• BombOmOm@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    5132·
    3 months ago

    Now why would Iran’s ambassador have a Hezbollah pager? 🤔

    (we all know why)

    • procrastitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2610·
      3 months ago

      Why are you pretending that is some sort of gotcha?

      Diplomats communicating with their nation’s allies does not make them legitimate military targets.

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1714·
        3 months ago

        Communication with terrorist organizations by government officers is frowned upon though.

        • azuth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          114·
          3 months ago

          Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization according to the Lebanese and Iranian governments or the UN.

          The have 15 representatives in Lebanon’s parliament.

        • LarmyOfLone@lemm.eeEnglish
          812·
          3 months ago

          Of course, terrorism is only what we say and when they do it, not when we do it!

          I demand to see Biden’s Israel pager!

          • matlag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            So you admit that Israel just carried out a terrorist attack in Lebanon? Or is bombing and killing citizens is terrorism when “they” do it, not when “we” do it?

            • LarmyOfLone@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              3 months ago

              Yeah I was mocking the label “terrorist organization”. There is no question that the USA and Israel routinely carry out terrorist attacks and should be labeled a terrorist regime. They’ve had decades to create peace and more moderate culture but they want this constant state of precariousness.

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      3 months ago

      Hezbollah is a political organisation in Lebanon. Lebanon is the country the Iranian ambassador is in.

      This is not the gocha you think it is.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        3 months ago

        It’s because they don’t use the same wireless networks as phones and have like a 96h battery life. That’s why hospitals give them to doctors. And plenty of people still use walkie-talkies because they work (within a certain range) even when nothing else does.

        Also, the pager companies are still in business mostly because of the pucks you get at a restaurant that buzz when your table or food is ready. “Obsolete” tech that’s dirt cheap can sometimes hang around for niche use cases.

    • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      415·
      3 months ago

      Where is your proof that he did? You seem quick to leap to conclusions.

      (we all know why)

      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon lost one eye and suffered serious injury to the other when a pager he was carrying exploded on Tuesday

        It’s literally in the article.