Not a whoops. The girls school was specifically targeted by Israel as it is adjacent to a naval base and attended in great part by the children of naval officers.
The US military knows that targeting civilians, especially children, is not only bad optics, it also makes their jobs exponentially more difficult as they always depend on local support. The IDF’s strategy is to inflict maximum pain in order to break the enemy. This is especially attractive when you cam make others (the US) do the killing for you and take the blame.
Normally, US intelligence selects and monitors the targets, but this shitshow of an administration has let a foreign entity (Israel) drive.
Regardless. The killing of those girls was not a whoops.
The report I just read from NPR suggests this may have been a US strike based off of outdated targeting info. I will say that it’s just speculation from an academic, though. Time will tell.
Not a whoops. The girls school was specifically targeted by Israel as it is adjacent to a naval base and attended in great part by the children of naval officers.
The US military knows that targeting civilians, especially children, is not only bad optics, it also makes their jobs exponentially more difficult as they always depend on local support. The IDF’s strategy is to inflict maximum pain in order to break the enemy. This is especially attractive when you cam make others (the US) do the killing for you and take the blame.
Normally, US intelligence selects and monitors the targets, but this shitshow of an administration has let a foreign entity (Israel) drive.
Regardless. The killing of those girls was not a whoops.
The report I just read from NPR suggests this may have been a US strike based off of outdated targeting info. I will say that it’s just speculation from an academic, though. Time will tell.
Regardless, there’s 100+ dead children. From US bombs.
We’re the fucking bad guys.