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Re:Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly... by belorn on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:13AM (#47816535)
Did you see the video that Wikileaks released, now 16 years ago, when the Apache helicopter fired on the first-responder on the the scene, a van which also included children.

At that point, another voice – presumably an officer not on scene – asks if the van is “picking up the wounded” and is told that they are. Two Iraqis from the van carry the wounded man around the side of the van to load him inside.

An American voice with the call sign “Bushmaster 7” says, “Roger, engage.” One of the helicopters blankets the van with machine-gun fire.

“Oh yeah, right through the windshield,” says one of the soldiers, while another voice on board briefly laughs. “There were approximately four to five individuals in that truck, so I’m counting about 12-15″ casualties.”

Later when news that two girls had been badly injured was greeted with: "Well, it's their fault for bringing their kids into a battle."

Re:Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly... by naikrovek on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:58AM (#47816915)
Humanity is a garbage race. We really are. I sincerely hope we go extinct and something more worthy evolves into the dominant species.
Re:Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly... by dang on Saturday April 18, 2026 @12:28PM (#47817147)
Please don't fulminate on Hacker News.
Re:Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly... by naikrovek on Saturday April 18, 2026 @04:50PM (#47819425)
I only do it when it is deserved, and I don’t feel like it is anything abnormal after reading the thread it is in.

I would consider anyone that did not have a similar “are we the baddies” reaction to those posts to have a severe personality disorder.

Re:Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly... by dang on Sunday April 19, 2026 @12:21AM (#47821769)
The HN guidelines ask you not to fulminate regardless of how deserved it may be. All fulminators feel that it is deserved.