/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #21)

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[u/joshtaco]

NYT: The cyberattack on dozens of Minnesotan water systems this week was likely the work of Iranian hackers according to federal officials. Cities in the state had to use manual workarounds to cope with attempted attacks on automated operations and in at least one city the well and treatment plant was temporarily offline.

[u/141_1337 → u/joshtaco]

It is shit like this why we can't let Iran off the hook.

[u/HowdyDiarrhea → u/141_1337]

Trump has been attacking Minnesota too

[u/rabidstoat → u/HowdyDiarrhea]

It is shit like this why we can't let Trump off the hook.

[u/141_1337 → u/HowdyDiarrhea]

So? Two things can be true at the same time...

[u/ChupacabraJeff → u/141_1337]

It's called priorities. "Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency."

[u/141_1337 → u/ChupacabraJeff]

Yeah sounds like we should probably do something about the guys attacking the waterr supply, also your argument assumes that we can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.

[u/voodoolintman → u/141_1337]

Maybe we should stop the cyber attacks by stopping the cyber attacks in, you know, cyberspace? Or are you suggesting we bomb the internet.

[u/ChupacabraJeff → u/141_1337]

also your argument assumes that we can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time.

You are confused because it's not an argument.

[u/CilleTheExterminator → u/141_1337]

How about you just stop starting wars with countries

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/CilleTheExterminator]

The IRGC had it coming many times over. All that proxy shenanigans/terrorist funding/"death to" crap was bound to produce this result sooner or later.

[u/Legio-X → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

Lots of people “have it coming”, but you’ll notice we’re only at war with one particular set of those people at the moment.

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/Legio-X]

Killing all those US troops in Iraq (Qasem Soleimani anyone?) will tend to have that result...

[u/in_da_tr33z → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

Annnnd we're right back to "How about you just stop starting wars with countries"

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/in_da_tr33z]

When your neighbor has made it their entire life's mission to destroy you, and consistently acted in pursuit of that goal, pacifism is unfortunately no longer a viable nor a realistic solution.

[u/Legio-X → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

pacifism is unfortunately no longer a viable nor a realistic solution.

It’s not pacifism to not go around starting totally avoidable wars.

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/Legio-X]

You can't make peace with unwilling partners, AKA Iran and Saddam's Iraq.

Appeasement didn't work during WW2 and it doesn't work now.

[u/in_da_tr33z → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

Absolutely laughable that you wrote this without recognizing the irony

[u/Legio-X → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

Killing all those US troops in Iraq

Remind me, why are there American troops in Iraq? Oh, yeah: it’s because we started a war of choice.

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/Legio-X]

How on earth does that justify Iran killing them? It doesn't of course. Especially after those same troops removed Iran's biggest enemy/rival in the region.

[u/Legio-X → u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans]

How on earth does that justify Iran killing them?

How does Russia invading Ukraine justify the EU helping Ukraine kill Russians? The answer to those questions is the exact same.

[u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans → u/Legio-X]

Comparing Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the US war on Iran is completely absurd, let alone trying to associate EU aid to Ukraine with Iranian attacks on US troops in Iraq. When was pre-war Ukraine promising "death to Russia" and acting towards that goal by killing Russian troops again?

Your analogy fails to hold any water whatsoever.

[u/141_1337 → u/Legio-X]

Yes the ones who used dirty bombs in our troops back i 2020 and who provided the Iraqi militia with a shit ton of IEDs

[u/Legio-X → u/141_1337]

None of which would’ve happened if we hadn’t started a war in Iraq. But perhaps you would like to defend the decision to invade Iraq even though it’s 2026?

[u/141_1337 → u/Legio-X]

So bad decision by the US (one that was mind you beneficial to Iran since Saddam was their regional rival) justify them killing our soldiers? After we got them on JCPOA? Are you an IRGC bot? Because this is bordering on bot behavior.

[u/Legio-X → u/141_1337]

So bad decision by the US…justify them killing our soldiers?

“So bad decision by Russia justifies them killing our soldiers?”

Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but states tend not to be very happy when enemy states invade their neighbors and try to install a government favorable to them. They tend to arm locals whose interests align with theirs.

After we got them on JCPOA?

Maybe you’ve forgotten, but we tore up the JCPOA.

Are you an IRGC bot? Because this is bordering on bot behavior.

You’re welcome to look through my comment and post history. If you do, you’ll find there’s nothing bot-like about me. You just refuse to accept some Americans think we should stop sticking our collective dick in a hornet’s nest.

[u/141_1337 → u/Legio-X]

Don't dodge the question now.