"They cut babies' heads off. They chop women in half...."

[SalamanderSleeps]

He actually said this.

“They are among the most evil people ever on earth. They cut babies’ heads off. They chop women in half — take a look at October 7. Take a look at one they’ve done over the last 47 years”

Trump could never make this shit up by himself.

Bibi is a miracle worker.

Trump is now holding the bag.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-irans-regime-among-most-evil-people-on-earth-they-cut-babies-heads-off/

[hlthe2b]

1. Hamas are Arab Sunni Muslims. Iranians are Persians and Shia Muslims. This level of ignorance

and conflation is obscene.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. But they are all brown, so all the same to him.

[hlthe2b]

15. Very wide variation in that region, including Iran. But many Lebanese are as white or whiter than I am.

and I am untanned and quite pale for sure. Having worked in the ME, I was amazed.

[bamagal62]

27. Yes, and some Lebanese even

Have blue or green eyes. Quite a beautiful mix of colors and features.

[TheRickles]

33. And many are Christian to boot.

[hlthe2b]

37. Yes.. Mostly Coptic Christians (and most of them in Egypt)

[LeftInTX]

40. We have a large Maronite Catholic church here. Lebanese Christians are mostly Roman Catholic (Maronite)

or Greek Orthodox...
And to add to the confusion there are plenty of Armenians in Lebanon. They are also Christian.

I'm Armenian and I know there is sitll a large community in Lebanon.

I don't think many are Coptic

12 officially recognized groups, dominated by Maronite Catholics (approx. 52.5% of Christians), followed by Greek Orthodox (25%), and smaller groups including Greek Catholics (Melkites), Armenian Orthodox, Armenians Catholics, and Protestants.

[hlthe2b]

42. I'm tallking throughout the Middle East. Coptic Christians predominate among Christians

throughout the Middle East but include:
followers of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Alexandrian Greek Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church. They are the largest Christian population in Egypt and the Middle East,[36] as well as in Sudan[9] and Libya.[37] Copts account for roughly 5 to 15 percent of the population of Egypt.[33][38][39]

[LeftInTX]

43. Yeah...

[Maru Kitteh]

45. Yea, I know that. But they are ALL brown to. him.

He’s not going to be learning new things now, and wouldn’t care either way even if he could integrate the information. They’re ALL brown to him.

[Volaris]

29. Yeah...this came from Miller as much as it would have from Bibi.

[Ilikepurple]

22. I agree. Trump has only so much room in his noggin for non-white ethnicities

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I’m guessing he just sees Asian, African, Mexican, Arab, and Indian (American and East). You know people from the shithole places we shouldn’t care about. If any further taxonomy is needed, skin tone is definitive. This was made only slightly made in jest.
The conflation only helps in dehumanizing ethnicities. Grouping countries or ethnicities together like this makes it easier to export preestablished hate to a new group or country. It’s why fighting right wing propaganda is so difficult. Misdirect and make it simplistic and emotional. By the time one responds by explaining the cultural, religious, and ethnic differences between Palestinians and Iranians, you’ve lost part of the audience. Also, it has the added benefit of putting the explainer on the defense as a supporter of the actions being criticized. It’s even more effective when those actions are atrocious This tactic is used rather clumsily by Trump, but it doesn’t seem to be so clumsy that he loses more support than he gains. I know he had me thinking about the horrors of the October 7 attacks while writing this response that started with mere snark.
Just adding in response to several posters’ correct statements about the “whiteness” of some people from the region. When I say “non-white” I’m gesturing at what many Americans consider non-white at this time, regardless of skin tone and eye color. My statements here are a generalization and there are sure to be cases that fall through the cracks in both its facts and logic. It seems race might start at skin color, but certainly doesn’t end there.

[Celerity]

31. Claims that Hamas beheaded babies during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel have been widely debunked as unconfirmed

and false rumors. Israeli officials, the Israeli military, and the White House have all stated they could not verify these specific claims.

Hamas baby beheading hoax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_baby_beheading_hoax

The Hamas baby beheading hoax refers to allegations, since refuted, that Hamas killed and beheaded dozens of babies and toddlers during the October 7 attacks which it led in southern Israel in 2023, which constituted the first phase of the Gaza war. The allegations were first made by soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and members of Israeli civilian rescue groups in interviews with local and international journalists.

The hoax was initially endorsed by then-US President Joe Biden, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and some IDF spokespeople, and was then spread credulously by Western media outlets, gaining widespread coverage and, arguably, helping to shape the consensus in favour of war on the Gaza Strip. Similar reports accused Hamas of hanging or slitting the throats of babies and burning others alive, including by stuffing at least one young child into a hot oven.

At times the Israeli government has discreetly admitted that the rumours about the beheaded children are unfounded. The hoax is argued by critics of Israel to be an example of atrocity propaganda and evidence that Israel is waging a "war on truth" during the Gaza war.

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[hadEnuf]

32. This is the same as the Iraqis unplugging incubators

in Kuwait and grinding machines.

