They don't hate us because we're free...
George Orwell on the Evil Iranian Menace
The U.S. has long had Iran virtually encircled as a result of the American occupation of Afghanistan on Iran’s Eastern border, its invasion of Iraq on its Western border, its NATO ally Turkey hovering on Iran’s Northwestern border, some degree of military relationship with Turkmenistan on Iran’s Northeastern border, and multiple U.S. client states sitting right across the Persian Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain, where the massive U.S. Fifth Fleet is stationed). Additionally, some combination of the U.S. and Israel has bombarded Iran with multiple acts of war over the last year, including explosions on Iranian soil, the murder of numerous Iranian nuclear scientists (in which even one of their wives was shot), and sophisticated cyberattacks. Meanwhile, top American political officials from both parties are actively demanding that an Iranian revolutionary cult be removed from the list of Terrorist organizations (just coincidentally, they’re all on the cult’s payroll). In the past decade, the U.S. and/or Israel have invaded, air attacked, and/or occupied Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (to say nothing of the creation of a worldwide torture regime, a system of “black site” prisons around the world to which people were disappeared, and a due-process-free detention camp in the middle of the Caribbean Ocean where many people remain encaged for almost a full decade without charges). During this same time period, Iran has not invaded, occupied or air attacked anyone. Iran, to be sure, is domestically oppressive, but no more so — and in many cases less — than the multiple regimes funded, armed and otherwise propped up by the U.S. during this period. Those are all just facts.
Yea+
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Masterdarwin88 wrote:
As for my opinion? I don't care for the war. I just shake the hands of war heroes who go out there to fight and then I act like it's not happening. This. I hate it when people blame the soldiers for the war. My philosophy with politics is this: "Give to Ceaser what belongs to Ceaser" because he can handle his money better than the politicians can handle ours. | |
The trick is making sure Caeser isn't going to war in the first place, I find.
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Eh, nothing new, the US has been pretty consistent in its douchebaggery over the past 50-60+ years. First it was South America, and now its the Middle East.
EDIT: Also, at least Iran's government is domestically abusive, the US has taken out much better governments. | |
I think its a good idea to be posted and ready next to all possible threats. As for the black ops, its a necessary evil that many countries perform. Whether its right or wrong...meh...who's to say...I guarantee that the shady stuff saves way more than it harms.
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Jeff8500 wrote:
Eh, nothing new, the US has been pretty consistent in its douchebaggery over the past 50-60+ years. First it was South America, and now its the Middle East. THIS!! I couldn't have said it better myself! | |
As for my opinion? I don't care for the war. I just shake the hands of war heroes who go out there to fight and then I act like it's not happening.