After losing about $1 billion in Reaper drones over Iran, the US wants a disposable alternative

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The tens of thousands of civilians killed by Iran might disagree with you:

"Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime and its proxies have carried out hundreds of assassinations and mass bombing campaigns across more than 40 countries, leading to the designation of Iran as a primary state sponsor of terrorism by the U.S. State Department..."

So do the tens of thousands of civilians killed by the US

Human

Costs of War research examines the human toll of U.S. military operations and spending, for U.S. service members, veterans, military contractors, and allies; and for civilians killed and displaced.

costsofwar.watson.brown.edu

Imagine what Iran would do, once they had nuclear weapons and ICBMs.

They would probably do the same as Pakistan or North Korea (which have both) or basically any other country - well any other country beside the one that actually used nuclear weapons in a war…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Something that goes without any imagination is what the US actually HAS done

United States war crimes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Also, who do you think started and/or participated in most wars since WW2?
I give you a hint: Its neither Iran nor any other Muslim-majority country…

 

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So do the tens of thousands of civilians killed by the US

If those of you supporting these terrorist regimes were actually forced to live there you'd quickly sing a different tune. Civilians die in wars, yes-- but that doesn't mean both sides are equally culpable in those deaths. More than 50 million civilians died in WW2. Does that mean we should have simply refused to fight, and allowed the Nazis to win?

Similarly, your link conveniently forgets the war in Syria began over the Al Assad regime using poison gas on his own people, intentionally wiping out entire towns of civilians. (I'd post photos of these villages, with the corpses of tiny babies clutched within their dead mothers arms, but the images are so horrific, I'd rightfully be banned). Similarly, the war in Afghanistan began with the Taliban colluding in the largest terror attack conducted on US soil-- intentionally killing more than 5,000 civilians.

The US doesn't intentionally target civilians. These regimes do. Those without the mental capacity to understand the difference should probably ask their parent or legal guardian to explain it to them.