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Mass grave prepared for the school girl massacre, 165 souls

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Dirtydianaoh · 04/03/2026 01:34

For a nation to say they care about women and girl rights and liberation, and then to bomb a school wtf?!
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sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:29

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 12:25

No the question i responded to was do we think the US and Isreal are evil?

My answer is unequivocally yes.

Pakistan Cambodia etc absolutely evil.

More than one thing can be true at the same time.

So the UK is also evil? As is France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Congo, Syria, Iraq, Indonesia, Cameroon, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan etc etc

Might be easier perhaps to say which countries aren't evil in your childish classification?

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:30

TheIceBear · 04/03/2026 12:29

You are determined to defend murderers. Just because people do not agree with the evil atrocities that Israel have committed it does not make them “igrc fan girls”.

You're determined not to condemn IGRC atrocities against israel...
I think the one who is determined to defend murderers is clear

TheIceBear · 04/03/2026 12:33

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:30

You're determined not to condemn IGRC atrocities against israel...
I think the one who is determined to defend murderers is clear

I do condemn them. I don’t agree with October 7th I think it’s absolutely disgusting and I don’t support hamas. But Israel went overboard with retaliation over it and are honestly just as bad . You seem to think everyone has to be exactly on one side or another. Nope .

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:34

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 12:12

It's shocking that the only response you can think of to a terrorist incident is genocide.

So October 7 was just a "terrorist incident" but the israeli response was definitely "genocide". That's quite the gaslighting

Bringemout · 04/03/2026 12:36

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:29

So the UK is also evil? As is France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Congo, Syria, Iraq, Indonesia, Cameroon, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan etc etc

Might be easier perhaps to say which countries aren't evil in your childish classification?

Quite…

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 12:38

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:29

So the UK is also evil? As is France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Congo, Syria, Iraq, Indonesia, Cameroon, Morocco, Sudan, South Sudan etc etc

Might be easier perhaps to say which countries aren't evil in your childish classification?

Very few countries are not evil or have not committed atrocities.

I dont see why that is a childish classification, its just fact.

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:40

TheIceBear · 04/03/2026 12:33

I do condemn them. I don’t agree with October 7th I think it’s absolutely disgusting and I don’t support hamas. But Israel went overboard with retaliation over it and are honestly just as bad . You seem to think everyone has to be exactly on one side or another. Nope .

You'd be surprised to know that I also think the October 7 response was disproportionate. I understand where it came from, I understand why israel had to respond but I also saw a lot of disregard for the civilian population and avoidable deaths . Thats not ok.

But also remember who funded Hamas and caused October 7. Who funds Hezbollah

And while I have issue with how israel deal with the Palestinian conflict, they are 100% right about Iran. The two conflicts might be connected but they are different and Iran is the source of the instability in the region.

Just because you don't like what happened in Gaza, doesn't make israel the bad guy here.

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:41

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 12:38

Very few countries are not evil or have not committed atrocities.

I dont see why that is a childish classification, its just fact.

Well, yes, exactly my point. Israel and the US are no different to other countries. Especially bearing in mind that israel has been under existentially threat since its founding

olderandwiser83 · 04/03/2026 12:47

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/03/2026 12:38

Very few countries are not evil or have not committed atrocities.

I dont see why that is a childish classification, its just fact.

If everyone is evil, no one is evil as the classification has no meaning since it's applied to everyone. That's why it's childish.

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 12:55

sabababa · 04/03/2026 12:34

So October 7 was just a "terrorist incident" but the israeli response was definitely "genocide". That's quite the gaslighting

There just no point talking to people who are pro the killing of babies and children. Nothing justifies it. If you think bombing a school is acceptable there is just no way we would be talk in real life.

olderandwiser83 · 04/03/2026 12:59

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 12:55

There just no point talking to people who are pro the killing of babies and children. Nothing justifies it. If you think bombing a school is acceptable there is just no way we would be talk in real life.

That's quite a leap, assuming everyone who supports Israel more than Hamas are pro killing children and babies. Are there any military actions you support? Because the vast majority have atrocities of some kind attached to them - that's what happens in war unfortunately.

inamarina · 04/03/2026 13:04

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 12:55

There just no point talking to people who are pro the killing of babies and children. Nothing justifies it. If you think bombing a school is acceptable there is just no way we would be talk in real life.

No one here is “pro the killing of babies and children”.
But it’s so easy to throw random insults and ridiculous accusations at people, isn’t it?

Twiglets1 · 04/03/2026 13:06

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Dollymylove · 04/03/2026 13:06

FloralDeerPattern · 04/03/2026 11:17

I don't know we could ask the parents of the 14 year old boy that Israeli soldiers stood over and watched bleed to death just last week?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

Who knows why anyone would want to watch children suffer and die but clearly some people do.

Ah the BBC
That good old bastion of the truth 😬

sabababa · 04/03/2026 13:08

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 12:55

There just no point talking to people who are pro the killing of babies and children. Nothing justifies it. If you think bombing a school is acceptable there is just no way we would be talk in real life.

Hahaha, ohhh I'm totally pro the killing of babies and children. I need to stock up on their blood to bake matzot soon!!
Israel also has the biggest skin bank in the world too!

