Topic: IRAN
Anonymous A started this discussion 2 days ago #132,556
What is USA's deal with Iran? It's too far away to affect the heartland of USA directly.And getting all its planes, subs and carriers there is a pain in the butt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GgPQxB2ZA
boof joined in and replied with this 2 days ago, 22 minutes later[^] [v] #1,414,981
The governors of Iran are not merely theocratic zealots, they are also too used to their privileged status and are fine with killing thousands in the streets if it means keeping their power is that much easier
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 days ago, 29 seconds later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,414,982
Iran...Iran so far away...
boof replied with this 2 days ago, 5 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,414,987
A huge hit that was not far off from the time of the deposing of the Shah
everyone was thinking about it with that tune
everyone was thinking about it with that tune
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 days ago, 58 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,415,007
One word
Any questions? I’m not answering. I don’t wanna end up on a watchlist.
I S R A E L
Any questions? I’m not answering. I don’t wanna end up on a watchlist.
Anonymous D double-posted this 2 days ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,415,008
@1,414,981 (boof)
Riiiiiight, but the US government is fine with Saudi Arabia so like… that can’t be the real reason.
Riiiiiight, but the US government is fine with Saudi Arabia so like… that can’t be the real reason.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 day ago, 9 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,415,051
@1,414,981 (boof)
> The governors of Iran are not merely theocratic zealots, they are also too used to their privileged status and are fine with killing thousands in the streets if it means keeping their power is that much easier
Your security forces will only shoot people for so long. In 1989, the military turned on the secret police and it was game over for Ceausescu.
At the same time, the IDGC has the power and the guns so they could impose something else. Problem is reform would splinter a system of stupid zealotry. We saw it with Perestroika, which underscored that Communism was a zombie ideology that secretly fed on the blood of the black market.
> The governors of Iran are not merely theocratic zealots, they are also too used to their privileged status and are fine with killing thousands in the streets if it means keeping their power is that much easier
Your security forces will only shoot people for so long. In 1989, the military turned on the secret police and it was game over for Ceausescu.
At the same time, the IDGC has the power and the guns so they could impose something else. Problem is reform would splinter a system of stupid zealotry. We saw it with Perestroika, which underscored that Communism was a zombie ideology that secretly fed on the blood of the black market.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 day ago, 11 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,415,173
1989 Tianmen Square didn’t do squat to help the common people of China.