• manniesalado@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    Things were much better in Iran 10 years ago. They were enjoying quite moderate times. But then The Great Satan stabbed them in the back when Trump betrayed the Nukes Deal.

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      23 hours ago

      There’s a million valid reasons Trumpism is evil, but excusing the utter cruelty the Iranian government wields isn’t one of them.

      Explain how “great satan” forced the Iranian government to murder, maim, jail, and rape protestors last month.

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        11 hours ago

        You don’t have to excuse anything. In WW2, the US had segregation, the European allies had brutal overseas empires, and the USSR had a police state. Still better than Nazi Germany.

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      14 hours ago

      No. Things were much better in Iran in the 70’s before the Islamic revolution took power in 79.

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        11 hours ago

        Things were so great that the government got overthrown. People got tired of winning, said “Shah, we can’t take so much prosperity!”

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          10 hours ago

          Is that so hard to believe? Or do I need to remind you that ISIS once controlled regions in the middle East. They weren’t exactly known for their promotion of prosperity, running around burning people alive, destroying museums, raping women and demolishing ancient statues and ruins.

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      19 hours ago

      Okay, they definitely didn’t just kill thousands of their own people and that definitely would have been Americas fault because treaty 🙄