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If that’s the case, good. Let’s hope it is successful. Iran is solely responsible for a lot, perhaps most, of the geopolitical problems in the Middle East. The
by ericmay 10mo ago
If that’s the case, good. Let’s hope it is successful. Iran is solely responsible for a lot, perhaps most, of the geopolitical problems in the Middle East.
The US isn’t trying to restrict Venezuela’s oil sales. It is restricting those sales and part of that work, remember Russia invaded Ukraine and aids Iran in destabilizing the Middle East, is the seizure of ships flying under false flags in violation of international maritime law and in violation of US and European Union sanctions on Russian oil sales.
- lm28469 10mo ago[flagged]
- sirfz 10mo agolove the casual "solely", truly unhinged
- conception 10mo agoThis is true if you ignore that the US has destabilized relations with Iran at every turn. There have been various times in modern history when relations could have been normalized and every time the US has instead just decided to keep them as a “Bad Guy” to posture against - well one party at least. Yet when they work against the interests of the US everyone is surprised.
- ryeats 10mo agoIran has conflicting values and has never stopped funding groups that violently support their view even when Obama was president so this is a very myopic view to take.
- bluGill 10mo agoWhile the US is not guiltless, there is still plenty of blame that Iran needs to take itself.
- ericmay 10mo agoNah, Iran isn't innocent here. Nobody forces them to try and build nuclear bombs, chant death to Jews, or fund literal terrorist groups who do crazy things. It's fair to be critical of the United States (which was also largely cleaning up European colonial messes in the Middle East), but it's not fair to take away Iran's agency and blame all of its ills on the United States.
- an0malous 10mo ago> Nobody forces them to try and build nuclear bombs, chant death to Jews, or fund literal terrorist groups who do crazy things. Swap “Jews” with “Arabs” and you’d be describing Israel, except they don’t just chant and already have nuclear bombs
- ryeats 10mo agoLink me a video I want to be informed if this is actually the case.
- whatshisface 10mo agoThis guy's story covers both (the crazy illegal actions and the nuclear weapons program.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu
- ryeats 10mo agoApologies, I meant the chanting, the nuclear thing is well documented but yes thanks for the link to that.
- TimorousBestie 10mo agohttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/thousands-of-israeli-nationalists-chant-death-to-arabs-during-annual-procession-through-jerusalem https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/thousands-of-israeli-nati... (May 2025)