Donald Trump and maga Republicans are to blame for tragic murder war crimes killing Iranian school children
US bombing of elementary Iranian school should make members of Congress sick 🤢— and make them investigate. The deliberate murder of school children is a heinous evil war crime. Echo editorial published in the Boston Globe with excerpts from WRAL News in North Caroline..
The Navy has not offered a clear breakdown about the damage done so far at the base, but Iran repeatedly claimed to have attacked it. Online videos also shows incoming fire targeting the base. During the 12-day war in June, Iran attacked and destroyed a similar radome at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, used for secure communications.)
Among of the alarming findings that emerged in the aftermath of the strike on the Iranian children's school is that it could have been a result of outdated data. The school was adjacent to an Iranian naval base, which was the target of the US strikes that day. According to The New York Times, the school at one point was part of the naval base but has since at least 2016 been partitioned off.
Republicans need to work with Democrats to get the answers. After all, even if Republican lawmakers fully support Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran, it is still their responsibility to ensure that the United States is accurate and precise in targeting enemy combatants, not innocent civilians, let alone children. If this strike highlights something systemically wrong with the Pentagon’s operations, that would make clear that the longer this war lasts, the more likely it is that strikes like the one on the elementary school could happen again. For supporters of the war, that’s not only a moral stain but also a strategic blunder that would only strengthen popular support for the Iranian regime and further exacerbate anti-Western sentiments. And without Republican leadership, neither Congress nor the public will get the answers needed from the White House.
This is also an opportunity to review the Pentagon’s standards and procedures, especially under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Whiskey Pete💢🤢).
This is also an opportunity to review the Pentagon’s standards and procedures, especially under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Those are just some of the issues Congress should be investigating. And when lawmakers get answers, they must share them with the public. We might be at war, but we should still hold the Pentagon to the highest of standards. (After all, Hegseth is wastefully spending our hard earned taxđź’˛ money đź’°)
This kind of war crimes attack against innocent children can’t be brushed aside as just the unfortunate cost of war.
On Feb. 28, 2026, when the Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched their war against Iran. Tragically, the deadliest strike in terms of civilian casualties was on a girl’s elementary school in the town of Minab, Iran. The attack killed at least 175 people, most of whom were children.
In the immediate aftermath, neither Israel nor the United States took responsibility for the attack.
On Feb. 28, 2026, when the Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched their war against Iran. Tragically, the deadliest strike in terms of civilian casualties was on a girl’s elementary school in the town of Minab, Iran. The attack killed at least 175 people, most of whom were children.
In the immediate aftermath, neither Israel nor the United States took responsibility for the attack.
But, a New York Times visual investigation found that the school appeared to be targeted by a precision strike and that the United States was the likely culprit.
And still, Donald Trump tried to pin blame on Iran. “In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran,” Trump told reporters. “We think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran.” (But recently released satellite images taken and published by a private company shows Iranians were successful using strategically targeted missile attacks. Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base. - reports WRAL News., in North Carolina. Information has been scarce about the damage being done across the Middle East, particularly when it’s inside closed military facilities, since the start of the war on Feb. 28. Amd major impact seen at 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The island kingdom of Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, saw heavy Iranian fire targeting both military bases and oil installations. A March 1st, image shot by Planet Labs shows a major building at the base destroyed, as well as two radomes — geodesic domes covering radar antennas — likely by Iranian missile and drone fire.
And still, Donald Trump tried to pin blame on Iran. “In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran,” Trump told reporters. “We think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate with their munitions, they have no accuracy whatsoever, it was done by Iran.” (But recently released satellite images taken and published by a private company shows Iranians were successful using strategically targeted missile attacks. Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base. - reports WRAL News., in North Carolina. Information has been scarce about the damage being done across the Middle East, particularly when it’s inside closed military facilities, since the start of the war on Feb. 28. Amd major impact seen at 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain. The island kingdom of Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, saw heavy Iranian fire targeting both military bases and oil installations. A March 1st, image shot by Planet Labs shows a major building at the base destroyed, as well as two radomes — geodesic domes covering radar antennas — likely by Iranian missile and drone fire.
The Navy has not offered a clear breakdown about the damage done so far at the base, but Iran repeatedly claimed to have attacked it. Online videos also shows incoming fire targeting the base. During the 12-day war in June, Iran attacked and destroyed a similar radome at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, used for secure communications.)
