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An unarmed Iranian ship was invited to a joint naval exercise with the US and India. Its sailors paraded on land before the Indian president. The US pulled out at the last minute and torpedoed it instead. The Sri Lanka Navy pulled the bodies from the water. This happened. ?
Under the laws of the sea, which predate modern civilization, you rescue survivors. Even enemies. Even in wartime. It is one of the oldest obligations in naval history. We left them to drown. The Sri Lanka Navy — not us — pulled the dead from the water. Let that sit. ⚓?
A girls school was bombed. American media shrugged. Tehran is being carpet bombed. American media is treating it as a weather report. The normalization of atrocity in real time is not a media failure. It is a media choice. A very deliberate one. ??
"I am hard pressed to think of any nation throughout history that would do something so cowardly and despicable." That was not written by an enemy of America. That was written by an American journalist. About America. In 2026. Read that again fucking slowly. ??⚖️?
#IranWar #NavalLaw #LawOfTheSea #WarCrimes #AmericanMedia #MediaComplicity #Iran #Torpedo #TehranBombing #NeverAgain
VagrantKoba
If all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. If all you have is an army then everything starts to look like a war
Cat3508
What do you mean "unarmed"! For your edification, the frigate has the following armour: It had an armament of four Ghader anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun, a 40 mm Fath-40 AA cannon, a 30 mm Kamand anti-aircraft defense cannon, two 20 mm Oerlikon cannons, two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and two triple 324 mm anti-submarine torpedo launchers.
dirtyFrenchman
Our sailors right now…
bippityboppitybuttsex
Pretty on-brand for the US Navy... esp when it comes to killing Iranians (see Iran Air 655)... we usually only slaughter their civilians, so this is new.
DJOldguy
This is a disgrace. This is the sort of shit we have always fought against and now we're doing it? I didn't realize they were unarmed as a condition of participation, fucking shameful.
tinyfootprints
All the things that Soviet leaders said about the West now appear to have been prescient.
kowcatchan
#1 thats a war crime - isnt it?
Zorklunn
Does anyone still have doubts about why the GOP blocked all investigations into white supremacists infiltration into the military and police forces?
cgt9803
Kegsbreath's Pentagon.
yeahhedugit
And the trumpers would do the same to Democrats if they could.
Or when they can if we aren't diligent.
tinyfootprints
I used to think that we were the good guys.
arvinj1
Fuck America and at least %40 of your population. You are all complicit in these atrocities
ananfro
Americans don’t care when they shoot up their own schools, why would they care about schools in other countries
thinkybrainpains
Exactly
Hatlled
If anyone, ANYONE any where that is in any country ready to tear us a new one: There's a lot of us here willing to HELP YOU. You'll know who we are.
We have had enough of this shit. Just help us out a little. We'll handle the rest.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I think Americans will have to go first. No one's interested in dying for the people who don't seem to be doing anything to stop this.
BeachsideBarghest
Source?
kodiakash
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-iran-war-crimes
Has some quotes from various Indian politicians and the like including Ryan's twitter post above.
BeachsideBarghest
Holy shit you ain't kidding.
RetrogradeLlama
Trump needs to burn in Hell. When he's done, he needs to burn again.
omgBBQwtf
"We've had one, yes. But what about second eternal damnation?"
Hatlled
If I had my way....
He would be given an unnaturally long life, fully aware, and unable to do more than hard labor, and be punished.
THEN- after a horrible 50,000 years of pain, suffering, disease, unable to die, hard labor, beatings- THEN that subhuman protozoa can fuck off to hell.
M4UsedRollout
The concept of Hell exists because of people like him.
But it doesn’t actually exist. There is no divine accountability for people like him. Either we hold him accountable in life, or he gets away with it.
DYLANLEE79
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timGiraffeBeast
Yes. We are.
Omnimorph2112
Always have been
ratfvcker95
could this be considered perfidy?
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
When this is over, reforms will not be enough. We're going to need a purge.
