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This is like saying, in 1939, its sad because it sure seems like the Germans would make far better allies for us. There were plenty of people who said that, bu
by tomohawk 8y ago
This is like saying, in 1939, its sad because it sure seems like the Germans would make far better allies for us. There were plenty of people who said that, but With the Nazis in power, they were very wrong.
The Iranian government is a police state controlled by a bunch of fanatical fascists, who are one of the most successful terrorism exporting states ever. Just recently they were caught attempting to kill people in Belgium and France. And those are just the recent catches.
- mikeash 8y agoAnd that’s different from the Saudis how?
- tomohawk 8y agoThe Iranians are very aggressively attempting to take over the middle east. The Egyptians Saudis are attempting to prevent this. The battlefields today are Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine.
- mikeash 8y agoWhat stops the Saudis from doing the same? Given current events, it looks like they are.
- tomohawk 8y agoTheir vastly smaller population. Also, unlike Iran, they have not been talking about doing things like wiping out Isreal, etc. Once Iran consolidates power in the areas they're operating in (Yemen, Iraq, Syria), the next obvious target is Saudi Arabia.
- mikeash 8y agoBack to your 1939 analogy, that sounds just like reasons for allying with the Nazis.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoCould you please provide sources?
- ryanlol 8y agoWhat do you need sources for? tomohawks characterization of Iran? That seems like a really strange thing to need sources for.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoNo it doesn't. I've read manufactured consent. I understand and see the propaganda being targeted at Iran by USA, Saudi, & Israel. This is how we got into the Iraq war. I would like sources.
- ryanlol 8y agoCome on. Do you not read the news or are you just going to reply with "fake news" next? Here, a source for the murder plot: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46043404 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46043404 > a police state controlled by a bunch of fanatical fascists This is a country that regularly reaffirms its Fatwa calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie. In 2016 they even increased the bounty for his murder.
- prolikewh0a 8y agoIm sorry, I just don't trust the people who got us into the Iraq war to tell us anything about foreign policy from three war monger countries being funded by US imperialism. Iraq, libya, afghanistan, vietnam, laos, cambodia, korea, all based on lies which corporate media sold to us. That's only the tip of the iceberg too. I am skeptical, and so should everyone else. If we aren't skeptical, we'll be going "why the heck did we do this?" in 8 years. >This is a country that regularly reaffirms its Fatwa calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie. In 2016 they even increased the bounty for his murder. Saudi Arabia just killed a journalist with no reprocussions, is bombing the absolute shit out of Yemen (civilians!) using US weapons and intelligence. Democracy Now! had an episode this week about Israeli, US, & Saudi targeted assassination programs. It's easy to see that the corporate media is selling this potential war. How do you trust it? In my opinion, the rest of the world should be stopping US, Israel, and Saudi from continuing their global terrorism programs and ending imperialism.