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Sponsoring international terrorism used to be a real faux pas in the U.S. I guess those days are over.
by jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
Sponsoring international terrorism used to be a real faux pas in the U.S. I guess those days are over.
- joshthecynic 6y agoThe US has sponsored terrorism for decades.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI doubt those days are over, we'll continue punishing Iran for supporting Palestine.
- flyinglizard 6y agoSaying “Iran is punished for supporting Palestine” is like saying “ISIS was punished for supporting traditional Islamic values”.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoPeople regularly do say that, and they are generally the same ones using Iran's support of Palestine to justify our actions against Iran. I don't get your point.
- flyinglizard 6y agoThe problem with ISIS is their beheadings, slaughter of innocents, destabilization of countries, piracy, and persecuting minorities. Not their support of Islam. The problem with Iran is their development of nuclear weapons, their ballistic missile program which now extends in range to cover the Europe, their support in weapons, money and training of various paramilitary groups such as the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, their oppression of their own citizens, hanging gays from cranes, various bombing and attack operations (US forces, Saudi facilities), attacks against oil tankers and calls to annihilate Israel. Not their support of Palestine.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoNow ask yourself, how much of that list is the US or Israel also guilty of an equivalent crime? Supporting Palestine is one of the few things that seperates them.
- pixl97 6y agoI mean, regime replacement was totally our thing. We'd gladly put totalitarian in charge if a country talked socialism.
- dmingod666 6y agoUS was fine with saudi involvement in 9/11. No one batted and eyelid then.. not sure what time you're referring to.
- namdnay 6y agoHardly.. I still remember when it was considered edgy but acceptable for wealthy Americans to fund the IRA
- dmingod666 6y agoI wonder how you would classify osama bin laden between the years 1979-1989. The US and KSA gave him a total of 40 billion USD during this period..