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Killing scientists’ families is not a strategy but a moral collapse


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2025 Jun 24, 7:33am   400 views  39 comments

by RayAmerica   ➕follow (0)   ignore (3)  

Israel’s campaign of assassinations has moved beyond military targets — now it’s wiping out the families of scientists in their homes, and calling it strategy.

By Nadezhda Romanenko, political analyst

The recent revelation that Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Sadati-Armaki was killed along with his entire family – his wife, two daughters, and son – in an Israeli airstrike should stop even hardened strategists in their tracks. This wasn’t just a precision strike. It was an execution of a household.

Sadati-Armaki was not a senior official. He was a mid-level scientist—an engineer working within Iran’s nuclear framework. That role may have made him a target in the logic of modern conflict. But nothing, not even that logic, can justify killing his children in their own home.

This wasn’t an isolated incident. On June 13, at least five other nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes across Tehran: Fereydoon Abbasi, Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, Abdolhamid Minouchehr, Ahmadreza Zolfaghari Daryani, and Seyed Amir Hossein Feghhi. Their credentials tied them to Iran’s nuclear program. All had played some role, technical or administrative, in Iran’s nuclear development. None were combatants. Most were academics. Some had already retired from state positions.

Crucially, they weren’t alone. In multiple reported cases, family members died alongside them. Wives. Daughters. The daughter of a senior official.

These were not errant missiles landing in crowded urban spaces. These were targeted strikes on homes, in residential areas, at night, when families were together. This isn’t the fog of war. It is its deliberate weaponization. The children didn’t make enrichment policy. The spouses didn’t oversee uranium labs. But they died because of proximity—because they were related to someone deemed dangerous.

To call this “collateral damage” is cowardice. When decision-makers approve a strike on a home, knowing who sleeps inside, the outcome is no longer an accident. It is a choice.

Some argue that in an asymmetrical war, deterrence must be personal. But this is not deterrence—it’s liquidation. It suggests that no civilian life adjacent to state infrastructure is worth preserving. It sends the message that not even scientists’ families will be spared, as if moral limits are luxuries we can no longer afford.

This is not a defense of Iran’s nuclear posture. It is a defense of the basic principle that families—children—cannot be combatants. If we abandon that line, we are not winning anything. We are declaring that fear is stronger than law, that vengeance is smarter than diplomacy.

Killing scientists’ families doesn’t dismantle programs. It doesn’t prevent future threats. It only makes peace more remote and retaliation more likely. What we normalize now, others will imitate later.

This is not strength. It is strategic and moral collapse. And if this is where warfare is headed, then everyone—regardless of nationality—should be deeply, urgently afraid.

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1   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 24, 7:43am  

Now that Trump has obtained "Peace in our time ..." maybe, just maybe, he can now turn his attention to the Genocide in Gaza, where the murder
of innocent civilians (including women & children), Israeli enforced starvation, depriving civilians of water & medical attention continues day in, day out.

But hey, who cares, when we have sports to keep our low IQ brains to feed us with meaningless nonsense while diverting our attention from real issues?

Question: if Gaza was being occupied by Israelis, and the Palestinians were committing these atrocities, what do you think the West's response would
be? Can there be any doubt whatsoever??
2   WookieMan   2025 Jun 24, 8:16am  

RayAmerica says

But hey, who cares, when we have sports to keep our low IQ brains to feed us with meaningless nonsense while diverting our attention from real issues?

You do know that Iran would kill ALL the families of Israelis if they could, right? I have no pony in this, but Israel has never said anything besides protecting themselves.

If you're involved in international conflict, watch your back and care for your family. You should be paid well, get an apartment. Hang out with family in public and then sleep at night in a different spot. Or don't do it. There are solutions to the jeopardy you put you and your family into.
3   komputodo   2025 Jun 24, 8:38am  

Are they killing people who work in the field of science or "THE SCIENCE"?RayAmerica says

Question: if Gaza was being occupied by Israelis, and the Palestinians were committing these atrocities, what do you think the West's response would
be? Can there be any doubt whatsoever??

you are one of those people who still thinks that the world is fair
4   WookieMan   2025 Jun 24, 9:19am  

komputodo says

you are one of those people who still thinks that the world is fair

Fair and/or truthful. Iran could be a powerhouse but chooses religion over anything. It's stupid. Not fully directed at just Islam either. All war has their religious seedlings embedded in the combat.
5   RWSGFY   2025 Jun 24, 9:52am  

