Iran Catch-All |

[wmheel1287]

I don't equate narco-terrorists to civilian protesters.

I also wouldn't turn a blind eye to egregious human rights violations because of mistakes made by domestic law enforcement.

You constantly turn a blind eye to egregious human rights violations here in the US by ICE.

 

[nycfan]

 

[ZenMode]

You constantly turn a blind eye to egregious human rights violations here in the US by ICE.

What does that mean? I don't post/comment on every ICE action that people don't like or that appears to be illegal or a human rights violation?

 

[Batt Boy]

regardless of current politics, this will continue for the near term

After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up

Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpumping that destroyed a centuries-old system for tapping underground reserves.

e360.yale.edu

 

[Icky Mettle]

Thank God we live in America, where, as far as I know, only one protester has been killed by the government within the past few days.

 

[nycfan]

 

[CarolinaFever]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[Duke Mu]

I mean, if you kill them on the street, then it saves a mess in the prison system. Judge, jury, and executioner. So convenient.

 

[Duke Mu]

There's the real reason. Trump is Putin and Bibi's beotch.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict​

US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assault

Gulf states and Turkey warned Trump strikes on Iran could lead to major conflict

US allies’ lobbying appears to have helped persuade president to hold off for now on military assault

www.theguardian.com

“… The Saudi-Iranian relationship, once the most fraught in the Middle East, has been on a recovery path for three years. Araghchi makes a point of being photographed sampling local cuisine in the Arab capitals he visits.

All the Gulf states are further aware of the disruption Iran could cause to maritime traffic in the Gulf.

Araghchi has recently been trying to persuade the Gulf states than Iran is less of a risk to global stability than Israel, a case made more plausible after Israel bombed Doha last September with the intent to kill the Hamas negotiators that have lived in the Qatari capital for nearly a decade. The Israelis failed to hit their primary targets, but reportedly killed five lower-ranking members of the group.

… Many of the states deeply resent the interference of Iranian proxy forces in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. Yet by the same measure, few of them would welcome the example of an authoritarian regime being toppled by street protests riled by falling living standards, and leading to a new democratic transition, or even the fragmentation of a unified Iranian state.…”

 

[nycfan]

Is it ok if they shoot them instead? Torture them?

You encouraged them to protest and promised them help was coming without a plan or understanding the reality on the ground. I get that there are limits on Us power and as much as I wanted to see us topple the regime and free Iranians, as I said it was unclear how some limited military action could achieve that. So I am not objecting to not acting on the face of cold reality but to encouraging the protesters and promising them help. THAT was immoral, IMO.

 

[nycfan]