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For a while; after we helped put people in power that were more... amenable to American interests in the region. Eventually though, our interest drifted elsewhere; and we failed to lift even a finger to help our allies in Iran when the revolution came for them.

You're a fool if you think they'd suffer them to live, just because Biden lifted a few sanctions. Islam demands their deaths, and so they will die.

It's almost like instituting one has always been the end goal for the regressive left.

I doubt it, considering the fact that there's not going to be any investigation into this; or indeed, most anything members of the establishment does. Besides; extremists on both ends of the political spectrum hate Israel/Jews, and the general public doesn't seem to care. There's probably no...

That's going to get awkward when the United States attacks Iran; or at least it would be, if anyone was actually willing to hold the United Nations to account for anything they do.

It is, however, a casus belli (read: flimsy excuse) for yet more military adventurism in the Middle East; which is really all they're looking for.

None of which we are qualified to ask, considering how we've let China get away with that sort of thing for decades.

It would be a mistake, I believe; we don't want to get mired in yet another war in the Middle East.

I'd forgotten about this; if Biden becomes president, we're probably going to invade Iran.

I thought you were in intelligence, why would you be sent into active conflict?

Which is still objectionable; but yeah, the NSA really comes across like some small-time creepy voyeur, compared to the much larger profile FBI and CIA.

And yet even the Inner Party eventually collapses under it's own weight, if the appendix in 1984 is anything to go by. Honestly, that quote from O’Brien comes across as delusional on his part; as if he's trying to convince himself that by becoming an instrument of this system of oppression, he...

That's Trump Derangement Syndrome for you; no matter what he does, even if it's something that furthers their own goals, they have to be against it.

Which domestic issues do you think he's trying to distract people from?

As far as I can tell, it's just some meme being passed around amongst regressive left circles; and as is almost always the case, there is no evidence being presented to support such a notion. I first found out about it in an argument with my aunt, who said to "mark her words" (which is funny...

So what you're saying is that the US and UK tried to overthrow an Iranian dictator, but failed, and then one leftover element of their efforts got involved in another attempt, that succeed on its own? I guess I need to do more research about the history of Iran, because I'm not sure if that's...

One would think they would have wanted him to beat the Israeli, and threatened him accordingly; as I cannot think of any other reason an authoritarian regime like Iran would let any of their citizens participate in an international competition, if not to defeat their enemies.

True, but at least I'm aware of them. As for the "general opinion of the USA", I could not care less; mostly because my own opinion of this country isn't that high either. Take Iran for instance; the actual topic of the thread. We created every problem we're currently having with them by...

You mean the trade war caused by the fact that China has been screwing us from day one, ever since they joined the WTO, and broken every single promise they've ever made? The "concentration camps" (which itself is a horrifically misapplied label) that Obama created? The "tensions" that are...

Bullhonkey; he did nothing but get into spats with other powers, particularly Russia. Everything Trump is dealing with now can be traced to Obama kicking the can down the road, and making things worse in the process. Honestly, I'd argue that Trump's foreign policy, in direct contrast to Obama's...