Notice how that cunt brushes off lobbing half-ton missiles into random apartment buildings as "it's war, shit happens"? This is what Kremlin propaganda does.
6   RWSGFY   2025 Jun 24, 10:05am  

The cunt is fucking glowing FSB plant, who suddenly switched from linguistics, focused on the role of Russian language in Belt&Road to geopolitics, economics and moralizing:

Nadezhda Romanenko is a political analyst who has written commentary on international relations, particularly focusing on Western policies and their global impact. Her work appears on platforms like Nexus Newsfeed, where she has authored pieces critical of Germany’s post-Ukraine war economic strategy and the broader Western-led international order.

She argues that Germany’s decision to sever energy ties with Russia have undermined its industrial base, calling it a “grave mistake” that threatens long-term economic stability. In another article, she critiques the so-called “rules-based international order,” suggesting it primarily serves U.S. geopolitical interests.

Her writing tends to reflect a skeptical view of Western foreign policy narratives.

Nadezhda Romanenko appears to have both academic and analytical credentials. She co-authored a scholarly article in the Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies on the role of the Russian language in professional training for the Belt and Road Initiative, suggesting a background in linguistics or international education policy. She’s also credited with a paper analyzing the speech strategies of Russian politicians, published on SSRN, which points to expertise in political communication and cultural linguistics.

Her public commentary, like the article on Nexus Newsfeed critiquing the Western-led “rules-based international order,” reflects a strong geopolitical perspective that challenges mainstream Western narratives.

There’s no widely available information tying her to a specific academic institution or think tank.


LOL, the cunt lives under Kremlin regime, no doubt:

There’s limited publicly available information about *Nadezhda Romanenko’s* personal background, including her place of birth, education, or current residence. Most of what’s known comes from her published work, which includes political commentary and academic articles on topics like Russian language policy and international relations.


So basically pure Moscow government propaganda.
7   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 24, 2:46pm  

komputodo says


you are one of those people who still thinks that the world is fair


I think I know you well enough to recognize sarcasm when I see it. Of course I know it's not fair. If it were, all politicians, along with the talking heads of the media, that enthusiastically promote endless wars would be forced, along with their relatives, to fight on the front line. Nothing short of that should be considered 'fair.'

I think another act of fairness would be to force all of the supporters of Israel's Genocide in Gaza to actually move to Gaza. Then let's see if they so self-righteously proclaim Israel's justification for what they are doing to innocent people.
8   WookieMan   2025 Jun 24, 7:39pm  

RayAmerica says

I think another act of fairness would be to force all of the supporters of Israel's Genocide in Gaza to actually move to Gaza. Then let's see if they so self-righteously proclaim Israel's justification for what they are doing to innocent people.

Not a fan of Israel. But they literally had to create a missile defense system with the help of the USA. Why? Didn't have to be this way. How would you feel if your neighbor lit bags of shit on your porch every night? Not just one night. Every night.

I'm not pro Israel, but come one dude, they're surrounded by adversaries. If I had shitty neighbors I'd make a stink about it.
9   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2025 Jun 24, 7:52pm  

WookieMan says

RayAmerica says


I think another act of fairness would be to force all of the supporters of Israel's Genocide in Gaza to actually move to Gaza. Then let's see if they so self-righteously proclaim Israel's justification for what they are doing to innocent people.

Not a fan of Israel. But they literally had to create a missile defense system with the help of the USA. Why? Didn't have to be this way. How would you feel if your neighbor lit bags of shit on your porch every night? Not just one night. Every night.

I'm not pro Israel, but come one dude, they're surrounded by adversaries. If I had shitty neighbors I'd make a stink about it.


It’s almost as though Israel was never invaded by all neighboring nations twice in its brief modern history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
10   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 24, 7:55pm  

RayPalestine says


innocent people.


Gazans allow Hamas terrorists to run rampant. If the Gazan people want peace, they need to show Hamas the door, rise up and fight the terrorists themselves rather than acquiescing to Islamic lies and violence.
11   yawaraf   2025 Jun 24, 8:01pm  

PeopleUnited says

RayAmerica says


innocent people.