[Celerity]

38. And the constant false doubt cast upon the death toll in Gaza, which even the IDF has now accepted

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143607643

IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry Death Toll of Over 71,000 Palestinians Killed During the War

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000

The IDF has accepted the estimate of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that approximately 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the Israel-Gaza war, noting that the number does not include missing residents who are potentially buried under rubble.

The IDF also said it is currently analyzing the data on the dead to see how many of them are combatants and how many are civilians. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 71,667 Gazans have been killed by IDF fire since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry's tally includes only those killed directly by Israeli military fire in its tracking, not people who died of starvation or from diseases exacerbated by the war.

The records published by the Gaza Ministry of Health identify over 90 percent of the bodies by name and identification numbers, but do not distinguish between militants and civilians.

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T15:31:22.183Z

The IDF is accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s figure because it knows it is an undercount.

The number includes only identified dead, and bodies that have not yet been identified remain beneath the rubble. There have also been additional deaths due to disease, exposure, and malnutrition.

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T17:06:11.235Z

[hlthe2b]

50. Yes, I know.

[Walleye]

2. And they're eating peoples dogs and cats

[riversedge]

6. Wasn't that the Haitians that Trump [and Vance] said that about??

[Walleye]

7. They don't care whom they lie about

I guess we should stop using good grammar as well?

[Skittles]

26. DAWGS

yes INDEED

[wcmagumba]

51. It was bad enough when dogs and cats were only sleeping together...

Now they are lunch...

[riversedge]

3. Oh, I believe Trump can make this stuff up in his pea brain--and is Stupid and crazy enough to say it aloud!!

[lame54]

4. Do they bomb girls schools

[NoRethugFriends]

10. No. They do murder protestors though. tens of thousands of them.

[lame54]

12. So this war is good?

[Uncle Joe]

24. This unprovoked war probably killed many of the protesters and/or their children. n/t

[NoRethugFriends]

47. Hell no.

[Klarkashton]

17. The current circumstances cast doubt on that.

[electric_blue68]

41. You can be horrified, furious at what The Iranian Regime has done to it people, previously and most recently; and...

still be against what drumphf & co are doing!

[NoRethugFriends]

48. And I certainly am.

The poster asked whether they bombed schoolgirls. Implies to me that the poster thinks what we do is worse. It's all horrendous.

[marble falls]

5. Gotta give Riechsfuhrer Miller some credit, too.

[Doodley]

8. 40 percent of America believe anything he says. The more racist the better - that's all that matters to him.

[sheshe2]

9. Well, You...

RAPE LITTLE GIRLS! You sell them, beat them and some of your buddies have actually killed them!

Your, look over there is not working. How many are going to die to cover your sins?

Go F*** Yourself.

[ShepKat]

13. I'm guessing he's never read the Epstein file

But whatever mango mussolini- and you think you're above this ? wouldn't put it passed ya.

[synni]

14. He's just having flashbacks of his parties with Jeff & friends

[Klarkashton]

16. Replay of the HW Bush "babies in the incubators"

Bullshit.
Trump is getting desperate.

[Irish_Dem]

18. This is what Trump fantasizes about.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. My Problem Is...

...that I've heard nobody saying the regime in Iran isn't horrible.
So, this demonizing is pointless because it's arguing against a case not being made.
It's just useless rationalization for a dumb decision.

[maveric]

20. Ketamine?

WTF is he talking about?

[durablend]

23. Recounting the escapades on the island, of course

[AloeVera]

21. He is demonizing Palestinians again, by extension Iranians too.

Using the proven lie/propaganda of 40 decapitated babies to foment hatred of both Palestinians and Iranians so people won't mind so much when they are being slaughtered or ethnically cleansed.

He's the worst of humanity for sure.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

25. He's remembering the Epstein days...

[Goonch]

28. ;-{)

[TheRickles]

34. Where's his $50 merch cap?

[Goonch]

44. ;-{) Price went up.....

[Richard58]

30. Wait----

is he talking about his Epstein buddies? Sure sounds like it.

[Blue Full Moon]

35. Epstein files has that in it. Projecting again?

[KentuckyWoman]

36. I honestly think it's worse than that.

Sure, he was told to use such depravity to justify what Israel and US are doing but on a personal level I truly believe he's fantasizing about being able to do some incredibly depraved things himself. I think someday we'll find he's already done much worse but his buddy Epstein isn't buying victims for him any more. Now he has to get his jollies by proxy.

[Aviation Pro]

39. Did the child raping, draft dodging bag of fuck

Piss himself again?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

46. We are suckers for a good horrid story.

Cutting babies and halving women. DJT
Weapons of mass destruction. GWB
Babies thrown out of incubators. GHWB
Gulf of Tonkin. LBJ

We love to go to war over a good story.

[Clouds Passing]

49. Sounds like Baby Bush's iraq lies

[RainCaster]

52. Far worse

But it's a habit of all Republican presidents to lie like a mother fucker to us. They consider it a skill.

[chicoescuela]

53. Simply projection by tsf

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

54. He had "them" confused with Republicans.

I think that's what's known as a "senior moment." In Trump's case, that moment has lasted a lifetime.