The funny thing is hundreds of American troops could die while they kick our asses out and no one without family there would give a single solitary fuck at this point imo
Pretty much. Outside of one of my friends that got deployed there and almost got blown up by the Iranian missiles because of trump, I honestly have no personal attachments to anyone there
the story behind why he did's pretty funny, because it was literally a last resort choice. I'd tell ya, but it'd actually dox both of us. All I'll say was everyone, even his dad who was a careerist in the military, said "you dumbass lmao".
yep, and that's why I praise Iran, being the theocratic reactionaries they are, to the high heavens for their wise pragmatism and vast kindness for not completely destroying all of the U.S bases in their region, and simply performing a show of force after Sulimani was assassinated. Hopefully my dipshit friend'll bail after his contract's up.
Iran is actually a hyper pragmatic regime which is why the portrayal of them as insane and unhinged is very frustrating. Compare them to Saudi Arabia. I wanna trade them tbh.
Iran's a beautiful land. I honestly want to go there as a tourist just to see the history of one of the most ancient civilizations of Earth. Also I hear their pistachios are way better than our californian ones, which is why Iranians joke about how their pistachios are so good the U.S had to sanction them to let their shitty pistachios dominate the global market.
Oh for sure. In every way but GDP Iran is better. Women's rights, LGBTQ rights, democratic rights, human rights in general, culture, civil society, Iran tops Saudi in every way. I mean it’s still not real wonderful, but it’s VASTLY better than Saudi.
It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.
The funny thing is hundreds of American troops could die while they kick our asses out and no one without family there would give a single solitary fuck at this point imo
Pretty much. Outside of one of my friends that got deployed there and almost got blown up by the Iranian missiles because of trump, I honestly have no personal attachments to anyone there
I’m sorry your friends made the horrible decision to join the armed forces
the story behind why he did's pretty funny, because it was literally a last resort choice. I'd tell ya, but it'd actually dox both of us. All I'll say was everyone, even his dad who was a careerist in the military, said "you dumbass lmao".
Hope he makes it out okay friend.
yep, and that's why I praise Iran, being the theocratic reactionaries they are, to the high heavens for their wise pragmatism and vast kindness for not completely destroying all of the U.S bases in their region, and simply performing a show of force after Sulimani was assassinated. Hopefully my dipshit friend'll bail after his contract's up.
Iran is actually a hyper pragmatic regime which is why the portrayal of them as insane and unhinged is very frustrating. Compare them to Saudi Arabia. I wanna trade them tbh.
Iran's a beautiful land. I honestly want to go there as a tourist just to see the history of one of the most ancient civilizations of Earth. Also I hear their pistachios are way better than our californian ones, which is why Iranians joke about how their pistachios are so good the U.S had to sanction them to let their shitty pistachios dominate the global market.
Lmao. The Californian pistachio industry actually lobbies intensely to maintain sanctions so they’re not even wrong.
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If I had to chose to live in either Iran or Saudi Arabia, I would choose Iran every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Oh for sure. In every way but GDP Iran is better. Women's rights, LGBTQ rights, democratic rights, human rights in general, culture, civil society, Iran tops Saudi in every way. I mean it’s still not real wonderful, but it’s VASTLY better than Saudi.
It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.
They probably won't even know if we left Afghanistan