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Public opinion in Europe ain't very positive about Trump either, every other day its another eye roll because of what that ego maniac did/said/didn't, how rude

Public opinion in Europe ain't very positive about Trump either, every other day its another eye roll because of what that ego maniac did/said/didn't, how rude and unfair he is. This is what people see. On the other side, what specifically Iran did do to deserve this? Yes they meddle around their neighbors, just like every other country. US is the last who should be blaming others for this, Iran is at least home and not inciting civil wars in Mexico or Cuba. In the same time Saudi Arabia doing some small-scale genocide in Yemen, bombing civilians left and right gets a free pass and very friendly attitude, yet they are the one of the biggest exporters of terrorism and country is as far from freedom and equality as one can be in 21st century.

plopilop 8y ago
I'll add that sanctions were imposed because Iran was getting greedy with nuclear power. Now that Iran backed off, there is no reason to continue these sanctions. Moreover everyone voted to lift said sanctions in 2015, and now some orange dude said 'no fuck u' despite his country having signed the arrangement and wants to force everyone else to unilaterally accept his own conditions. It's good to see that Europe finally grew a spine.
bsaul 8y ago
you do realize iran is trying to get the maximum influence by destabilizing its neighbours ( such a lebanon and yemen), in a region crippled by war for centuries, while at the same time oppressing its own people (and women in particular) ? i really don’t think europe should go to economical war against the US to save this regime’s *ss and sell them a few cars. Note that my reasoning would be absolutely identical if US decided to do the same with saudi arabia...
- tveita 8y ago
  > while at the same time oppressing its own people That's the thing, though. Iran clearly isn't some redeemable den of evil, the populace used to be both well-educated and friendly towards the west. It might take a (democratic) regime change to restore relations to anywhere near "good", but at this rate you could say the same about the US.

plopilop 8y ago

I'll add that sanctions were imposed because Iran was getting greedy with nuclear power. Now that Iran backed off, there is no reason to continue these sanctions. Moreover everyone voted to lift said sanctions in 2015, and now some orange dude said 'no fuck u' despite his country having signed the arrangement and wants to force everyone else to unilaterally accept his own conditions. It's good to see that Europe finally grew a spine.

bsaul 8y ago

you do realize iran is trying to get the maximum influence by destabilizing its neighbours ( such a lebanon and yemen), in a region crippled by war for centuries, while at the same time oppressing its own people (and women in particular) ? i really don’t think europe should go to economical war against the US to save this regime’s *ss and sell them a few cars. Note that my reasoning would be absolutely identical if US decided to do the same with saudi arabia...

tveita 8y ago
> while at the same time oppressing its own people That's the thing, though. Iran clearly isn't some redeemable den of evil, the populace used to be both well-educated and friendly towards the west. It might take a (democratic) regime change to restore relations to anywhere near "good", but at this rate you could say the same about the US.