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sarisataka

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61. No, I am against the conflict as a whole

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 05:24 PM

12 hrs ago

And particularly against attacking civilian targets.
Since we are doing "apparently"-

Apparently the regime that killed upwards of 30,000 of its own citizens this year has been rehabilitated and it is acceptable for them to attack civilian targets in any country they choose.

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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 13 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