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Paying a tariff to a third-party government doesn’t mean the third-party government is obligated to stop pirating ships under the guise of “flying false flags.”

It’s a shakedown, meant to harm Cubans.

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What is the motive to harm Cubans?

You’d have to ask them. Also curious about US motive behind blowing up fishing boats and school children.

I think the Iranian school bombing was pretty clearly a mistake, given its proximity to an IRGC base, and (IIRC) the previous usage of that plot of land for military purposes, suggesting an issue of outdated target intelligence. That compounds with the lack of a plausible motive, and numerous demotives for hitting it deliberately. Which is not to present the action as significantly less blameworthy; it's a heinous negligence. Gotta have dirty bits in your cache, so to speak.

I’m curious what the “demotives” are considered, since the strike killing hundreds of children happened on day 1 of the military strikes, and I haven’t seen any meaningful action to address the “mistake.”

Agreed on the school... Manslaughter not murder and some heads should still roll.

Now explain the fisherman boats...

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