[stickfigure]

No evidence has shown up suggesting there was some sort of compelling target in the school. As foul as Trump and Hegseth may be, they aren't cartoon character villains. The Occam's razor explanation is that this was an intelligence failure and a tragic mistake.

[worik]

It is possible that two things are true

1. this was an intelligence failure and a tragic mistake.

2. Trump and Hegseth are (like) cartoon character villains.

[pegasus]

There are no cartoon villains in general, that's the point GP is making by using the word "cartoon". Let's use some common sense, it's not like Trump and Hegseth got together and sneaked in the school on the list of targets just because they liked the idea of children being killed. It's naive to suggest this is a possibility worth considering.

[tastyface]

Given their glee at droning unarmed fishermen in the Caribbean, I would argue they are much farther along this axis than you realize.

[fud101]

Yeah, going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there boss. The man Hegseth in all his 'no quarter' bravado is only affirming his own mother's claim that he is a piece of shit. respectfully of course, I would not put it past him to kill some kids for a political or terrorism reason (the parents).

[burkaman]

Also, it's been a while but remember Trump literally said he wanted to "take out the families" of terrorists (https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-terrori...).

[parineum]

Obama and Bush both regularly bombed weddings where a single target was present.

It's a non-sequitur point anyway, these kids weren't families of terrorists.

[fud101]

The terrorist is Hegseth and co.

[pasquinelli]

just because you assume that trump and hegseth aren't cartoonishly evil, doesn't mean they aren't. looking at america's actions for a long time, the occam's razor explanation is that america is cartoonishly evil. the reason you struggle with that is about emotions, not logic. and i get it.