The war in the Middle East in pictures...

[PeaceWave]

Syria - Syrian children stand on the wreckage of an Iranian rocket that was reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces in the southern countryside of Quneitra, near the Golan Heights, close to the town of Ghadir al-Bustan.


Iraq - Members and officers from the Iraqi Interior Ministry's Explosives Directorate inspect the fuel tank of an Iranian rocket that landed in a rural village in the Siyahi area near the city of Hilla in the central Babil province on March 1, 2026.


Bahrain - A building that was damaged by an Iranian drone attack, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 1, 2026.


Oman - Smoke billows from an oil tanker under U.S. sanctions, that was hit off Oman's Musandam peninsula, in this screen grab from a video obtained by Reuters on March 1, 2026.


Saudi Arabia - A satellite image shows efforts to control a fire as smoke rises in the Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi Arabia after a drone attack, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia March 2, 2026.


Kuwait - Smoke rises from a reported Iranian strike in the area where the U.S. Embassy is located in Kuwait City on March 2, 2026.


United Arab Emirates - Delivery persons ride motorcycles along a road as a tall smoke plume billows following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone on March 3, 2026.


Qatar - A prayer appealing to God for protection is projected on the dome of al-Hazm shopping mall in Doha on March 1, 2026.

https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2026/03/03/middle-east-impact-iran-war-photos/88965368007/

[chowder66]

1. All this destruction because some men can't fucking control themselves.

[thought crime]

4. Most GOP men find it entertaining.

This is Trump's Circus. It's a fun-fest for all the warmongers.

[sarisataka]

2. All of those pictures show attacks on civilian targets

mostly against non-belligerent countries.

But it is the sinking of a warship that draws all of the outrage.

[PufPuf23]

3. The outrage is that the violence and destruction is happening at all.

The outrage is the innocent people and irreplaceable historic culture being destroyed.

The outrage is that psychopaths in control exist.

The outrage is that Netanyahu found an American Administration willing and able to "bomb Iran" without regards for the consequences.

I am outraged that so many have been willing to dump propaganda on DU and accept undermining the USA to support the fever dreams of Netanyahu and those similar.

Hard to see a good outcome for the USA in bombing Iran and tired of hearing the same justifications as other failed military adventures that benefitted few and made some wealthy.

[sarisataka]

5. That is the greater issue, none of this should be happening

but that answer avoids my question in the narrower scope.