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JustAnotherGen

(38,050 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:07 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump Strikes an Orphanage in Iran

https://newrepublic.com/post/208395/donald-trump-targets-children-strike-iran-orphanage

The U.S. and Israel have reportedly attacked an Iranian orphanage, killing two people and injuring five others.

The Monday strike targeted a newly built orphan charity complex in Fardis, a city about 25 miles west of Tehran, according to CNN, based on reporting from Fars News Agency, a semiofficial state news agency in Iran.

This strike marks the start of the fifth week of Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran, where strikes have already killed at least 230 children and injured an additional 1,800, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Sunday.

The war began with the U.S. conducting a horrific strike on a girls’ primary school in Minab that killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers. A preliminary inquiry found that the strike was the result of using outdated intelligence. What will America’s excuse for wanton violence be this time?



This shit is deliberate. They are going after the next generation.

The longer this goes on, the greater the risk to Americans at home.
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Trump Strikes an Orphanage in Iran (Original Post) JustAnotherGen 12 hrs ago OP
I wonder if Israel is doing the targeting of strikes made by the US. David__77 11 hrs ago #1
The Pentagon is using artificial intelligence to identify targets in Iran. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #23
This is deliberate and purposeful. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #2
my two cents JustAnotherGen 11 hrs ago #4
Yes and it is being done to torment and punish the Iranians for not handing over their oil Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #5
Perhaps to provoke outrage and a response that will give cover for an all out war once and for all in the ME. We wiggs 9 hrs ago #18
Yes provoking a brutal retaliation. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #22
They don't even bother with excuses anymore. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #3
This information needs to get out there. yellow dahlia 11 hrs ago #6
War crimes plain and simple. kacekwl 11 hrs ago #7
It's deliberately reckless, that's for sure. maxsolomon 10 hrs ago #8
I actually am surprised that we have not had any problems here in the US yet. Katinfl 10 hrs ago #9
"Nobody minding the store" sheshe2 9 hrs ago #14
Hey, hey Donald J - How many kids did you kill today! spike jones 10 hrs ago #10
To the monster who signed the death warrants B.See 1 hr ago #28
Israel's plan is to do to Iran what they did to Gaza Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #11
They're currently doing it to Lebanon leftstreet 9 hrs ago #16
I saw a report that an Israeli government minister announced the death penalty for . malaise 9 hrs ago #21
Ben Gvir was seen smearing his lips with champagne in celebration with this laws passage. David__77 8 hrs ago #25
Makes sense Nasruddin 10 hrs ago #12
This is not my country anymore Grim Chieftain 10 hrs ago #13
Building another generation who will hate us ybbor 9 hrs ago #15
Never Again! BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #17
If there is one, damn these madmen to hell. AllyCat 9 hrs ago #19
He said the war was going great. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #20
That has got to be a war crime. nt TBF 9 hrs ago #24
Machiavelli OC375 8 hrs ago #26
Donald trump rapes and kills children Blue Owl 1 hr ago #27

JustAnotherGen

(38,050 posts)
4. my two cents
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:25 PM
11 hrs ago

FWIW . . . It's the next generation. I'm also assuming that unlike the American Govt - the Iranian Govt loves their children.

All this is going to do is cause more anger and hatred.

And broken little bodies - and dead little bodies. With MY tax dollars. I'd rather feed hungry American children, make sure our Seniors had free (not an insurance extra) vision, dental, and hearing . . . and our folks with disabilities had access to assisted living and independence.

Instead - we are killing Iranians. For NO good reason.

Irish_Dem

(81,242 posts)
5. Yes and it is being done to torment and punish the Iranians for not handing over their oil
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:27 PM
11 hrs ago

to the American mob bosses.

And yes Americans hate their own children.
So why be nice to another country's children?

wiggs

(8,812 posts)
18. Perhaps to provoke outrage and a response that will give cover for an all out war once and for all in the ME. We
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:19 PM
9 hrs ago

certainly aren't doing it in the name of peace. nt

maxsolomon

(38,711 posts)
8. It's deliberately reckless, that's for sure.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:41 PM
10 hrs ago

and more likely based on poor (or misleading) targeting information.

I am skeptical the US military is "going after the next generation" of Iranians deliberately - on MFer's or Hegseth's orders.

Katinfl

(814 posts)
9. I actually am surprised that we have not had any problems here in the US yet.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:41 PM
10 hrs ago

Perhaps it’s too soon but I suspect we will get attacked somewhere/sometime/somehow shortly. even before Iran, i thought we were ripe for anything because of all the unqualified people running the government. Not to mention all the DOGE cuts leaving agencies severely under-staffed. Nobody minding the store.

B.See

(8,490 posts)
28. To the monster who signed the death warrants
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:47 PM
1 hr ago

for half a million kids by shuttering USAID, a dozen or a hundred more won't matter.

Johnny2X2X

(24,203 posts)
11. Israel's plan is to do to Iran what they did to Gaza
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 01:58 PM
10 hrs ago

Turn it to rubble and starve everyone still alive.

leftstreet

(40,666 posts)
16. They're currently doing it to Lebanon
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:14 PM
9 hrs ago

and much like Gaza, not a single fucking international outcry

malaise

(296,076 posts)
21. I saw a report that an Israeli government minister announced the death penalty for .
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:30 PM
9 hrs ago

any Palestinian who kills an Israeli citizen.
I hope they read that line we use - same knife stick goat stick sheep.

Add link, snip
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/whats-israels-death-penalty-law-that-only-applies-to-palestinians

The Israeli parliament’s approval of a legislation that seeks the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks has stoked fears among the Palestinians and drawn condemnation from the international community, dismayed at the further entrenching of what rights groups have long described as Israel’s “system of apartheid”.

The law, which does not apply to Jewish citizens of Israel, was met with jubilation among its backers in the country’s far right.

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Jimmy Carter was correct

David__77

(24,726 posts)
25. Ben Gvir was seen smearing his lips with champagne in celebration with this laws passage.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:25 PM
8 hrs ago

ybbor

(1,749 posts)
15. Building another generation who will hate us
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:12 PM
9 hrs ago

“ The bombings will continue until morale improves”

BidenRocks

(3,263 posts)
17. Never Again!
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:18 PM
9 hrs ago

Never again do I want to hear that lie!

Never again to US!
You on the other hand...

twodogsbarking

(18,774 posts)
20. He said the war was going great.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:25 PM
9 hrs ago

He said the war was going great.
He said the war was going great.

OC375

(934 posts)
26. Machiavelli
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:55 PM
8 hrs ago

He figures if you go after the king, you need to kill all the heirs.

He's right, but it's been tried and it never really works at scale because of the wholesale genocide thing. Someone always remembers...

I think that's what the B-52's are for... "I said no ground troops, but I never said anything about firestorms."

It's more "warish" than death squads, and hey, they can blame AI , or manufacturers, or Congress, or Europe being pussies, or something else for "having no choice" but to do it.

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