Gazans allow Hamas terrorists to run rampant. If the Gazan people want peace, they need to show Hamas the door, rise up and fight the terrorists themselves rather than acquiescing to Islamic lies and violence.

There was a hostage who had escaped, but "ordinary" Gazans captured him and returned him to his captors. I don't think any one can avoid joining one side if he finds himself in the middle of a battlefield.
12   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 24, 8:03pm  

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says


It’s almost as though Israel was never invaded by all neighboring nations twice in its brief modern history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War

Yep. Three times! 1973. There were also myriad border incursions and raids 1948-1965 from Syria, Jordan, etc.
13   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 24, 8:05pm  

RayAmerica says

I think another act of fairness would be to force all of the supporters of Israel's Genocide in Gaza to actually move to Gaza. Then let's see if they so self-righteously proclaim Israel's justification for what they are doing to innocent people.

How about all the people whinging about poor Gaza and their elected Hamas government go fight the IDF in Gaza?
14   RWSGFY   2025 Jun 24, 10:02pm  

This is why Russians and USsians are upset:


15   RWSGFY   2025 Jun 24, 10:03pm  

Hey, @RayAmerica, how come your great moral humanitarian ass is silent on daily bombings of civilians by the Red Army?
16   Bd6r   2025 Jun 25, 1:30am  

RWSGFY says

Hey, RayAmerica, how come your great moral humanitarian ass is silent on daily bombings of civilians by the Red Army?

BUT THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. LIKELY CGI.
17   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 8:57am  

yawaraf says


PeopleUnited says


RayPalestine says


innocent people.


Gazans allow Hamas terrorists to run rampant. If the Gazan people want peace, they need to show Hamas the door, rise up and fight the terrorists themselves rather than acquiescing to Islamic lies and violence.


There was a hostage who had escaped, but "ordinary" Gazans captured him and returned him to his captors. I don't think any one can avoid joining one side if he finds himself in the middle of a battlefield.


That is my point. “Ordinary Gazans” support Hamas terrorists. In other words they are NOT innocent civilians but rather supporters of terrorists.
18   Tenpoundbass   2025 Jun 25, 12:32pm  

This conflict isn't pretty, but it's very necessary. Hopefully when all will be said and done, Lindsey Graham and his aides will be out of work.

TDS Narrative: "Trump is going to get us in a nuclear war with Iran!"

(Trump takes out Iran's nuke capabilities.)

TDS Narrative: "Trump is despicable!"
19   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 25, 2:11pm  

I can't believe what happened to Gaza




This is a war crime.
20   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 25, 2:40pm  

PeopleUnited says

Gazans allow Hamas terrorists to run rampant. If the Gazan people want peace, they need to show Hamas the door, rise up and fight the terrorists themselves rather than acquiescing to Islamic lies and violence.

Kind of like the Jews and other opponents of the Nazi state, right? I mean (I mean YOU mean) that all that was necessary was for the oppressed people to 'rise up' and show those Nazis the 'door.' Same thing in the totalitarian Communist countries. It's the innocent victims fault for not rising up and showing their heavily armed oppressors the 'door.'
21   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 25, 2:42pm  

PeopleUnited says

That is my point. “Ordinary Gazans” support Hamas terrorists. In other words they are NOT innocent civilians but rather supporters of terrorists.


Same goofy analogy. Amazingly, you are claiming that ALL ordinary Gazans support Hamas terrorists. Blame the victim. How very 'christian' of you (little 'c' on purpose).
22   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 5:02pm  

The Gaza people are not victims, they chose Hamas. But it sure is nice to know RayPalestine’s true colors.
23   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 25, 5:09pm  

PeopleUnited says


The Gaza people are not victims, they chose Hamas. But it sure is nice to know RayPalestine’s true colors.

Got it. ALL 'Gaza people,' including women & children (presuming of course that you consider women & children 'people') "chose Hamas.

