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Whoa! There are some innocent and hard working people at those work sites. Some people even live nearby and their lives shouldn't be in danger.
There's nice long lists of CEOs, board executives and lobbying firms out there... And if their lives were somehow impacted by this needless war then that would have a much quicker response to this war.
They don't even need to hurt any of them but just target their megayachts that are very easily tracked and this war would end in a heartbeat.
It's too bad you don't get to choose how the people you attack retaliate. We probably should not have attacked them in the first place
Exactly, go after the assholes who chose to go to war and actually doing the killing.
If you believe Iran, that’s what they are doing.
Tell that to America, not Iran.
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They are targetting the infrastructure specifically to disable it. Killing the owner does not accomplish this, they will just be replaced. Attacking the heads of a hydra is foolish at best. I encourage people working for the American war machine to quit and leave.
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To be clear: I hope no innocent people die.
but also: Innocent people in Iran have certainly died by our choice not to update target info (killing school children with a direct hit we should have known better) and by our inaccurate weapons (we're killing lots of civilians).
So it's hard to argue if Iran strikes these tech companies, especially if they time it to, say, the middle of the night when there would be just a few people there.
Basically, I can't condone or support innocent people dying, but it's hard to argue that it would be a war crime for them if it's not a war crime when we hit civilians.
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Yeah but Iran is letting them know in advance that way they can stop going there.
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Friendly reminder:
You don't know the admins of any of the lemmy instances you interact with or how likely they are to "have your back" if they get a Letter. Or if they might even report you themselves.
Not sure why I bring that up.
You're not on TOR right now?
Just so everyone is aware:
This is a Daily Caller article that OP went thru AOL to hide the source.
If it's real, a non-fascist source will report it.
It does cite a post by Iranian State media on X, though. So it seems more real than just something the Daily Caller made up.
(interesting how X isn't on their naughty list. I wonder why....)
Bruhhh it was founded my Tucker Carlson. This article is not worth my attention, or anyone's for that matter.
AOL still exists?
The only time you see aol/yahoo links is when the OP wants to hide where the article comes from.
It's crazy consistent.
You'll never see an aol/yahoo link but rehosted from a reasonable source
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I love the lunacy, but hated every moment of using it
Oh, no! Not Palantir! Oh, please don't hurt them! They're just a harmless data processing company run by a devout Christian!
No need to worry man. Palantir is not listed. It's Plantir that will blow up.
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Bomb data centers not people
The comments here capture why Lemmy is my daily ritual.
I am in my natural environment
Smart move.
Attack the money that actually runs this country and they might get their dog to heel.
The federal government will just "bail them out".
Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it
EDIT:
They did it!
As best I can tell, no official comment from Amazon yet.
https://press.aboutamazon.com/press-release-archive
More detailed info in this article:
Iranian missiles have struck the headquarters of Batelco, Bahrain's largest telecommunications company , in Hamala, according to reports from local media. The facility also hosts Amazon Web Services infrastructure, making it a significant target in what appears to be a deliberate escalation of Iran's stated campaign against US tech giants in the region. Iran has announced it would start targeting US companies. This appears to be the first strike carried out under that threat.
I cannot yet find any specific report of casualties.
Have they considered starting a GoFundMe?
Anything Musk- related, please. Enjoy yourselves.
Strange to see something good coming off a war.
Cmon pull a fight club and blow up the student loan centers.
Or a Mr Robot
No. Stop. Don't.
Oh no! Please don't do it! fingers crossed
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Good
If they aren't directly responsible, they funded and supported this regime all the way through. Death by proxy!
What day? I need to work from home that day
Worst April Fool's prank ever :(
but on a serious note, it's a bit difficult to completely argue against their logic. :/
haha
Is there a way to donate money to the Iranian armed forces? Asking for a friend
Wouldn’t all of those billionaire mega yachts be much easier targets?
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I double dog dare you!
well, i guess 30.000 oracle employees caught a lucky break..
Please 🙏
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