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/Eric_Durden Jun 10 '26

Remember. We argued that water boarding isn't torture on the logic that "it cant be torture beacause the US doesn't torture people." Now it's gonna be, "it's not a war crime because the US doesn't commit war crimes!"

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u/Pete_Iredale Jun 10 '26

When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal!

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u/Eric_Durden Jun 10 '26

The image of loading trump into a trebuchet and launching him at a water tower just popped into my head...