If we are *ever* to be allowed back into the global club, we will need to burn out the rot in a fashion both conspicuous and thorough, and then make basic changes to our government that will make a repeat of this debacle an impossibility.
Or we can half-ass it so none of the rich fucks lose too much money and wind up burning the whole thing down. Either/or.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
If it's ever over. What makes you think it will end? No one's doing anything at all to stop it.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Quite a few are, but even if they weren't, this kind of authoritarianism will eventually collapse under the weight of it's own incompetence. But yeah, people are working against it, in lots of ways. Organizing, spreading the word, helping the people CBP kicks out in the snow with no phone or coat. Donating to food banks. All kinds of stuff helps. And regardless of what you hear, voting matters.
Me, I'd prefer to scour magats with fire & the lash, but that didn't test well with focus groups.
Akozuru
The damage you've inflicted upon yourselves and, by extension the rest of the world, will take the US generations to recover from, literal generations
urusername2
Our President and his but*lickers are the definition of "cowardly and despicable".
CyberWizard252
So the Iranian ship arrived to the exercise unarmed, presumably just as others did under the agreed terms of the exercise, and the American ship arrived fully armed?
PumpkinDriver5
It wasn’t participating in the exercise. No US ships did.
CyberWizard252
The post says that they pulled out of the exercise at the last minute indicating that they were there to participate in the exercise and chose not to. If they were there to participate and were carrying torpedoes capable of sinking a ship it's possible that a U.S. ship that was intended to participate in the exercise could have arrived to the exercise armed.
CabooseDM
The ICRC’s 1960 commentary on Article 18 explicitly flags submarines as a type of warship where rescue may not be possible in all circumstances. It says, in substance, that you cannot always require certain fighting ships (it names submarines and fast torpedo boats) to collect crews in every case
varonicaED
Keep in mind, one of the conditions of attending the event was that no munitions could be carried on board when taking part. So they were invited, the US knew where they were, the US also knew they were entirely unarmed and defenseless. It was murder and every single person on board that sub, yes even the Australians, should be before a judge and jury to explain why they did not object
Swordguy
Waitaminute, I'm not saying the US isn't the bad guy here, but submarines pretty explicitly *never* do S&R for survivors. As a class of vessel, they haven't done that since early 1916, because it's generally recognized that a sub sticking around a ship it's torpedoed is actively suicidal to the sub. And the Geneva Convention does actually exempt subs specifically from the shipwreck survivor rescue requirement.
There's plenty to be mad over, but this specific argument really, REALLY, isn't it.
PumpkinDriver5
Also the ship it sank wasn’t unarmed, it was an ASW Frigate.
LurkingSarcasm
They did the exact same thing for the first strike, offered negotiation options they knew would require all Iranian officials to gather together, and then they struck that meeting. America is begging for retaliation, especially with Kegsbreath up there addressing the media like he's in the bully teams locker room giving the pep talk.
Roqinn
Like the English did with the Scottish leaders. How history repeats itself.
SOLARvsFACISM
"They" is different in that case though. "They" is the Commander in Chief. I think the incident with the ship is different because it was the Captain of this ship participating in the exercise who was told to pull out and then fire on another ship participating in the exercise. The pilot of a bomber that struck Iran or the guy firing the missiles wasn't recently part of a war game or negotiation, so they can't be blamed for following orders, but the Captain should know the orders they were (1/2)
SOLARvsFACISM
... given were illegal and, in a just world, would face a court martial when sane people are elected again. Everyone I've ever met who was in the Navy, Marines or worked on any kind of commercial ship would spit on this captain. "Under international maritime law, all ships anywhere at sea are obliged to provide assistance to people in distress." I can't emphasize enough how serious every sailor I've ever met takes this obligation.
MapleSyrupMafia
It's ok, nothing bad will happen, a teenager is the head of counter-terrorism.
fillerbunny9
I thought he was the seasoned, old age of 23?
