Originally Posted by
icohftb
Agree we had no intention of killing children - I don't know if it was due to out of date intel (most probably?) or if the Iranians purposefully set them up as a human shield.
Possible, but no indication that I've seen. IR isn't DPRK or Gaza... they don't have a tight enough hold on their own population to get away with pulling a stunt like that if they got caught. Too risky IMO.
Originally Posted by
icohftb
I do however think the administration failed in the initial messaging with what seemed like a denial/casting blame on someone else's tomahawk.
Usually these kinds of things seem to blow up more on our end than anything.