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The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.

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-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 11:53 AM · Aug 1, 2026

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From Wiki:

"On 3 July 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War, the USS Vincennes (CG-49) shot down a civilian Iran Air Airbus A300 (Iran Air Flight 655) just south of Qeshm Island, killing all 290 people on board."

"On 7 March 2026, Tehran reported that the US bombed the water desalination plant in Qeshm Island during the illegal war against the Iranian people, disrupting the water supply to 30 villages."

Map: Qeshm Island

Link: Cost of Operation AIPAC FURY to peace-loving, non-Islamophobic hardworking American taxpayer

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-01 12:07 PM | Reply

They were actually fishermen preparing to blast a speedboat loaded with fentanyl through the Strait of Hormuz all the way to landfall at Pismo Beach. Their ultimate destination? Why, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool of course.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-01 04:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 4

What a very Vlad Thing to do... his poodle has learned some tricks.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-02 09:58 PM | Reply

The Pentagon is destroying US national security.

Murdering innocents with such massive weaponry is disgusting and in step with Israel.

Undoubtedly this "important target" was fed to the bomber by Microsoft and Palantir.

The US military is a disgrace.

We need a revolt.

#4 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-08-03 12:26 AM | Reply

Truly American thing to do. Trump all the way.

#5 | Posted by jz4117 at 2026-08-03 12:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I am an American, and I view this as an illegal war of aggression carried out by America and Israel. Leaders of both countries are guilty of massive war crimes...but since we don't live in the time of the rule of law, the ICC is irrelevant and this nightmare of life in a end stage capitalist gangster will continue to enrich the rich and impoverish the poor.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-08-03 06:30 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

When you jam a JDAM's guidance they don't stop falling.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-03 08:15 AM | Reply

So much winning.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-03 08:25 AM | Reply

Must've been some bad hombres In there.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 09:02 AM | Reply

Must've been some bad hombres In there.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Just like all the bad hombres in the elementary school you bombed.

---- cowards.

#10 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-08-03 09:06 AM | Reply

Yeah, so what?
Obviously the family was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

#11 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-08-03 10:16 AM | Reply

Obviously the family was close to developing a nuclear weapon.

#11 | POSTED BY E1G1 AT 2026-08-03 10:16 AM | FLAG:

Just two weeks away, I hear.

#12 | Posted by cbob at 2026-08-03 11:07 AM | Reply

"I am an American"

Sure you are. That sounds like a totally normal thing an American would say on an American news forum.

#13 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-08-03 12:56 PM | Reply

It's a perfectly reasonable thing to note in the context it was used; "even as an American".

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-03 01:00 PM | Reply

Just like all the bad hombres in the elementary school you bombed.
---- cowards.

#10 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-08-03 09:06 AM | Reply | Flag

You know who the cowards are? The schittbag governments who put high value targets in/under/next to places like schools and hospitals.

#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:02 PM | Reply

You know who the cowards are? The schittbag governments who put high value targets in/under/next to places like schools and hospitals.
#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds

^
Like the time they put a Children's Day Care for workers at the Alfred R. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Same exact thing!

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:05 PM | Reply

"It's a perfectly reasonable thing to note in the context it was used"

Agreed, but then again, since when does Sentinel hear and read anything other than what he wants to hear and read?

#17 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-08-03 01:05 PM | Reply

From the garbage dumpster at BlySky:

"The paper (NYT) found no indication of a military target nearby"

Uh huh...

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:06 PM | Reply

Like the time they put a Children's Day Care for workers at the Alfred R. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Same exact thing!

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:05 PM | Reply | Flag

Are you saying our government bombed that building?

#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:07 PM | Reply

^
You are unaware there *was* a military base there, 40 years ago.
It's because you aren't interested in facts. Just feelings.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:08 PM | Reply

Are you saying our government bombed that building?
#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds

^
You're saying it would be okay for our government to bomb that building in Iran.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:09 PM | Reply

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:08 PM | Reply

And?

#22 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:09 PM | Reply

" You know who the cowards are? The schittbag governments who put high value targets in/under/next to places like schools and hospitals.
POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2026-08-03 01:02 PM"

Serious Question:
So, what was the high value target under/next to the elementary school that was bombed?

#23 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-08-03 01:10 PM | Reply

I asked a direct question in #19. You can still answer it.

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:11 PM | Reply

Are you saying our government bombed that building?

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Former US government employees trained by the U.S. government.

#25 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-03 01:11 PM | Reply

Lfthndthrds is not the brightest crayon in the box. Then again, he probably still he eats crayons so perhaps he's the last one in said box.

#26 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-08-03 01:11 PM | Reply

Serious Question:
So, what was the high value target under/next to the elementary school that was bombed?

