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Nice try, Khamenei. Good to know you managed to power on your router today and visit HN. Seriously though, Iran has repeatedly declared that the U.S. and Israe

Nice try, Khamenei. Good to know you managed to power on your router today and visit HN. Seriously though, Iran has repeatedly declared that the U.S. and Israel should cease to exist. It funds militant groups across the Middle East. It claims its nuclear program is for “peaceful purposes,” yet has produced highly enriched uranium at levels far beyond what is needed for civilian energy - levels that could only be used for nuclear weapons. Iran’s hostility toward the U.S. and Israel is so overt that American and Israeli flags are sometimes placed on the floors of certain facilities so officials can walk over them as a symbolic gesture of contempt. Iran killed their own people in numbers anywhere between 3000 to 30000, shooting live ammunition onto civilian protests.

ebbi 8mo ago
Your comment seems to suggest you support the idea of Iran regime going down? Yet in the same breath, you criticize Iran for saying that 'US and Israel should cease to exist'. Given Israel currently has nuclear weapons, Israel is currently committing genocide (helped and funded by the US), the atrocities that Israel have committed over the last 70 years (setting aside the fact that it is an apartheid state, and is an occupying force, continuing to steal Palestinian land to this day), and the fact that the US has killed more innocent civilians in recent history (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) than Iran has... Why the double standard? And before I get accused of being a Khamenei supporter (Westerners tend to not like nuance on these topics) - I hate the Iranian regime. I agree there needs to be a regime change. At the same time, I also think there needs to be a regime change in Israel, as no government since it's inception has been for peace - the only PM they had that was doing the bare minimum towards it was killed by an Israeli.
- reliabilityguy 8mo ago
  > Israel is currently committing genocide Israel does not commit genocide by any objective metric. > the fact that it is an apartheid state And it is not an apartheid state as can be evidenced by the fact that Arabs and other cnthincal minorities, e.g., Druze or Cherkessians, reach highest positions in politics, academic, and private enterprises. You can simply google things like "notable israeli arab judges" and get results that disprove this whole idea of "apartheid". > and the fact that the US has killed more innocent civilians in recent history (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) than Iran has... This is strange argument. So, if US did bad things, others should do them to? > And before I get accused of being a Khamenei supporter (Westerners tend to not like nuance on these topics) - I hate the Iranian regime. I agree there needs to be a regime change. At the same time, I also think there needs to be a regime change in Israel, as no government since it's inception has been for peace - the only PM they had that was doing the bare minimum towards it was killed by an Israeli. You do not have to be Khamenei supports, it is enough to have double standards. From your own comment it is clear that you see the whole IP conflict without any nuance. For example, you ignore all the injustices jews suffered from the hands of Palestinians even before 1948. So, I will ask the same question you asked: Why the double standard?
  - ebbi 8mo ago
    yeah, not going to entertain genocide denialism in 2026. You can at the least state it's plausible, and I'd take you seriously. The rest of your drivel is a deliberate misreading of my post.
    - reliabilityguy 8mo ago
      > yeah, not going to entertain genocide denialism in 2026. Of course you are not going to do it. Because it would require you to get factual, and provide some evidence to corroborate your points, which would be hard. > You can at the least state it's plausible, and I'd take you seriously. Are you saying it is possible that the war in Gaza is not genocide? > The rest of your drivel is a deliberate misreading of my post. Sure. Better to dismiss the person, than engage in factual discussion.
