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The crew of the IRIS Dena were warned twice by the US to abandon ship according to a report from one of the sailor’s father. They refused.

Not sure if it’s possible to treat enemies better than that. And I doubt the Iranians will treat a US pilot well. Look at how they treat their own citizens.

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The ship was an unarmed vessel on its way to a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka and coming from an international maritime exercise hosted by India, which the United States also attended and participated in. The US torpedoed it, and when it sank, the US did not apparently attempt to rescue any of the Dena's crew. Fortunately, Sri Lanka showed up and saved 30 people.

Mind you, the details of war are not always clear. The US says that the ship was armed, and it also says that they did make an effort to rescue the crew. The US does not explain why it failed to actually rescue anybody, of course.

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The US is busy shooting “drug boats” with no evidence, that is who they are now
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America helped Israel kill THOUSANDS of children, and America just killed 150 school girls in Iran. America is a war criminal, plain and simple.
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If the source below is correct, the commander of the Dena ordered his troops to stay on the ship despite the warnings, there was a bit of a mutiny and the survivors are those who rejected those orders and jumped off.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603071125

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OK if I come to your car, declare you’re my enemy, and tell you to get out before I toss a Molotov at you, does that mean I can’t be tried for murder later if you refuse?

This was a sneak attack outside of an established war zone, for an illegal war, so don’t try to conflate this as an attack on America’s enemies. The USA made them their enemies themselves.

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A sneak attack where they warned them twice first? Come on.
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They were in international waters. This was literally a war crime according to international law. Even the killing of the Supreme leader was against international law.
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That doesn't seem like the most trustworthy source.

>Established in May 2017 and funded by Saudi Arabia,[1][2][3][4][5][6] it actively promotes former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as the next ruler of Iran.

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

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Not sure how anyone can believe this while, as another commenter points out, the US is proudly and unilaterally murdering speedboat users in the Caribbean without any due process.
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Can you cite something to support this. Quite keen to read.
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You left out 'unarmed'.
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Unarmed like the 45,000 protestors the Iranian regime killed early January?
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Unarmed like the 30k *children* Israel/US slaughtered in Gaza.
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Lmao everytime that number is posted it's multiplied by 3. I even read 150 000 dead last week
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"They killed unarmed civilians so that means we can kill unarmed soldiers!"

Are you seriously trying to say this war of aggression on Iran is about democracy for their people? That's not what the US does. What the US does is lip service to democracy while destroying it around the world for capitalist interests.

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No I’m not "seriously trying to say" anything you say.

I am saying: This regime murdered 45,000 unarmed civilians simply for protesting.

By the way, today they executed an 18-year-old, also unarmed.

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So, more whataboutism? Is this your m.o. here?
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Based on the initial comment, I believe we were trying to deduce how the Iranian regime might treat an unarmed US pilot… what do you think they will do to him if they kill 18 year olds for protesting?

PS: I’m not sure why you feel the need to be passive-aggressive. That’s how I interpreted your comment at least.

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The "50,000 murdered protesters" is blatant atrocity propaganda to launder the actual mass murder of civilians and failed illegal regime change war by the United States and Israel. Nothing more. It is a lie told with the blackest of intentions.

"Who cares if we murdered 170 schools girls? The evil regime murdered 50 gorillian civilians so it's okay when we do it!"

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You have zero understanding of how systems work.
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I think you would be surprised!
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Are you serious? How old are you?
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Of course I'm serious, why would my age affect how I feel about a soldier dying invading another country? But you are right that probably in the big context of things a POW is better for negotiating an ealier cease fire, which would ultimately be the better outcome.
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I understand the dying part. But you were calling the soldiers evil.

You think enemy soldiers are all evil?

That’s a sentiment I’d expect from a teenager.

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