Iranian attack hit water desalination plant in Kuwait

The source I read just said "young people."

Edited to say, children are mentioned in the source which is the Independent.

@Twiglets1 do you mean children were asked?

Why assume this?

A Iranian woman on Sky now crying at the potential destruction of her country, they may well hate the Regime and the IRGC but they don't want their history, their infrastructure turned to dust.

I would assume that they were coerced. And if not obvious coercion, certainly manipulation. How can a child make that choice independently? they are too young to understand the consequences.

Iran has a long history of treating its children as expendable in war. Child soldiers, child suicide mine sweepers, etc.

Just because Trump is bad, it doesn’t mean the IRCG is good.

Synagogue hit in central Tehran, Trump threatening to wipe out an entire civilisation...

Trump and his side kick Netanyahu are criminals, thugs, outside of international law.

Much like Gaza, this is a very very one sided "war" to draw an equivalence is quite frankly shocking.

I read earlier today that young people were asked to do this by the regime.

I also hope they weren’t coerced into it in any way.

I don't blame them. Because what choice do have. See their country destroyed by a madman, or try to keep going as they are. If Trump is stopped things can stay the same, get better, or worse. If Trump is not stopped, things can only get horrendously worse.

I hope they weren't coerced into this action, because it did make my heart swell with pride seeing them standing defiantly together

I hope they remain safe

This is happening right now in Iran, click on thread for more posts.

https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3mivykbrxm22p
BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites.

This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran

(🎥 i24 News)

Thank you Red, I've found your posts comforting over the past few days, knowing that I am not alone in my perspective and that other people can also see how concepts like human rights can be used as a weapon by western powers to make their military actions more palatable to their citizens. The cognitive dissonance is breathtaking.

@AgingLikeGazpacho

Very powerful post. Thank you. My thoughts are with the Iranian peoples.

I live in a regime country that is very often the target of this sort of extreme rhetoric. Not from the US President though. When I hear the " bomb them all brigade", I think of DD. 13. who goes to a "Regime" school, and I think how these folk would make excuses if it were her School that was bombed. How they would call for more bombing, to punish the "evil regime". But it's not up to them. That's for my DD and her generation. And all the other generations who will outlive the current authoritarians in power. And hopefully they will all manage to change things to how they want. Not have a near alien culture bomb their country into what someone else thinks it should be.

My DD will be getting a bit of a tighter hug before bed tonight.

Best wishes to you, and the people if Iran.

@AgingLikeGazpacho excellent post
I have learned a lot from you over the past couple of days. I also hope your friends and family in Iran stay safe ❤️

Thank you, I feel genuinely sick to the pit of my stomach. I can't believe that no-one in the USA has the power/is willing to remove him at this point.

How can anyone of sound mind say in the same thought "god bless the great people of iran" whilst simultaneously threatening to kill a whole civilisation.

And yet people still bleat on about Iran's human rights record as if it justifies this madman threatening to murder swathes of Iranians for his own ego / Hegseth's crusade.

Shame on anyone who was supporting this war on behalf of Iranian people. Shame on anyone who tried to peddle the lie that this was about liberating Iranians. Shame on anyone who wasn't outspoken about the depravity of US/Israeli actions in this war. If there is a bloodbath tonight, you are all partly responsible for tacitly supporting this band of deranged pirates murder and loot a nation.

I'm so incredibly upset. I honestly don't put it past them to use a nuclear bomb - Hegseth's removal of top tier US generals has been deeply concerning. God knows what the fuck they are planning for tonight.

And no, this isn't the regime's fault for not surrendering - the USA removed Mossadegh in 1953 for the sheer audacity of wanting to nationalise Iran's own oil. They then removed the Shah in 1979 for also prioritising Iran's own national interests. The USA helped put these Mullahs in charge. And now they're coming in to blow them up? For fuck's sake see the fucking pattern - it has never been about liberating PEOPLE, it has always been about USA's puppeteering and GREED. They are threatened by any power that they can't control, even when it isn't actively threatening them (Mossadegh and the last Shah's removals prove this isn't just about the current regime). Why should the Mullahs surrender to a bunch of pirates? What happened to the concept of sovereignty?

So if Trump does follow through with widescale death of civilians, don't you dare place the blame of Trump's actions on the regime. Put the blame where it fucking belongs, on Trump and the USA government.

Thank you for sharing.

some are.

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-donald-trump-iran-war-11791959

Ok good - was surprised to see you referring to it as "reassuring" that there are Americans who are aghast at Trump's behaviour.

I think i was expecting (hoping) to hear MAGA republicans speak out strongly against Trump after the latest madness.

I don’t know. I don’t ask. But I am hearing a lot on the family WhatsApp chat lately.

Maga Republicans are a long way off the right in British politics. Reform doesn’t even come close.

Not even all of MAGA support Trump, let alone all of America.

Ofcourse not.

Why - did you think for a moment that all Americans support Trump?

Thanks for responding, it is reassuring to hear that there are Americans who are as aghast as we are.

Who did they vote for in the 2024 election?

I have family in America. They think Trump is a dangerous, deluded narcissist. They will all vote Democrat in the November midterms.

There is little chance that Trump’s cabinet will invoke section 4 of the 25th amendment. I think the saner ones know this is what they should do, but they are stuck in a classic prisoners’ dilemma. They are too craven and ambitious to try. It makes you miss Mike Pence!

Complete and total regime change? When did that happen?