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Did I say the Supreme Leader is a benign figure? Iran has problems. Big ones. You are disingenuous and malicious when you portray my position in this way. The

Did I say the Supreme Leader is a benign figure? Iran has problems. Big ones. You are disingenuous and malicious when you portray my position in this way. The Supreme Leader has a longstanding public opposition to nuclear weapons. He is the respected religious leader of the Iranian government. The actions of the Iranian government, including their adherence to the JCPOA that Trump capriciously discarded, are consistent with this fatwa. You must provide some other justification for your stance than merely accepting the US propaganda.

UltraSane 1y ago
"The Supreme Leader has a longstanding public opposition to nuclear weapons" He is LYING. Because he is a liar. Who lies. Like about opposing nuclear weapons.
- aisenik 1y ago
  Strict adherence to the JCPOA, capriciously discarded by the man who just bombed Iran in my name, suggests that Iran's position was legitimately held. In fact, it implies that someone else is lying. Probably the country that just did a complete 180 on its intelligence assessment and attacked another country unprovoked, if you want my assessment. It's not like the USA doesn't have a documented history of lying and engaging in information warfare to justify wars of choice. This isn't even our first time this century.
  - UltraSane 1y ago
    You don't build uranium enrichment facilities deep underground if it isn't part of a nuclear weapons project.
    - aisenik 1y ago
      You might if a nuclear-armed genocidal pariah state backed by the most powerful and richest country in the world was obsessed with you. Especially if the superpower I've alluded to had previously installed its regime in your country.
      - UltraSane 1y ago
        You really should be ashamed to lie like this. Iran is the country that has said it is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Israel just wants to live in peace with Iran. But the current religious nutjobs in charge of Iran absolutely will not allow that to happen. The bombing of Iran by Israel and the US is the result of Iran picking a fight with them since 1979.
        aisenik 1y ago
        Israel is actively engaged in a genocide and its ethnic cleansing program is fully supported by the USA, which is currently engaged in its own domestic ethnic cleansing through violent and illegal kidnappings by heavily armed, erratic, masked, unidentified secret police. The American genocide is informed by and its gestapo trained in Israeli doctrine. Innocent children are being maimed, starved, and murdered and it is being done with materiel produced with my tax dollars and provided with the bipartisan endorsement of my government. The Islamic Republic of Iran is not perfect, they have promulgated many evils within their society. The USA is directly responsible for the rise of fundamentalism and sociopolitical precarity within Iran, but even that pales in the light of the disgusting atrocities being committed today by the traitorous US government. Iran has issues, but their biggest issue is the existential threat of the American-Israeli alliance against their sovereignty.
        UltraSane 1y ago
        "Israel is actively engaged in a genocide" This is absolutely not true. Hamas is actively attempting to destroy Israel. I really hate this watering down of the word "genocide". Terms like "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" have specific meanings that shouldn't be diluted through overuse. "The USA is directly responsible for the rise of fundamentalism and sociopolitical precarity within Iran" Don't remove agency from the Iranians. THEY chose an Islamic Theocracy all on their own after the Shah was overthrown. You "merica evil" types really like to remove agency from people. "USA, which is currently engaged in its own domestic ethnic cleansing " I truly, truly hate Trump and think what ICE is doing is stupid and sadistic but calling it "ethnic cleansing" is completely absurd. The federal government does have the constitutional authority to deport non-citizens. "Iran has issues, but their biggest issue is the existential threat of the American-Israeli alliance against their sovereignty." Iran's biggest issue is that they constantly try to pick fights with MUCH stronger countries. They have spend every second since 1979 antagonizing the US and Israel in a profoundly foolish way. Compare this to how Vietnam doesn't hold a grudge against the US and benefits greatly from having a normal relationship with it.
- UltraSane 1y ago
  I'm down voted for calling the Supreme Leader of Iran a liar?
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tptacek 1y ago
We can just disagree about this and let the evidence people can find on their own speak for itself. I find the idea that the SL is "opposed to nuclear weapons" to be risible. Iran bought from AQ Khan!
- aisenik 1y ago
  I have provided information and you have provided innuendo.
  - tptacek 1y ago
    If you say so. I'm not interested in litigating further.
    - aisenik 1y ago
      Thank you for the engagement. It is extremely important to document the facile and childish level of argumentation within the industry whose hubris seeks to force the world into the period of its greatest calamities. Society failed to highlight the intellectual immaturity of the Nazis and it has yielded the material reality we exist in today. Again, I appreciate your labor and contributions to the historical record.
      - tptacek 1y ago
        K.
  - selimthegrim 1y ago
    You are not providing the complete context.
    - aisenik 1y ago
      If someone claims to be providing "the complete context" they are intentionally misleading you.
selimthegrim 1y ago
There were other candidates for supreme leader that had stronger clerical and jurisprudential backgrounds