Among of the alarming findings that emerged in the aftermath of the strike on the Iranian children's school is that it could have been a result of outdated data. The school was adjacent to an Iranian naval base, which was the target of the US strikes that day. According to The New York Times, the school at one point was part of the naval base but has since at least 2016 been partitioned off.
If that’s true, then why is the US military operating on information that’s at least a decade old❓
During the bombing campaign against what was then Yugoslavia in 1999, the United States accidentally bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing three and creating an international uproar. Officials blamed that mishap on outdated maps — so why is that still a problem almost 30 years later?
There are also questions about whether artificial intelligence played a role in the deadly strike.
Congress can maximize pressure on the Trump administration to provide answers by using the power of the purse. It’s expected that the White House will require supplemental funding for the war — at least an additional $50 billion — and lawmakers should pause before considering such requests. They should demand answers and ensure that the Trump administration doesn’t stonewall any investigations and that taxpayer money isn’t spent funding operations that result in deadly attacks like the tragic one on the elementary school.
During the bombing campaign against what was then Yugoslavia in 1999, the United States accidentally bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing three and creating an international uproar. Officials blamed that mishap on outdated maps — so why is that still a problem almost 30 years later?
There are also questions about whether artificial intelligence played a role in the deadly strike.
Congress can maximize pressure on the Trump administration to provide answers by using the power of the purse. It’s expected that the White House will require supplemental funding for the war — at least an additional $50 billion — and lawmakers should pause before considering such requests. They should demand answers and ensure that the Trump administration doesn’t stonewall any investigations and that taxpayer money isn’t spent funding operations that result in deadly attacks like the tragic one on the elementary school.
Getting to the bottom of this should not be a partisan issue. Republicans have also expressed their concerns about the strike on the school. “I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake,” Republican Senator John Kennedy, of Louisiana, said. “And when you make a mistake, you ought to admit it.”
Republicans need to work with Democrats to get the answers. After all, even if Republican lawmakers fully support Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran, it is still their responsibility to ensure that the United States is accurate and precise in targeting enemy combatants, not innocent civilians, let alone children. If this strike highlights something systemically wrong with the Pentagon’s operations, that would make clear that the longer this war lasts, the more likely it is that strikes like the one on the elementary school could happen again. For supporters of the war, that’s not only a moral stain but also a strategic blunder that would only strengthen popular support for the Iranian regime and further exacerbate anti-Western sentiments. And without Republican leadership, neither Congress nor the public will get the answers needed from the White House.
This is also an opportunity to review the Pentagon’s standards and procedures, especially under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Whiskey Pete💢🤢).
Since Hegseth took this role, he has been boasting about US military strength and adamantly arguing that the United States should be less cautious when it comes to considering standard rules of engagement and international law. When Trump rebranded the Department of Defense into the Department of War, Hegseth insisted that the Pentagon will focus on “maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct.”
It’s worth digging into whether standards under Hegseth have indeed been lowered, and if so to what degree. It’s already been reported that he gutted the offices that would have been tasked with probing situations like the strike on the elementary school. What else has happened under Hegseth that could minimize accountability and potentially make strikes like this one all the more likely in the future❓
It’s worth digging into whether standards under Hegseth have indeed been lowered, and if so to what degree. It’s already been reported that he gutted the offices that would have been tasked with probing situations like the strike on the elementary school. What else has happened under Hegseth that could minimize accountability and potentially make strikes like this one all the more likely in the future❓
Since Hegseth took this role, he has been boasting about US military strength and adamantly arguing that the United States should be less cautious when it comes to considering standard rules of engagement and international law. When Trump rebranded the Department of Defense into the Department of War, Hegseth insisted that the Pentagon will focus on “maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct.”
It’s worth digging into whether standards under Hegseth have indeed been lowered, and if so to what degree. It’s already been reported that he gutted the offices that would have been tasked with probing situations like the strike on the elementary school.
It’s worth digging into whether standards under Hegseth have indeed been lowered, and if so to what degree. It’s already been reported that he gutted the offices that would have been tasked with probing situations like the strike on the elementary school.
What else has happened under Hegseth that could minimize accountability and potentially make strikes like this one all the more likely in the futureâť“
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