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 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.
And a war crime, of course. But it’s only a crime if you’re on the losing side, I guess.
The report I just read from NPR suggests this may have been a US strike based off of outdated targeting info.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.
The analysis I read (I need to dig up link but I think it was BBC) pointing to the link between the school and the base did note the report but also noted that it took them very little time to find out that it was a school and thatit had been for some time. Basically pointing to the excuse being VERY flimsy.
Personal Opinion: We will never know if this was a miatake or purposeful, but given Israel’s deep involvement in the planning of this attack, and their recent choice of engagement (ie genocide), I am not very willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
And who supplied them with that outdated information? Could it be, could it be, could it possibly be Israel?🎶
Oh, NPR is saying as I type that the US also precisely bombed a clinic on the same side of the wall as the school, and “the Pentagon is investigating.”
Too bad the Pentagon didn’t do any fucking investigating BEFORE they started bombing.
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.
And a war crime, of course. But it’s only a crime if you’re on the losing side, I guess.
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.
I don’t disagree at all
The analysis I read (I need to dig up link but I think it was BBC) pointing to the link between the school and the base did note the report but also noted that it took them very little time to find out that it was a school and thatit had been for some time. Basically pointing to the excuse being VERY flimsy.
Personal Opinion: We will never know if this was a miatake or purposeful, but given Israel’s deep involvement in the planning of this attack, and their recent choice of engagement (ie genocide), I am not very willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
EDIT: Not BBC. It was Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/questions-over-minab-girls-school-strike-as-israel-us-deny-involvement
And who supplied them with that outdated information? Could it be, could it be, could it possibly be Israel?🎶
Oh, NPR is saying as I type that the US also precisely bombed a clinic on the same side of the wall as the school, and “the Pentagon is investigating.”
Too bad the Pentagon didn’t do any fucking investigating BEFORE they started bombing.
No, I’m describing the source NPR cites in the article