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Tankies are supporting Iran?
They didn't get the memo when the theocratic faction assassinated all the leftists that had been their allies during the revolution so that they could make a right-wing theocracy instead of something leftist. The CIA-backed regime was removed, so because tankies have 'read theory' and the theory they've read says revolutions always go well, Iran must surely be a socialist state well on its way to becoming a communist utopia.
They support anything that opposes the US
I think it's moreso the west in general. They hate the EU too, and the commonwealth
They just take whatever position advances China's geopolitical presence the most.
Or Jews.
It's interesting how all extremists hate a mutual hatred of jews. Horseshoe theory and all that shit
Dude is like "Well the alternative is being colonized by Israel and US."
Seriously, it is possible to not lick any boots.
They love the boot
And Iran isn't a colonizer with Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and various other groups operating around the Middle East just fucking things up for everyone else?
Or do you just use the word "colonizer" to dehumanize people of ethnicities that you hate?