Re:In Tehran
by regularization on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:26PM
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If the mullahs are so bad, why did the UK and US back them against the democracy of Mossadegh in the 1950s? Then Savak with CIA help slaughtered the secular left in Iran into the 1970s.
Westerners work to slaughter the secular left in a country, then use that as their entitlement to take over the country - "there is no secular force to take over".
This just happened in Syria - the West forced out a secular leader to replace him with a now celebrated al-Qaeda leader who the US had a $10 million bounty on fourteen months ago. Who is currently slaughtering every minority ethnicity in the country.
Because it was never a judgement about who is bad vs. good, but who would be best for American/British interests with zero regard for Iranians.
Re:In Tehran
by twister727 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:19PM
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Sure, Iran isn't exactly the best country, but they're still a sovereign nation right? Let them figure their own problems.
Just because they have a shitty government doesn't mean we (USA) have the right to their oil.
I don't get—never have, probably never will—painting the Islamic Republic of Iran as saviours, freedom fighters, or the last bulwark of an axis of resistance.
If the Boston strangler was anti-imperialist, would you claim he was a hero? It feels like you would.