HUMANITARIAN LAPSE

On 2/28/26, US forces bombed the girls’ school

Shajarah Tayyebeh in Minab, Iran. 

Remodeled building, painted pink and blue.

An aerial view shows playground, fields for sports. 

A fence prevents kids roaming down the road

where they would find a naval base in use.

One morning, with no warning, skies light up.

A tomahawk demolishes the school.

When people rush to help—a second strike.

Called “double tap,” it maximizes death. 

Amid the mess—crushed desks, backpacks, and blood—

disheveled shapes, rooms full of little girls.

A few moan softly. Most lie very still.

By-products of the goal: lethality. *

Death toll rises to 175—

mostly kids. Another 100 wounded.

Children are off-limits, cries UNESCO.

Outcries come from countries round the world. 

“Whoops!” the US Army says, “Bad intel.

No one verified outdated tips.

Assumed that this was still a naval base.

Rush job—the boss demands results. He’s new.”

So all you grieving families, take heart. 

Your daughter’s death was just an accident.

Clerical error. though they’re just as dead.

And USA, once trusted—now Archvillain! 

* Pete Hegseth vowed that US forces would engage in

“maximum lethality, not tepid legality.”  — CNN 3/2026

Copyright 3/2026                Patricia Doyne