  - padjo 8mo ago
    It's not genocide, it's a special murdering operation.
    - reliabilityguy 8mo ago
      No, it’s a war. All the typical “proves” of a genocide based on arguments that make any other war genocide as well, which in turn completely devalues actual genocides that did happen, and desensitizes the public so that when an actual genocide will happen no one will react.
      - padjo 8mo ago
        Ah great so when the ceasefire came into effect then people stopped being killed? Like would happen in a war, right?
        reliabilityguy 8mo ago
        Both can be true in war: (1) war (2) ceasefire that doesn’t hold For example, there was a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, and then it was violated.
- fortzi 8mo ago
  The definition of genocide has been fluid lately. Can you clarify what you mean, exactly?
  - ebbi 8mo ago
    > The definition of genocide has been fluid lately. Has it? Interesting. Wasn't aware of this phenomenon.
    - fortzi 8mo ago
      Yes indeed. I picked the first few search results for “usage of the word genocide lately”, assuming that you haven’t bothered to do that yourself, in hope that you’ll spend a few minutes getting educated on a subject you talk about with such conviction. [1] https://forward.com/opinion/805648/genocide-has-become-meaningless-gaza-israel/ https://forward.com/opinion/805648/genocide-has-become-meani... [2] https://www.maxim.org.nz/article/genocide-shouldnt-be-over-used/ https://www.maxim.org.nz/article/genocide-shouldnt-be-over-u... [3] https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2024/09/the-dilution-of-genocide-why-we-need-a-new-term-for-mass-atrocities/ https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2024/09/the-dilution-of-ge...
      - ebbi 8mo ago
        > getting educated on a subject Hah. "Get educated because I don't like the way you use the word" From one of the articles you shared: “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.” Let's see what Israeli leadership have said (a small sample), and then go look at aerial photos of Gaza now, and then tell me who needs to be educated: Yoev Gallant - Israeli Minister of Defense: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly." "Gaza won't return to what it was before. There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate everything." Netanyahu - to members of the Knesset, said that Israel was "destroying more and more houses [in Gaza, and Palestinians accordingly] have nowhere to return", and that "the only obvious result will be Gazans choosing to emigrate outside of the Strip" In July 2025, Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to relocate all Gazans to a "humanitarian zone" in the destroyed city of Rafah, in preparation for an unspecified "emigration plan" Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's repeated invocation of Amalek and the phrase "remember what Amalek did to you". Finance Minister Smotrich also said, "There are no half measures ... Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat – total annihilation. 'Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'" President Isaac Herzog blamed the "entire nation" of Palestine for the 7 October attack. He added: "It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians being not aware, not involved." Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi wrote that the government was allowing too much aid to enter Gaza and that the IDF should "burn Gaza now".[104] He said that Israel's goal was "erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the Earth." When asked to clarify his statements by Kol BaRama, Vaturi reiterated that Gaza and its inhabitants must be destroyed, saying: "I don't think there are any innocent people there now... If there is an innocent person there, we will know about them. Whoever stays there should be eliminated, period."[106] In 2025, Vaturi called Palestinians "scoundrels" and "subhumans" and called for the adult men in Gaza to be killed.