ThatCyanCat · 04/03/2026 13:11

Dollymylove · 04/03/2026 13:06

Ah the BBC
That good old bastion of the truth 😬

Has the video been cut short? I can't even make out what happened, looks like one figure disappeared round the corner? Was that the boy being shot and falling? And if so, it cuts as soon as that happened so how do we know they just stood around afterwards and watched?

InterIgnis · 04/03/2026 13:13

Information about this is very limited. It has not been verified who bombed the school. Could it have been Israel and the U.S? Yes. It seems unlikely that they would deliberately target a school with the most objective of killing school children, when it is not in their interests to alienate the very people that are welcoming military action against the regime. That said, it is not impossible. Time will tell.

The IRGC would absolutely strike against their own civilians for PR purposes. It’s straight out of their own playbook, actually.

There are also reports that they are deliberately using schools and hospital as bases, the civilians within them being useful human shields.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603031421

Iran holds press conference at school as concerns grow over use of civilian sites

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson held a televised press conference on Tuesday from a Tehran classroom that state-linked media said had been damaged in recent strikes, as questions persist over the authorities’ use of civilian sites during wartime.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603031421

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 13:16

olderandwiser83 · 04/03/2026 12:59

That's quite a leap, assuming everyone who supports Israel more than Hamas are pro killing children and babies. Are there any military actions you support? Because the vast majority have atrocities of some kind attached to them - that's what happens in war unfortunately.

You're making the leap. I was responding to posts saying it was ok to kills children because it was retaliation for October 7th when Hamas killed Israeli children an eye for an eye style.

I don'[t think revenge is acceptable reason. You may disagree, as your inclusion of killing babies and children as a "military action" would suggest.

InterIgnis · 04/03/2026 13:18

Oh spare us, and yourself. Your giving a shit is dependent on whether or not it’s an opportunity to virtue signal about how evil you think Israel and America are.

If it does come out that the regime are indeed responsible for this, those performatively wailing about it will straight up abandon it as a talking point (or double down and insist that they know the real truth because Iran themselves wouldn’t ever lie).

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 13:22

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ThatCyanCat · 04/03/2026 13:25

Even if it was a stray American missile, why was a legitimate military target sited so close to a school?

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 13:28

InterIgnis · 04/03/2026 13:18

Oh spare us, and yourself. Your giving a shit is dependent on whether or not it’s an opportunity to virtue signal about how evil you think Israel and America are.

If it does come out that the regime are indeed responsible for this, those performatively wailing about it will straight up abandon it as a talking point (or double down and insist that they know the real truth because Iran themselves wouldn’t ever lie).

What has the world come to that expecting the Geneva convention to to respected would merely be virtual signalling.

olderandwiser83 · 04/03/2026 13:28

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 13:16

You're making the leap. I was responding to posts saying it was ok to kills children because it was retaliation for October 7th when Hamas killed Israeli children an eye for an eye style.

I don'[t think revenge is acceptable reason. You may disagree, as your inclusion of killing babies and children as a "military action" would suggest.

I don't see anyone in the quoted thread supporting killing children as revenge for Hamas killing children. What was justified is having a response that would neutralize the threat (i.e. killing Hamas terrorists) and prevent it from happening again. That isn't revenge, that's being pragmatic.

And while it's never a goal to kill innocent civilians (including children), in military actions it unfortunately does happen - that's why one of the ways they are measured is via civilian deaths : combatants deaths ratio. In an ideal world no innocents would die in war, but if you have one side who is willing to kill civilians (even it's own) and you are unwilling to respond for fear of killing any civilians then the result is you being paralyzed and losing. But hey, at least you get to waive your virtuous signal around for everyone to see how pure you are while you are pillaged.

Dragonflytamer · 04/03/2026 13:34

RelativisticJet · 04/03/2026 09:09

‘What the fuck?’

Words failing you?

Genuinely they are!!!! I can't believe that I'm on a forum, with on the whole other mothers, yet having the view that it is never acceptable to have children as collateral damage is the controversial one.

I was anti invading Iraqi which turns out to be illegal, I was anti invading Afghanistan which ended with a deal by Trump to put the Taliban in place, and anti bombing Iran. I think time will show this will also be a disaster.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 04/03/2026 13:36

Wellthisisdifficult · 04/03/2026 09:10

I’m sorry your son was badly injured, I hope he managed to recover ok.

All these pseudo liberal useful idiots haven’t got a clue. It’s like they get a useful idiots welcome pack with a little Paddington Bear poster for their window saying “ migrants welcome (thank god we’re rich enough to live in an area you’ll never live though- but you’re welcome to come and live in other places), Palestine Flag, trans flag, Book on the history of Palestine since 1948. A book entitled “what did the English colonial bastards ever do for us” a Dummy’s guide to Double Think and some adverts for an SUV. Most likely to live in Bristol, a posh market town just outside London (in a period home), totnes, Glastonbury (other town with at least two shops selling witchy things) or totnes.

They don’t seem to be able to understand everything they scream about over here pales into insignificance compared to the countries/regimes they are defending. They simply just don’t seem to have a clue.

Yup they have not a clue.
Useful idiots indeed.