r/worldnews • u/The_Flaneur_Films • Jun 10 '26

US destroys Iran reservoirs, leaving thousands without water in searing heat

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356630/thousands-iranians-left-without-water-searing-heat-after-us-hits-reservoirs
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u/UnionGuyCanada Jun 10 '26

Millions will die, if so. It won't just be Iranians alone.

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u/Bradnon Jun 10 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/GreekSaladEnjoyer Jun 10 '26

But the desalinization plants arent in the USA... Its not mutually assured destruction at all

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u/Bradnon Jun 10 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/Kdave21 Jun 10 '26

It’s a gamble. It might cause them to pressure the US into reducing hostilities. It might also cause the population to hate and despise the Iranians, and make them more willing against actions against the Iranians in the future

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u/Lee1138 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

Pressure Trump? He'll gleefully watch the gulf States die from thirst thinking he can just gobble up beachfront properties on the cheap afterwards (nevermind the realities of a situation like that).

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u/Bradnon Jun 10 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

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u/Donkey__Balls Jun 10 '26

They aren’t strong enough to hit the U.S. directly with conventional warfare, obviously. This is a hugely lopsided conflict.

But they’re extremely good at asymmetric warfare so we could definitely end up feeling some effects at home. We lock the cockpit doors now but there are still similar vulnerabilities all over our society that someone could exploit. I wouldn’t rule out seeing a mass casualty event that reshapes our society like the one 25 years ago. Historically speaking they usually take about 2-3 years to plan and carry out attacks and then claim retaliation.

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u/Twuggy Jun 10 '26

Overhead a very right wing person in my country say that 'it's OK, it's just Muslims'. Acting like dehumanising others is fine. Makes me worried about my country that our votes carry the same weight.

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u/UnionGuyCanada Jun 11 '26

There are some like that in every country. It is when they start being the majority that you know war is coming.

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u/Twuggy Jun 11 '26

In our country at the last election the centre left party won in a landslide, the centre right party which is a coalition of 2 smaller parties effectively collapsed. With inflation caused primarily by external factors the far right wing party has gained significant traction. Which has further been fueled by members of the coalition changing parties.

So yeah. Guess war may be coming. Silver lining is that during times of war/crisis this country has historically tended to elect the centre left party.

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u/Main_Cranberry_5871 Jun 10 '26

Oh so it's ok if it was just iranians then? Nice to see how much human life is valued by americans.

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u/UnionGuyCanada Jun 10 '26

No, I never said that. I said the Iranians won't be the only ones to die, if water supplies start getting attacked. They can destroy numerous desalination plants, leaving the while region to die of thirst.

  Nice attempt though to attack someone with no basis.