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The middle east is a jungle. If I had to make a choice between living close to a nuclear Iran - a fundamentalist regime commits horrendous acts, like public han
by Protostome 5y ago
The middle east is a jungle. If I had to make a choice between living close to a nuclear Iran - a fundamentalist regime commits horrendous acts, like public hangings of gay men *or* violating international law, I would choose the latter without hesitation.
Laws are great when there's someone who enforces them. When there's no entity that makes sure those rules are obeyed they mean nothing.
- threatofrain 5y agoOne wonders how Iran would be today if the US had not eliminated the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in favor of religious monarchy, and whether they would've continued their progressive trajectory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état
- azth 5y ago> The middle east is a jungle I wonder why? It couldn't have anything to do with Western colonialism and meddling could it? Nah.