CJAW
Nobody likes you when you're 23
And you still act like you're in freshman year
meganical
A lot more people are going to die before this administration is ended
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Luckily, plenty of them will be obeying illegal orders, in case you need a public restroom. :)
sakm
No names, no dates, no locations, no citations of any kind? I'm no great defender of the military, but this seems like some lazy clickbait.
duktayp
I agree, in that Twitter is not source
NinjaCongo
https://apnews.com/article/iran-warship-iris-dena-india-14916ad657e50f048bbeb42b38224ecb
Madalchemist2018
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/us-iran-submarine-warship-analysis-intl-hnk-ml
ILikeToFindTheAnswers
OP only posts AI-written slop, AI images and fake Trump posts.
Feralkyn
Yup.
It looks like SOME PARTS of this story are true, but OP misrepresents almost everything he posts. I really, really hope AI bullshit gets banned here.
From the sources, lots of countries attended this event, it was finished, Iran's vessel was on the way back when the US attacked it. Still an atrocity? Yes. Trickery? No, the US didn't invite them there, though US vessels/personnel WERE at the event as well.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Source or it's an opinion piece.
newsguycraigevans
Here's a source of you not keeping your alts straight
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Lol. Somebody deleted their comment b/c I yelled at them. That's a little sad.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Oh shit was that you??
😆
Now it's hilarious.
BeachsideBarghest
Don't downvote this person. Asking for sources and validating facts is what we do here. We use our fucking critical thinking skills
NinjaCongo
https://apnews.com/article/iran-warship-iris-dena-india-14916ad657e50f048bbeb42b38224ecb
NinjaCongo
And yes @OP, it is customary to link to sources when posting about something controversial.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/us-iran-submarine-warship-analysis-intl-hnk-ml
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Thank you, link it in the post though so folks see it.
InboxMeYourHDGIFs
I'm not @OP
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Oh, dur >.<
ILikeToFindTheAnswers
Stop upvoting AI slop.
JamieGeorge
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Evenmoreuselessname
Too bad you're being down voted this old account was dead for a year and then suddenly started posting political slop. Look at its post history. The entire thing starts 11 days ago on an account registered in 2012(!). Probably pwned.
ILikeToFindTheAnswers
Yep. And they still get upvoted. Do people not care about misinformation and AI?
AFelineMassofEyes
People at the botfarms do, their jobs depend on it
duktayp
I was feeling confident... That should the situation ever arise.... Our military was given illegal orders.... They would refuse. Turns out they're ICE with deadlier weapons
Marsupialmessiah
Yup. 10 houses on your street, 4 hate you, 4 dont care, one is yours, figure out who that one is, very specific depending on your neighborhood, and wherever it is, it aint mr rogers.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
Its human nature to think we are better, its human nature to prove we are not.
dentros1
Well, you aren't wrong, the commanders sending the orders are definitely in on it, but a vast majority of soldiers are just completely in the dark over there, ive been talking to a friend of mine in the navy stationed over there, he is an e7, hasn't been on base in a week, is in a hotel room with a shelter in place order, no one knows what's happening, no one he knows is getting orders, only a handful of people truly know what's going on, and they aren't saying shit.
mohavewolfpup
You had more faith then I did. Go to any military museum state side and you’ll have to deal with numerous brain washed former military volunteers that can’t wait to shit out their aggressive far right hate speech and rhetoric while bathing in accolades they were good boys and girls killing in the name of god and country
Poppypoppoppop
"Heroes" my ass
ItsACrazyWorld
You are a idiot to think the military would EVER be on our side
faphappyscreencappy
They can be, but usually a coup is involved, so that for that unfortunately.
clonedeeznuts
Typical dumbass soldier with gladly say thank you to his superior while the superior is stabbing their mother
TrumpRapesChildren
Because all the ones that didn't toe the line for fuhrer dump got removed.
notreallyaclevername
The ones that would have enough conscience to get out. I joined the Air Force because I needed to support my family. I would have refused any illegal orders. I did not re-enlist because the legal orders were too much. I got out in 2018 (so recently) all but 3 of the people who I served with closely enough to keep in touch have either gotten out already (or, for one, in 2 months when her contract is up.) Those 3 still in are right wing. One of them is proudly proclaiming Iran to be a crusade.
