Monday, March 9, 2026

The Past Is A Foreign Country

The AP has a couple good stories to contrast. First up is "New footage raises likelihood the US struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165," reporting:

 New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast. 

But the AP also notes in their "Today In History" column: "On March 9, 1945, during World War II, over 300 U.S. B-29 bombers began Operation Meetinghouse, a massive firebombing raid on Tokyo. The raid killed an estimated 100,000 civilians, left 1 million homeless and destroyed 16 square miles (41 square kilometers) of the city." 

2 comments:

  1. "New footage raises likelihood the US struck an Iranian school (indoctrination center) where a blast killed at least 165,"
    Yawn.
    Nits make Lice.

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