#23 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-08-03 01:10 PM | Reply | Flag

The IRGC naval compound. Located immediately adjacent.

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:13 PM | Reply

Are you saying our government bombed that building?
#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds

It's not impossible.
To this day, we still do not know the identity of the third co-conspirator.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:13 PM | Reply

The IRGC naval compound. Located immediately adjacent.
#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Okay, but the Tomahawk explicitly targeted the school, not the IRGC.
There was no malfunction. The target was destroyed as intended.
What's so hard about accepting these facts for you?

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:16 PM | Reply

Are you saying our government bombed that building?
#19 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Let's review:
You know who the cowards are? The schittbag governments who put high value targets in/under/next to places like schools and hospitals.
#15 | Posted by lfthndthrds

I'm saying
That you're saying
That our government is just as cowardly as Iran.

How come you can't figure out how conversations work?
That's a rhetorical question. But if you really want to know, ask your children.

#30 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:20 PM | Reply

Okay, but the Tomahawk explicitly targeted the school, not the IRGC.
There was no malfunction. The target was destroyed as intended.
What's so hard about accepting these facts for you?

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 01:16 PM | Reply | Flag

I simply pointed out to TrueBlue that there was a military installation immediately adjacent to the school. This wouldn't be the first time a foreign military used children for cover.

#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-03 01:20 PM | Reply

This wouldn't be the first time a foreign military used children for cover.

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Well then! That fully justifies our military negligence and criminal incompetence.

Nicely done.

#32 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-03 01:29 PM | Reply

I meant..

Nicely done Maggat, Sir!

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-03 01:31 PM | Reply

There was no evidence that this family was near any military target.

#34 | Posted by Corky at 2026-08-03 01:35 PM | Reply

I hope the enemy hits the right target in densely-populated NYC where this US warship docked.

#35 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-03 02:05 PM | Reply

Like the time they put a Children's Day Care for workers at the Alfred R. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Same exact thing!

#16 | Posted by snoofy

[Oh, god, I'm loving this.]

LHT: No, the government did not bomb the federal building. Timothy McVeigh did that, along with some others.

Go find the seismographic records for that day. How many explosions took place? Some sources say more than one, and the second one was significantly larger.

Was there a day care center for federal workers on the 2nd or 3rd floor of that building?

What was housed below this day care center?

Care to answer those questions?

#36 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-03 02:08 PM | Reply

I'm reading a book of Sufi poetry from ~700 CE.

Few years ago I was stunned when I read about the advances in astronomy and mathematics made in Central Asia around 1000 AD.

We'd all be a lot smarter if, growing up, we'd learned about what was happening throughout South and Central Asia in the last 2,000 years instead of what Europeans have done in the last 500.

Funny how lotsa problems are still there in the cradle of civilization. Iranian (Persian) culture is a hell of a lot deeper than anything white folks got goin' on here.

People who think in any way that the cultures of that region won't, in the long run, kick our ass has their head in the ground.

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#37 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-08-03 02:14 PM | Reply

I simply pointed out to TrueBlue that there was a military installation immediately adjacent to the school.
#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Yeah and we simply pointed out that exists all over the world, including specific examples in the United States.
There's 160 schools on military bases, right here in the Untied States.
Are you too stupid to know that? I bet you are.

"This wouldn't be the first time a foreign military used children for cover."

They didn't use children for cover.
You are using the existence of a nearby military base, to cover for bombing children.

Unless you're saying the United States military is using children for cover.
Is that what you're saying?

No, you never say anything when pressed.
You're a pussy.

#38 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-03 02:41 PM | Reply

The only military bases away from civilian population are ICBM silos or nuclear submarines at sea.

These are nuclear and non-nuclear US military bases:

#39 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-03 03:00 PM | Reply

This wouldn't be the first time a foreign military used children for cover.

Cover from a surprise attack by a country you are not at war with?

#40 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-08-03 03:24 PM | Reply

Experimental AI targeting informed by outdated intel is uninformed, blind-fire targeting.

#41 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-03 03:34 PM | Reply

" Serious Question:
So, what was the high value target under/next to the elementary school that was bombed?

#23 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-08-03 01:10 PM | Reply | Flag'

The IRGC naval compound. Located immediately adjacent.

#27 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2026-08-03 01:13 PM"

So, why did the USA target the school?

#42 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-08-03 03:44 PM | Reply

So, why did the USA target the school?

#42 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-08-03 03:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Experimental AI targeting informed by outdated intel is uninformed, blind-fire targeting.

#41 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-03 03:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

but here's the good news, it's killed so many Russians in Ukraine correctly.

#43 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-08-03 04:00 PM | Reply

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