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WTH are you talking about? A lot of things happened in the past, it's customary to let it stay in the past. The Iranian government had a chance to make things b

WTH are you talking about? A lot of things happened in the past, it's customary to let it stay in the past. The Iranian government had a chance to make things better for their citizens and for the world after overthrowing the Shah. Instead, they try to control people's individual freedoms, suppress those who speak against them and who propose reforms, try to isolate themselves from the international community and restrict free trade, not allow the UN inspectors to see whether they're building nuclear plants or warheads, threaten other countries in the area and a lot of other stuff. It's going backwards. It's true that there are some elements in the US and EU who'd like to set up the middle east as a source of cheap resources, but surely there is a better way to control that than isolationism and totaliarism? On a side note, I'm pretty sure Mahmoud or any other government official wouldn't be arrested for watching porn, for example - that's the sort of inequality that people are fighting against for hundreds of years now...

anon2012 15y ago
I think we can agree on the evil of Iran's leadership, but... > "A lot of things happened in the past, it's customary to let it stay in the past." Except this behavior isn't really past. The U.S. is still eager to unilaterally overthrow the governments of other countries, for purely economic reasons no less. I'm sure you know which country I have in mind. > "try to isolate themselves from the international community and restrict free trade" Yeah, and United States of fuckin America don't cotton to no isolationism. That shit's a sure way to get on our bad side, especially if the "free trade" they're curtailing involves oil. Note that refusing to participate in America's version of "free trade" is not illegal under any sort of law. > "not allow the UN inspectors to see whether they're building nuclear plants or warheads" They do allow inspections. A team of IAEA inspectors was there last month. The US just doesn't like to acknowledge this because we already have our fucking mind made up. > "surely there is a better way to control that than isolationism and totaliarism?" I'd love to hear your ideas.

anon2012 15y ago

I think we can agree on the evil of Iran's leadership, but... > "A lot of things happened in the past, it's customary to let it stay in the past." Except this behavior isn't really past. The U.S. is still eager to unilaterally overthrow the governments of other countries, for purely economic reasons no less. I'm sure you know which country I have in mind. > "try to isolate themselves from the international community and restrict free trade" Yeah, and United States of fuckin America don't cotton to no isolationism. That shit's a sure way to get on our bad side, especially if the "free trade" they're curtailing involves oil. Note that refusing to participate in America's version of "free trade" is not illegal under any sort of law. > "not allow the UN inspectors to see whether they're building nuclear plants or warheads" They do allow inspections. A team of IAEA inspectors was there last month. The US just doesn't like to acknowledge this because we already have our fucking mind made up. > "surely there is a better way to control that than isolationism and totaliarism?" I'd love to hear your ideas.