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I think the responses are very diverse throughout the region. Got example, in Karachi protestors gathered outside a consulate https://apnews.com/article/pakista

by kjfarm 7mo ago

I think the responses are very diverse throughout the region. Got example, in Karachi protestors gathered outside a consulate https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-protesters-attacked-us-consulate-karachi-iran-a3cc0c3c6f126cc54a657f61d312a203 https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-protesters-attacked-us-c... But inside Tehran (and in my neighborhood of D.C.) there have been celebrations https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/middleeast/iran-khameni-celebrations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/middleeast/iran-kha...

Cipater 7mo ago
Any celebrations are an indicator but are far from the entire picture. Wouldn't there be celebrations in the US if Trump died? What conclusions would you draw from that?
- muzani 7mo ago
  Exactly. Oddly enough most countries have politics split down the middle. A left and right. Up and down. Rarely even a 2/3 majority. If you wanted to find people celebrating, you'd find people celebrating. But my opinion is more often than not, you have two bad guys fighting each other for the top spot. They don't support Option B because they're dumb, they support B because Option A would sell his mom for power, while Option C would just become a puppet to A.
  - estearum 7mo ago
    It's a lot easier to agree Current Guy Bad than it is to agree on who Next Guy should be
- rayiner 7mo ago
  Judging by George W. Bush’s approval rating right after 9/11, it probably wouldn’t be very many.
  - deleted 7mo ago
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  - estimator7292 7mo ago
    9/11 was the first major attack on the continental US in living memory. It was literally a world-altering event for most of the population, and it radically changed the geopolitical calculus of the average citizen. Lots of american citizens demanded retaliation. Our counterattacks weren't sanctioned by congress, but they were by the people. Meanwhile, the current president just started a war based on a temper tantrum and an attempt to distract the population. These aren't really the same thing.
    - rayiner 7mo ago
      I agree with you that the Iran strike is an effort to distract the public from Trump’s failure to bring down grocery prices like he promised: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog I was addressing the hypothetical of how Americans would react if Trump was killed by a foreign country in airstrikes similar to how the Ayatollah was killed. I think Americans would react like they did after 9/11, instead of celebrating like many are in Iran.
      - hollerith 7mo ago
        I agree. Half the country would be happy if an entity composed of Americans killed Trump, but most of those would be unhappy with a non-American entity doing it. Or at least I hope they would.
  - bdangubic 7mo ago
    if starting a war in the middle east gets you high approval ratings after campaigning as “presdent of peace” and crying like a little bitch trying to get nobel “peace” prize, the downfall of America is coming a lot sooner than most are ballparking (we are well on the way)
  - woodruffw 7mo ago
    Bush’s approval rating benefited from the US being attacked, and then responding. Trump has the order wrong; preemptively attacking countries (even bad ones) doesn’t poll very well with Americans. (This is ahead of Trump’s base being isolationist; it’s not even clear who wants this besides conventional hawks.)
- bsaul 7mo ago
  i don't think any american would celebrate if trump was killed by a foreign army bombing the country. Whereas french did celebrate US planes bombing nazis on their soil.
  - arbitrary_name 7mo ago
    speak for yourself.
  - kbelder 7mo ago
    Some would; you see some in this thread. But only a fringe, thankfully.
konart 7mo ago
>But inside Tehran... where both celebrations and sorrow
- throwawayheui57 7mo ago
  of course. How do you think they systematically massacred so many people in so many cities during the protests. All those personnel are now devastated.
nerdyadventurer 7mo ago
> But inside Tehran This is done by diaspora lead by US, they started destroying public resources first and created public unrest on top of falling Rial due to sanctions, this lead the govt take matters in to their hands. Cunning US indeed, always playing cheap tricks.
RaftPeople 7mo ago
I have a friend that left Iran just before the Shah was overthrown. Over the years he has gone back multiple times to visit family and friends etc. He told me years ago that the majority in Iran were not aligned with the new regime, it was a minority of the population that were.
anon291 7mo ago
I mean Pakistan is a nation founded on the idea that Muslims cannot live with non Muslims. /R/Pakistan is currently talking about this. What do you expect?

by kjfarm 7mo ago

Cipater 7mo ago

Any celebrations are an indicator but are far from the entire picture. Wouldn't there be celebrations in the US if Trump died? What conclusions would you draw from that?

muzani 7mo ago
Exactly. Oddly enough most countries have politics split down the middle. A left and right. Up and down. Rarely even a 2/3 majority. If you wanted to find people celebrating, you'd find people celebrating. But my opinion is more often than not, you have two bad guys fighting each other for the top spot. They don't support Option B because they're dumb, they support B because Option A would sell his mom for power, while Option C would just become a puppet to A.
- estearum 7mo ago
  It's a lot easier to agree Current Guy Bad than it is to agree on who Next Guy should be
rayiner 7mo ago
Judging by George W. Bush’s approval rating right after 9/11, it probably wouldn’t be very many.
- deleted 7mo ago
  [deleted]
- estimator7292 7mo ago
  9/11 was the first major attack on the continental US in living memory. It was literally a world-altering event for most of the population, and it radically changed the geopolitical calculus of the average citizen. Lots of american citizens demanded retaliation. Our counterattacks weren't sanctioned by congress, but they were by the people. Meanwhile, the current president just started a war based on a temper tantrum and an attempt to distract the population. These aren't really the same thing.
  - rayiner 7mo ago
    I agree with you that the Iran strike is an effort to distract the public from Trump’s failure to bring down grocery prices like he promised: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog I was addressing the hypothetical of how Americans would react if Trump was killed by a foreign country in airstrikes similar to how the Ayatollah was killed. I think Americans would react like they did after 9/11, instead of celebrating like many are in Iran.
    - hollerith 7mo ago
      I agree. Half the country would be happy if an entity composed of Americans killed Trump, but most of those would be unhappy with a non-American entity doing it. Or at least I hope they would.
- bdangubic 7mo ago
  if starting a war in the middle east gets you high approval ratings after campaigning as “presdent of peace” and crying like a little bitch trying to get nobel “peace” prize, the downfall of America is coming a lot sooner than most are ballparking (we are well on the way)
- woodruffw 7mo ago
  Bush’s approval rating benefited from the US being attacked, and then responding. Trump has the order wrong; preemptively attacking countries (even bad ones) doesn’t poll very well with Americans. (This is ahead of Trump’s base being isolationist; it’s not even clear who wants this besides conventional hawks.)
bsaul 7mo ago
i don't think any american would celebrate if trump was killed by a foreign army bombing the country. Whereas french did celebrate US planes bombing nazis on their soil.
- arbitrary_name 7mo ago
  speak for yourself.
- kbelder 7mo ago
  Some would; you see some in this thread. But only a fringe, thankfully.

konart 7mo ago

>But inside Tehran... where both celebrations and sorrow

throwawayheui57 7mo ago
of course. How do you think they systematically massacred so many people in so many cities during the protests. All those personnel are now devastated.

nerdyadventurer 7mo ago

> But inside Tehran This is done by diaspora lead by US, they started destroying public resources first and created public unrest on top of falling Rial due to sanctions, this lead the govt take matters in to their hands. Cunning US indeed, always playing cheap tricks.

RaftPeople 7mo ago

I have a friend that left Iran just before the Shah was overthrown. Over the years he has gone back multiple times to visit family and friends etc. He told me years ago that the majority in Iran were not aligned with the new regime, it was a minority of the population that were.

anon291 7mo ago

I mean Pakistan is a nation founded on the idea that Muslims cannot live with non Muslims. /R/Pakistan is currently talking about this. What do you expect?