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If USA can have Saudi Arabia as an ally white house can even call Devil their ally. I never understood Iran-USA hatred for each other. Iran is not worse than S
by tn13 10y ago
If USA can have Saudi Arabia as an ally white house can even call Devil their ally.
I never understood Iran-USA hatred for each other. Iran is not worse than Saudi Arabia or Pakistan from any angle.
- hessammehr 10y agoThe 1953 coup [1] probably has something to do with that, followed by the hostage crisis in 1979 [2], and the downing of an Iranian passenger airplane by the US [3]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
- adventured 10y agoAlong with Iran supporting the killing of US troops in Iraq via proxy war during the occupation and the Khobar Towers bombing.
- tn13 10y agoJapan killed thousands of Americans so did Germany and China. USA has been humiliated pretty often by many other countries but USA has (correctly) not held the kind of grudge it has against Iran.
- tn13 10y agoThe coup was an American failure caused by meddling into other people's affairs. This is not the first time nor Iran is the only nation where Americans have tried that. Iran-USA relationship seems complete irrational to me. It is as if the establishment in Washington and Tehran have some sort of gain from keeping things as bad as they are.