MCNewYorkLives
Yes, the biggest fallacy of this past election is the sheer number of people who believed that people would do what's right, when faced with rules and obligations.
"Congress would never allow Trump to break the laws" Congress proceeds to ignore any criminal activity.
"Supreme court will uphold the constitution" supreme court proceeds to disregard the constitution when it fits trump
"The military would never follow unlawful directives" the military proceeds to enact war crimes for the president.
quietconfetti
I saw a rumor that ships are being pulled because service members are sabotaging them
hiyo365
US ones?
battery1979
The Gerald R Ford seems to be having serious problems with its vacuuming based septic system. People are shitting t-shirts and the system clogs everytime it happens. Side note, how much fiber do you have to eat to shit out a whole t-shirt.
unluckyandbored
There's a lot of Trumpers in the rank and file. They will happily follow any order they're given to kill brown people. And the few UNhappy about it will fall in line anyway because they don't want to get court-martialed and wind up in a stockade.
FortifiedWhine
Or Pat Tillman'ed...
duhqueenmoki
just curious but... what happens if they actually do refuse? won't they just punish them? and swap them with someone more agreeable?
Rogahar
The hope was that the refusal would be on such a scale that they either couldn't replace everyone or would be seriously held up in doing so.
TsukariYoshi
This is one of those things where you know you will face repercussions for doing the right thing, and unfortunately people are very good at justifying not rocking the boat.
"If I refuse to follow these orders, I can't support my family." It's a very difficult predicament to be put in but all of them imagined they'd never find themselves in it. We have many people's ethics being tested for the first time in their lives and they are failing.
Fentex
Enlisted men may not refuse, but offices are obliged to not follow or give illegal orders - that's an important point on the legality of such questions.
JanglesPrime
Most likely, yes. They would be arrested and a military court would have to determine if the orders were illegal or not. So, if anyone does it they face serious repercussions if they get it wrong.
InfocalypseRising
I kept saying the military would smile and murder children if they were ordered to and I kept getting told I "didn't know shit."
SinStar87
soldiers; the og cops so acab despite what I get told.
FortifiedWhine
"SuPorT oUr TrOopS" as though they are paradigms of noble warriors, not mostly dumb rednecks who sign up for money or to get a gun and be able to kill with impunity. Thats what soldiers are.
EBlade19889
Everyone that told me I've been an alarmist this whole time owes me several free kicks to the crotch.
TheVampireDante
They don't need to be ordered to, just not told to not do it.
Draquez1
They did it during the Iraq wars too. You don't cause 200k to 1 mil casualties without killing a few kids. The older millenials shouldn't be shocked if they were paying attention during high-school.
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
Exactly why I didn't join the military. I turned 18 4 months after 9/11. Dad was Air Force and I seriously considered joining. Why didn't I? I didn't want to go to the Middle East and kill a bunch of people I didn't have any beef with.
Forensickle
I graduated high school in December of 2001. In July I had applied to do my bachelor's through the airforce. I very much withdrew that application and changed preferences for uni. For exactly the same reason. "Following orders" seemed reasonable when there wasn't a war with people my government saw as subhuman... So very grateful I didn't graduate a year earlier
crazyspelling
After 9/11 I had 1 year left of college, figured I'd apply for a commission. And then W started talking about Iraq, and I knew a little something about Iraqi politics, so I could tell from sentence 1 that he was utterly full of shit. Soured the whole plan. Not gonna kill people just because W had unresolved daddy issues and no morals.
basiccricket8444
I was gonna go navy. But then we found out weapons of mass destruction were bs
Ultratoxic
I was a sophomore in highschool when 9/11 happened and when the army recruiters came to our school (which they did every year) I told that dude directly to his face that they'd have to draft me, then chase me to another country, then drag me back in handcuffs before I fought in another rich asshole Texans oil war.
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
That is the only correct answer, well done!