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  • Unpopular opinion. But we’d be here if Trump was never elected. The US has wanted reason to invade Iran for decades. Trump definitely does damage to America’s image. But, as far the the third world’s image of America, no one did more damage than Biden did with his Genocide of Gaza.

    The main point being. US imperialism is not directed by the president alone. It is directed by Americas defense industry and military industrial complex. I think the main difference between Trump or a Biden/Harris would be the aesthetics. And maybe going through the steps of Congress. But this war is what Imperialism is demanding.










  • I had a similar response and then saw your comment later after I wrote mine. Just wanted to say I agree and maybe have a shared “annoyance” with the commenter that you have (not really them individually but more what narrative they are repeating from MSM).

    I focused more on trying to agree with the aesthetics of liberals like this while also pointing to why what they do is unhelpful. I don’t know if it connects. I try to push them in the right direction.

    From your comment Id assume you’re not American. So, I just wanted to give you some hope. There are a small minority of us that have learned from the past. A small minority that understand historical materialism and how to apply it to what we see today.

    And, even more so, there are a lot of the population saying “no” out of instinct. Seeing the repeated history of the US and it’s lies and just going with a gut feeling of distrust. I know it’s not not much. But it is something.

    Idk where I was going with this response. But I understand your frustration when someone tries to use civil rights suppression to justify literally bombing that didnt threaten us in anyway.

    We just get verbatim talking points from 2003; that I heard at 12 years old and was skeptical of even then. My best friends joined the military soon after and I did not. Out of “instinct” and nothing more. So, I’d say that “instinct” during this new generation is even stronger. It’s something. Something I hope is strong enough for a better world in the future. Maybe in the shade of the trees that we plant but never get to enjoy.


  • Dude. I don’t disagree but this is not helpful. What’s helpful is acknowledging that none of that matters to the US. Our greatest allies in the region have all of what you listed and more.

    All this sentiment does is manufacture concent for this war. There is one constant factor in the west asia. A constant that continues to keep countries from being able to have civil rights movements, keeps their citizens impoverished, keeps dictatorships and monarchs in power while everyday people suffer.

    That constant is US intervention and disruption of the region. Intervention against evil authoritarian rule only when that countries rulers don’t allow US exploitation or threaten it’s imperialist interest.

    It serves no purpose what you’re doing. Otherwise I think you should be more concerned about the US arming Saudi Arabia or Israel. Both of those countries have significantly more innocent people slaughtered under their rule.

    Iran and it’s people will only know civil liberties and equal rights when they are given the stability to have those movements of their own.

    Do you think the best thing for the US civil rights movement would have been a bombing campaign from Canada? No.

    Please. Again, I don’t defend Iran if we’re talking about it in a bubble. But the world does not work like that. And comments like yours only manufacture consent for the invasion of a country that attacked no one without first being attacked. That’s it. We don’t need to try to pick apart anything more than that.

    If you care about gay people in Iran. You should care about them being bombed. End of story. That should be everyone utmost focus right now. There is no gay person in Iran right now thinking “oh, finally the bombs of freedom reign!”. No, they are thinking “oh fuck, I need to get me and my family and friends out of here”

    Sorry, a bit of a rant. So much so that I came back to re-edit the comment later. But, right now, I think it’s really important that we don’t fall for this type of narrative. The fascist controlling America are doing everything they can to manufacture concent with the Liberals.

    The intentions of your comment are good and correct. But they are only helpful in a vacuum outside of the war mongering fascism that is rising.

    If the only threat to Iran was it’s civil rights violations you’d be right. But the threat to Iran right now is it’s population experiencing what Gaza has for the last 21 months. Something I pray they don’t experience.



  • Nah. Zionist have always been fascist. A switcheroo would imply this abomination of a state is any representation of what Judaism is and was prior to Zionism.

    It’s a fascist cult, that has unfortunately hit the point that many religions have in the past, and overtaken what culture and religion once were for many Jewish people. Making the core of their identity having nothing to do with their ethnicity or religion but more to do with western white supremacy than anything else.

    So, not really a switch, just an evolution of western supremacy that has mutated to its currently acceptable form of oppression.

    It’s also important to remember that the vast vast majority of Zionist are not even Jewish. They are evangelical Christians that have found a minority group acceptable enough to use as a shield for their hatred of Arabs and Muslims.