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Comment by speedgoose | Hacker News Reader

Unverified and likely false information (fake news) is downvoted. If you question the accuracy of the information it's better, still not good, but you didn't before your edit.

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It is literally true that Trump said it was a military attack, as OP stated. This is verifiable.

That Trump's statement is false and dangerously irresponsible is not OP's fault.

Generally other people's misinformation should not be shared without some kind of disclaimer that it isn't true

I agree with your sentiment. There are videos that appear to depict the main explosion resulting from a missile strike, the folk filming react to it as it enters the frame immediately prior to detonation.

It's wrong to classify something false with certainty when it is just conjecture and likely of a political nature at that.

https://twitter.com/imranarainppp/status/1290729309301350400...

If it looks like a bird and fly like a bird, perhaps it's a bird. But perhaps a missile strike, as the leader of the worst biggest power suggested.

Trump’s statements on the matter are of no interest though. If it was possibly going to lead to some imminent executive action, then it might be. It all depends. For most topics, his statements are not worthy of posting here imho.

> On the flip side, perhaps knowing that you are off the hook for paying for the expense of many children would increase the desire to reproduce?

Prosperity, and strong social safety nets in particular, have been shown to lead to decreased propensity to reproduce. The less one relies on family for old age, disability, unemployment, etc., support, the smaller families people have.

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