UltraSane 1y ago

"The Supreme Leader has a longstanding public opposition to nuclear weapons" He is LYING. Because he is a liar. Who lies. Like about opposing nuclear weapons.

aisenik 1y ago
Strict adherence to the JCPOA, capriciously discarded by the man who just bombed Iran in my name, suggests that Iran's position was legitimately held. In fact, it implies that someone else is lying. Probably the country that just did a complete 180 on its intelligence assessment and attacked another country unprovoked, if you want my assessment. It's not like the USA doesn't have a documented history of lying and engaging in information warfare to justify wars of choice. This isn't even our first time this century.
- UltraSane 1y ago
  You don't build uranium enrichment facilities deep underground if it isn't part of a nuclear weapons project.
  - aisenik 1y ago
    You might if a nuclear-armed genocidal pariah state backed by the most powerful and richest country in the world was obsessed with you. Especially if the superpower I've alluded to had previously installed its regime in your country.
    - UltraSane 1y ago
      You really should be ashamed to lie like this. Iran is the country that has said it is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Israel just wants to live in peace with Iran. But the current religious nutjobs in charge of Iran absolutely will not allow that to happen. The bombing of Iran by Israel and the US is the result of Iran picking a fight with them since 1979.
      - aisenik 1y ago
        Israel is actively engaged in a genocide and its ethnic cleansing program is fully supported by the USA, which is currently engaged in its own domestic ethnic cleansing through violent and illegal kidnappings by heavily armed, erratic, masked, unidentified secret police. The American genocide is informed by and its gestapo trained in Israeli doctrine. Innocent children are being maimed, starved, and murdered and it is being done with materiel produced with my tax dollars and provided with the bipartisan endorsement of my government. The Islamic Republic of Iran is not perfect, they have promulgated many evils within their society. The USA is directly responsible for the rise of fundamentalism and sociopolitical precarity within Iran, but even that pales in the light of the disgusting atrocities being committed today by the traitorous US government. Iran has issues, but their biggest issue is the existential threat of the American-Israeli alliance against their sovereignty.
        UltraSane 1y ago
        "Israel is actively engaged in a genocide" This is absolutely not true. Hamas is actively attempting to destroy Israel. I really hate this watering down of the word "genocide". Terms like "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" have specific meanings that shouldn't be diluted through overuse. "The USA is directly responsible for the rise of fundamentalism and sociopolitical precarity within Iran" Don't remove agency from the Iranians. THEY chose an Islamic Theocracy all on their own after the Shah was overthrown. You "merica evil" types really like to remove agency from people. "USA, which is currently engaged in its own domestic ethnic cleansing " I truly, truly hate Trump and think what ICE is doing is stupid and sadistic but calling it "ethnic cleansing" is completely absurd. The federal government does have the constitutional authority to deport non-citizens. "Iran has issues, but their biggest issue is the existential threat of the American-Israeli alliance against their sovereignty." Iran's biggest issue is that they constantly try to pick fights with MUCH stronger countries. They have spend every second since 1979 antagonizing the US and Israel in a profoundly foolish way. Compare this to how Vietnam doesn't hold a grudge against the US and benefits greatly from having a normal relationship with it.
UltraSane 1y ago
I'm down voted for calling the Supreme Leader of Iran a liar?
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tptacek 1y ago

We can just disagree about this and let the evidence people can find on their own speak for itself. I find the idea that the SL is "opposed to nuclear weapons" to be risible. Iran bought from AQ Khan!

aisenik 1y ago
I have provided information and you have provided innuendo.
- tptacek 1y ago
  If you say so. I'm not interested in litigating further.
  - aisenik 1y ago
    Thank you for the engagement. It is extremely important to document the facile and childish level of argumentation within the industry whose hubris seeks to force the world into the period of its greatest calamities. Society failed to highlight the intellectual immaturity of the Nazis and it has yielded the material reality we exist in today. Again, I appreciate your labor and contributions to the historical record.
    - tptacek 1y ago
      K.
- selimthegrim 1y ago
  You are not providing the complete context.
  - aisenik 1y ago
    If someone claims to be providing "the complete context" they are intentionally misleading you.

selimthegrim 1y ago

There were other candidates for supreme leader that had stronger clerical and jurisprudential backgrounds