera 5 hrs ago #120

Most people recognize sarcasm EX500rider 5 hrs ago #121

That was sarcasm? AloeVera 4 hrs ago #122

Well gosh I'm sure you know more of what I meant than I do LOL EX500rider 3 hrs ago #124

Whether you can recognize sarcasm or not EX500rider 3 hrs ago #126

But wait, didn't Iran just say that it wouldn't target them? Igel 11 hrs ago #73

They're in a fucking war. And the USA just did it to them. Another Jackalope 11 hrs ago #76

Who says the US did it to them other then some rando's X post? EX500rider 11 hrs ago #89

Well, Ynetnews is reporting it as factual Another Jackalope 10 hrs ago #98

Not, Ynet is reporting that Iran said it happened. Does not make it so EX500rider 10 hrs ago #105

Certainly answers our questions, (Will Military follow illegal orders) bluestarone 12 hrs ago #46

Hegshit will be releasing a new video any minute now in celebration, with Spongebob and Snoopi. OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #49

Iran is not the only place in the world . . . AverageOldGuy 12 hrs ago #52

Exactly. n/t rzemanfl 10 hrs ago #102

Winning their hearts and minds dflprincess 12 hrs ago #53

Right?!!! Kath2 12 hrs ago #56

Just when I think I couldn't hate this administration more cate94 11 hrs ago #62

Somebody posts it on X and everybody laps it up as the truth? confirmation bias much? EX500rider 11 hrs ago #68

News, schmooze sarisataka 11 hrs ago #72

The guy who posted it is a Middle Eastern bit-coin huckster, so legitimacy!! lol EX500rider 11 hrs ago #90

As with so many things these days, I am shocked, horrified, repulsed, outraged, appalled... and on and on. liberalla 11 hrs ago #69

you know.... i kind of felt some sympathy for the "i'm just following orders" rank and file military Takket 11 hrs ago #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 11 hrs ago #74

No ROE, remember? Another Jackalope 11 hrs ago #80

So bombing an Iranian water plant is a war crime sarisataka 11 hrs ago #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 10 hrs ago #96

My ethics are not flexible enough sarisataka 9 hrs ago #107

Inhumane. War Crime, just like the girls' school. Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #79

Hearts and minds BeyondGeography 11 hrs ago #81

Democracy Is Untidy! Freedom Is Untidy! --- Donald Rumsfeld. ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #83

Why that island? Answer... AloeVera 11 hrs ago #86

I like your theory bluestarone 11 hrs ago #92

location certainly makes it more likely IMO EX500rider 6 hrs ago #114

Destroying vital civilian infrastructure to achieve war goals is a war crime. AloeVera 5 hrs ago #119

You are so right to be concerned 4bonhoffer 10 hrs ago #101

Trump... Dave Id 10 hrs ago #103

Iran did say they would respond "IN PROPORTION" Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #104

Peace? greblach 9 hrs ago #109

Surely that's a war crime. nt Trueblue Texan 5 hrs ago #117

"This is not a military base. Not a missile site. Not a radar station" -correct sarisataka 5 hrs ago #118

Is this even true? It's only off of a claim by Iran Melon 3 hrs ago #125