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Only if the intent was there which it doesnt seem to be.

If I were to fire a gun randomly at an apartment building and kill people, but my intent was to only do property damage, does that mean I didn't commit murder? Intent does not matter when the outcome is people dying.

Thats different to a military conflict where you are legally allowed to target and kill people you believe to be enemy combatants. Its up to Iran to protect their civilans at the end of the day. Im not even sure this should be prosecuted as a war crime since Iran does not participate in the international law of armed conflict.

> Im not even sure this should be prosecuted as a war crime since Iran does not participate in the international law of armed conflict.

Wow. International treaties do not free you of your obligations on the basis of other side of war commitment to them. I don’t even need to check if the statement is true, because it absolutely is irrelevant.

You have no morals. I can't comment further or I will be banned from this board.

Neither morale nor any understanding of international war rule treaties.

I dont see a reason to play by arbitrary rules when the other side isnt. The rules are there to prevent a race to the bottom and since one side has already broken them it makes no sense to continue adhering to them.

Unintentional double tap, followed by highest level accusations of Iran bombing its own school with Tomahawk missiles bought somewhere, sounds very plausible.

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