Sure. That makes them legitimate targets in a war, and you don't have to be sad that they died. Yes, I understand Iran attacking back was legitimate because every country as a right to defend itself.

But people talk like this guy was the evilist dude in the world and wanted to bomb a school or something.

Really nothing Trump is doing is new to the US. He just gave up any pretense of it being for good or to help anyone. Also he's even more inept at implementing anything so the outcome is worse even quicker than in the past.

Those photos of Iraqi prisoners connected to a car battery were not really made public. /s

Tbf the national guard recruits with videos of putting up sand bags during floods and digging through rubble after earthquakes and tornadoes looking for survivors. They tell them they're there to help the state in emergencies and the army reserves is who goes to fight to fill in gaps. I spent my 4 years in the army helping to train new recruits. Basically I did nothing in the regular army. Then I spent 2 years in the national guard and got deployed. During my year in Baghdad I saw regular army, navy, marines and national guard, as well as soldiers from too many other countries to count. What I never knowingly encountered? An army reservist.

Ok, so I'm not saying this kid was good or bad, there's no way to know his intentions. I'm just saying it's certainly possible he was just a naive kid who wanted to help but didn't do his homework. He should have known plenty of Iowa vets that could have told him. At one point Iowa national guard had over 140% deployment rate. Meaning that many had gone multiple times, which is fucking bullshit. The national guards recruiting is far more sinister and predatory than the army. Because with the army you likely know you're getting your ticket stamped at some point. These kids often just haven't done their due diligence.

Fake, kid is still alive.