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Seems like a pale escalation in comparison to bombing one of their top generals
by derision 6y ago
Seems like a pale escalation in comparison to bombing one of their top generals
- oh_sigh 6y agoSome would argue Soleimani escalated by coordinating attacks on the US embassy and military bases. And hopefully, Iran doesn't decide to shoot down a commercial airliner half-filled with their own nationals, that took off from their own airport, as retribution for these domain name seizures.
- 0xFFC 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iFYaeoE3n4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iFYaeoE3n4 Sure. Iran is the uncivil one in the region.
- sumedh 6y ago> Some would argue Soleimani escalated by coordinating attacks on the US embassy and military bases. Didn't the escalation begin when US removed a democratically elected Iranian leader?
- refurb 6y agoDidn’t the escalation begin when Iran seized foreign assets?
- sumedh 6y agoThe foreign companies refused to be audited by the Iranian Govt which is why they were nationalised.
- refurb 6y agoIf the US gov't demanded to audit say, Mercedes Benz, and when they refused, nationalized it, you'd support that?
- sumedh 6y agoIs Mercedes Benz exploiting US natural assets and not sharing the profits with the govt?
- refurb 6y agoSo if a previous gov't agree to a certain profit sharing, but you now don't like the agreement, the answer is to seize their assets?
- sumedh 6y agoThe answer is to renegotiate the deal peacefully, if the company refuses then nationalise the assets, which still does not give US the right to remove a democratically elected leader just because an oil company gets less profits.
- sofixa 6y agoCheck out the Suez Canal, nationalising foreign assets is perfectly fine according to international law ( of course, subject to conditions). And what kind of imperialistic argument is that? A sovereign country managed to get rid of foreign control, nationalised foreign assets that were exploiting their natural resources and shipping off the the profits offshore ( the original concessions being given while Iran was under UK control), and they're the bad guys and deserve a bloody coup? Again, check the Suez crisis, that's not how the world works anymore ( most of the time).
- oh_sigh 6y agoDidn't that begin because mossadegh refused a legal order the step down from his post?