Thank you for that ! The sad part is US has been a force against democratic govt for the last 50 years. India, Bangladesh ( my own people ), Iran, Nicaragua,

Thank you for that ! The sad part is US has been a force against democratic govt for the last 50 years. India, Bangladesh ( my own people ), Iran, Nicaragua, Vietnam. Meanwhile arming pakistan while it was military dictatorship, Saudi, etc. The US is like any other country - its out for its own interest and securing resources for itself. I cringe whenever americans take a high ground. Its just a lot of propaganda, It took me a while to do my own research since no one directly provides the information. But its all there ! I find the fact that people in hacker news who consider themselves to be the more educated crowd do not keep tabs on it. What chance does the rest of the country have ? The hardline Iranians were part of a generation that was deeply humiliated by the US. They are not the most educated bunch but they did what they had to do and everyone should respect them for it. I think things would have been much worse by now if it wasn't for the rapid rise of china which went under the radar of american policy makers. China hopefully provides the balance that is needed to prevent either America or China itself for doing terrible things to other countries.