ebbi 8mo ago

Your comment seems to suggest you support the idea of Iran regime going down? Yet in the same breath, you criticize Iran for saying that 'US and Israel should cease to exist'. Given Israel currently has nuclear weapons, Israel is currently committing genocide (helped and funded by the US), the atrocities that Israel have committed over the last 70 years (setting aside the fact that it is an apartheid state, and is an occupying force, continuing to steal Palestinian land to this day), and the fact that the US has killed more innocent civilians in recent history (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) than Iran has... Why the double standard? And before I get accused of being a Khamenei supporter (Westerners tend to not like nuance on these topics) - I hate the Iranian regime. I agree there needs to be a regime change. At the same time, I also think there needs to be a regime change in Israel, as no government since it's inception has been for peace - the only PM they had that was doing the bare minimum towards it was killed by an Israeli.

reliabilityguy 8mo ago
> Israel is currently committing genocide Israel does not commit genocide by any objective metric. > the fact that it is an apartheid state And it is not an apartheid state as can be evidenced by the fact that Arabs and other cnthincal minorities, e.g., Druze or Cherkessians, reach highest positions in politics, academic, and private enterprises. You can simply google things like "notable israeli arab judges" and get results that disprove this whole idea of "apartheid". > and the fact that the US has killed more innocent civilians in recent history (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) than Iran has... This is strange argument. So, if US did bad things, others should do them to? > And before I get accused of being a Khamenei supporter (Westerners tend to not like nuance on these topics) - I hate the Iranian regime. I agree there needs to be a regime change. At the same time, I also think there needs to be a regime change in Israel, as no government since it's inception has been for peace - the only PM they had that was doing the bare minimum towards it was killed by an Israeli. You do not have to be Khamenei supports, it is enough to have double standards. From your own comment it is clear that you see the whole IP conflict without any nuance. For example, you ignore all the injustices jews suffered from the hands of Palestinians even before 1948. So, I will ask the same question you asked: Why the double standard?
- ebbi 8mo ago
  yeah, not going to entertain genocide denialism in 2026. You can at the least state it's plausible, and I'd take you seriously. The rest of your drivel is a deliberate misreading of my post.
  - reliabilityguy 8mo ago
    > yeah, not going to entertain genocide denialism in 2026. Of course you are not going to do it. Because it would require you to get factual, and provide some evidence to corroborate your points, which would be hard. > You can at the least state it's plausible, and I'd take you seriously. Are you saying it is possible that the war in Gaza is not genocide? > The rest of your drivel is a deliberate misreading of my post. Sure. Better to dismiss the person, than engage in factual discussion.
- padjo 8mo ago
  It's not genocide, it's a special murdering operation.
  - reliabilityguy 8mo ago
    No, it’s a war. All the typical “proves” of a genocide based on arguments that make any other war genocide as well, which in turn completely devalues actual genocides that did happen, and desensitizes the public so that when an actual genocide will happen no one will react.
    - padjo 8mo ago
      Ah great so when the ceasefire came into effect then people stopped being killed? Like would happen in a war, right?
      - reliabilityguy 8mo ago
        Both can be true in war: (1) war (2) ceasefire that doesn’t hold For example, there was a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, and then it was violated.
fortzi 8mo ago
The definition of genocide has been fluid lately. Can you clarify what you mean, exactly?
- ebbi 8mo ago
  > The definition of genocide has been fluid lately. Has it? Interesting. Wasn't aware of this phenomenon.
  - fortzi 8mo ago
    Yes indeed. I picked the first few search results for “usage of the word genocide lately”, assuming that you haven’t bothered to do that yourself, in hope that you’ll spend a few minutes getting educated on a subject you talk about with such conviction. [1] https://forward.com/opinion/805648/genocide-has-become-meaningless-gaza-israel/ https://forward.com/opinion/805648/genocide-has-become-meani... [2] https://www.maxim.org.nz/article/genocide-shouldnt-be-over-used/ https://www.maxim.org.nz/article/genocide-shouldnt-be-over-u... [3] https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2024/09/the-dilution-of-genocide-why-we-need-a-new-term-for-mass-atrocities/ https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2024/09/the-dilution-of-ge...
    - ebbi 8mo ago
      > getting educated on a subject Hah. "Get educated because I don't like the way you use the word" From one of the articles you shared: “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such.” Let's see what Israeli leadership have said (a small sample), and then go look at aerial photos of Gaza now, and then tell me who needs to be educated: Yoev Gallant - Israeli Minister of Defense: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly." "Gaza won't return to what it was before. There will be no Hamas. We will eliminate everything." Netanyahu - to members of the Knesset, said that Israel was "destroying more and more houses [in Gaza, and Palestinians accordingly] have nowhere to return", and that "the only obvious result will be Gazans choosing to emigrate outside of the Strip" In July 2025, Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to relocate all Gazans to a "humanitarian zone" in the destroyed city of Rafah, in preparation for an unspecified "emigration plan" Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's repeated invocation of Amalek and the phrase "remember what Amalek did to you". Finance Minister Smotrich also said, "There are no half measures ... Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat – total annihilation. 'Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.'" President Isaac Herzog blamed the "entire nation" of Palestine for the 7 October attack. He added: "It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians being not aware, not involved." Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi wrote that the government was allowing too much aid to enter Gaza and that the IDF should "burn Gaza now".[104] He said that Israel's goal was "erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the Earth." When asked to clarify his statements by Kol BaRama, Vaturi reiterated that Gaza and its inhabitants must be destroyed, saying: "I don't think there are any innocent people there now... If there is an innocent person there, we will know about them. Whoever stays there should be eliminated, period."[106] In 2025, Vaturi called Palestinians "scoundrels" and "subhumans" and called for the adult men in Gaza to be killed.