Calling me "RayPalestine" is not only extremely childish, it is also kind of creepy, but it is at least consistent with you casting your 'self righteous' all-knowing, all-seeing, able to judge ALL people's hearts collectively judgment upon everyone in Gaza. Are you not aware of the fact that there are actual Christians, including missionaries, that are living in the death zone of Gaza? Amazing ! And you call yourself a 'christian?' (small 'c' on purpose).
24   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 25, 5:26pm  

Remember @PeopleUnited, every American is responsible for America, but turd worlders who dance and share videos millions of times and hand out candy when civilian buildings are destroyed, thousands die, dance parties and sleepy villages (ironically of Peaceniks) are slaughtered down, and rape kidnap victims, are NOT responsible for their leaders.

This is the "Antiwar" and "Peace Activist" MO throughout the past century. Turd World Barbarians and Authoritarian Violence Always Good, Western Violence Always Bad (even when limited to political-military targets). This includes events that don't involve Israel at all, like clamping down on the Thugee Cult or pursuing Malaysian Communists.
25   goofus   2025 Jun 25, 6:18pm  

Q: Are people in functioning democracies more or less culpable for their government than those under authoritarian regimes?

Palestine hasn’t had an election since 2013, and only sporadically before that:

Elections in Palestine are held sporadically. Elections for the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) were held in Palestinian Autonomous areas from 1994 until their transition into the State of Palestine in 2013. Elections were scheduled to be held in 2009,[1] but was postponed because of the Fatah–Hamas conflict.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Palestine

26   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 25, 6:20pm  

Yep, Hamas said it would be the final election, and the majority that voted for them accepted that when they pulled the lever.
27   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 25, 6:24pm  

"Moral Collapse"


And STILL the Israelis use knock-knock bombs, flyers, warnings, etc.
28   goofus   2025 Jun 25, 6:26pm  

I’ll just say I’m grateful for those who don’t conflate citizens with their govt’s policy. Lived abroad during the second Iraq war (Switzerland), and no one attacked regular Americans over Bush’s war.

Collectivist punishment is the hallmark of leftists. The real “woke.” Sad to see it on the right.
29   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 7:21pm  

Don’t be retarded. Calling Hamas victims is deception of the highest order.

Here are the ideals every true American espouses. This document clearly states that governments (even dictatorships) derive their powers from the weapons they control right? No, just read it for yourself and remember what it means.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident...

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
30   goofus   2025 Jun 25, 7:28pm  

PeopleUnited says

Don’t be retarded. Calling Hamas victims is deception of the highest order.

Here are the ideals every true American espouses. This document clearly states that governments (even dictatorships) derive their powers from the weapons they control right? No, just read it for yourself and remember what it means.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident...

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”


Did the founding fathers consider Georgian rule to be “consent of the governed”? Is every people unable to rebel therefore complicit in the government they were born into?

Your analysis is Brawndo-level, speaking of retarded.
31   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 7:37pm  

The founding fathers put their beliefs down and you can read them for yourself.

If you choose to ignore their plain meaning then you can continue to live in ignorance. If one man can’t change the government, then how many men does it take? Consider what power people have, then you can begin to understand that men decide to support or change government. Government has no power except from consent of the governed. People choose, First one, then 10, and then 10,000. No matter how many it takes, it is based on consent. Government has no power that the people can’t override if they decide it is not in their best interest.

What did Patrick Henry say?
32   goofus   2025 Jun 25, 7:45pm  

Few men are willing to die for ideals, and even fewer if the metaphorical deck is stacked impossibly high. Did we blame average Russians for their soviet government, or sympathize with them and help them to overcome it? That was the older (“greatest”) generation’s ethos, back when cooler heads prevailed.
33   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 7:46pm  

AmericanKulakMaximumTrumper says


Remember PeopleUnited, every American is responsible for America, but turd worlders who dance and share videos millions of times and hand out candy when civilian buildings are destroyed, thousands die, dance parties and sleepy villages (ironically of Peaceniks) are slaughtered down, and rape kidnap victims, are NOT responsible for their leaders.

This is the "Antiwar" and "Peace Activist" MO throughout the past century. Turd World Barbarians and Authoritarian Violence Always Good, Western Violence Always Bad (even when limited to political-military targets). This includes events that don't involve Israel at all, like clamping down on the Thugee Cult or pursuing Malaysian Communists.


