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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by sudosysgen on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:35PM (#24887528)
The US has sponsored terrorists covertly for decades now. Just because they stopped publically sponsoring terrorists doesn't mean much when most of the last century was spent covertly sponsoring them too.
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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by colinmhayes on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:48PM (#24889766)
Ok but if Iran stopped publicly sponsoring terrorists and trying to nuke Israel they wouldn't be sanctioned. The public support is an integral part of why they're sanctioned.
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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by ahelwer on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:25PM (#24890023)
This is, basically, naive and your view of the world would likely be greatly expanded by reading Manufacturing Consent or Inventing Reality.
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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by sudosysgen on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:46PM (#24891252)
Iran would definitely be sanctioned no matter what. The goal of sanctioning Iran is to suppress the Iranian economy and prevent them from somehow achieving the kind of influence that they would naturally have over the Middle East.
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