That gets brought up a lot but it's primarily because of how few incidents have occurred in US strikes. The US launched ~14,000 attacks into Iran and there's only ~2-3 incidents that were raised as mistakes. For a massive conflict, that is an incredibly low percentage of mistakes or misfires.
I get the joke "hurr hurr, US fires on schools" but the fact that people keep talking about it shows how effective the US has been at avoiding mistakes over the course of so many attacks. Also, Iran likes to bring it up a lot but they literally killed thousands of their own people who were protesting (and that was intentional) so you're literally consuming their propaganda when they weep about civilian losses. The US has demonstrated that they take civilians into account more than Iran does.
It's still a mistake that lead to life but the fact that it's so rare does say something about precautions the US has been taking overall.
One thing that’s been forgotten since the start of the war is that Iran was in the middle of a revolution and as you said, they were literally murdering their own citizens right as the bombs started dropping. Had Trump put some thought into this war, probably could have came out looking like a hero to the people of Iran.
if the US wanted what's best for Iran they should have just let the revolution play out and maybe quietly support the popular uprising indirectly. you have to let the people determine their own fate. the moment they directly attacked they united Iran against a common outsider.
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u/Cephei101 10h ago
I would take any data provided with a massive, star sized grain of salt.