The Joo haters are the true self righteous. They are jealous of the fact the God made a promise to them that will never be broken. Promises given to a literal descendent of Abraham that doesn’t apply to those who are not. Now the ground is level at the cross, and anyone can be saved as Jesus said. The true test of a Christian’s faith however is do they believe everything that God says? Joo haters do not because if they did they would have to accept that fact that God will protect the children of Israel even when they have crucified His son. Israel is the centerpiece of human past, present and future. If this bothers someone, they ought to analyze their faith.
34   PanicanDemoralizer   2025 Jun 25, 7:50pm  

100%

"For the promises of God are irrevocable" - Romans 11
35   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 7:57pm  

goofus says


Few men are willing to die for ideals, and even fewer if the metaphorical deck is stacked impossibly high. Did we blame average Russians for their soviet government, or sympathize with them and help them to overcome it? That was the older (“greatest”) generation’s ethos, back when cooler heads prevailed.

Israel is dong just that! Trying to help eliminate Hamas so that the Gaza people have a chance at good government. Israel is the hero in this story!!!
36   goofus   2025 Jun 25, 8:01pm  

PeopleUnited says

goofus says



Few men are willing to die for ideals, and even fewer if the metaphorical deck is stacked impossibly high. Did we blame average Russians for their soviet government, or sympathize with them and help them to overcome it? That was the older (“greatest”) generation’s ethos, back when cooler heads prevailed.

Israel is dong just that! Trying to help eliminate Hamas so that the Gaza people have a chance at good government. Israel is the hero in this story!!!


But we didn’t kill untold numbers in doing that. 400k are missing and presumed dead in 2.5 years.

It’s ok to criticize Israel. No sacred cows.
37   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 25, 8:07pm  

Bullshit. Hamas lies.

It is Ok to criticize Israel. The make tons of mistakes. But they are the heroes in this story, every peaceful moslem who lives in Israel is treated with respect and dignity, and the government of Israel defends all Israelis regardless of faith. Israel is calling for Gazans and Iranians to rise up against the Islamic dictatorship. Israel is the hero of the story.
38   RayAmerica   2025 Jun 26, 8:14am  

PeopleUnited says

the government of Israel defends all Israelis regardless of faith.

You are really, really misinformed. First off, Orthodox Rabbis and Jews that oppose the secular Zionist State of Israel, due entirely to their understanding that the only way for Jews to be given the 'land' Scripturally was through obedience to God's commandments, which of course that was not done. (The Zionists instead introduced terrorism in that region, and they have been 'dying by the sword' ever since). As a consequence, the Israeli government has literally harassed and persecuted these Orthodox Jews & Rabbis and it continues to this very day. Also, it is against Israeli Law for Christians to 'proselytize' (aka, evangelize) Israeli Jews, so the Gospel of Christ is illegal (to an extent) in Israel. You might spend some time researching what the Babylonian Talmud has to say about Christ and then get back to us and tell us how much they 'defend' the Christian faith.
39   PeopleUnited   2025 Jun 27, 10:32am  

More retardation. Israel defends its citizens and residents against terrorists. Gaza is run by terrorists, and funded by Iranian State sponsors of terrorism.

RayPalestine says


Calling me "RayPalestine" is

I’m glad you like it. If the Burka fits, wear it.

You have ZDS (Zionist derangement syndrome).

To those with ZDS the government of Israel is not only wrong but illegitimate. There is nothing Israelis can do in the minds of ZDS brainwashed useful idiots except lay their necks out for the Islamic terrorists to sever from their corrupt Joo bodies.

ZDS is not a disease, it is a symptom of a deep spiritual problem which can only be fixed by God in repentance to His word.

RayPalestine says


Nadezhda Romanenko

Romanenko is a prolific opinion writer for Russia Today columns. Russia is hardly neutral on Israel and has sided with Islamic terrorists from Iran, promoted the former Assad Syrian regime, and is basically decidedly anti-Israel. Many believe that in the last days, and perhaps near future, Russia and Turkey and Iran will join forces in a coalition of many nations to take Israel by force. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me at the moment, but due to their alliance with Iran and perhaps their adversarial relationships with the west, perhaps they could decide to put troops on the ground driving towards Tel Aviv or Jerusalem if circumstances suggest there is something to be gained. I would think the US would have to be further weakened or turn its back on Israel for such a thing to occur, but anything is possible. Trump is fickle, and also old. Things can change rapidly.

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