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[–] starweasel@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Should you doubt the honesty in the answers we provide to the foregoing questions, you can make a short trip to any part of Iran you wish—possibly even the Strait of Hormuz—and personally ascertain for yourselves the verity of our assertions.

i think this is the best "go take a long walk off a short pier" ive ever read lol

Gauge the current commander-in-chief of the United States against the same criteria on the basis of which Iran’s commander-in-chief is selected—knowledge, justness, piety, social and political insight, and courage. The result that such comparison yields is, without any exaggeration, jarring: Not only is the commander-in-chief of the American armed forces lacking in these virtues; he embodies their polar opposites.

America’s national security and the lives of its servicemembers are entrusted to someone who is not only an inveterate liar but is also an insanely avaricious man whose only motivation in life is the accumulation of greater wealth. [...]

It is perfectly clear which of the two leaders God supports.

iran says america has lost the mandate of heaven

In this light, the true meaning of “Death to America” is “Death to the crimes perpetrated by the American elite.” It is, in a word, not an expression of ill will toward the American people. And we are certain that if the American people truly understood the reality of the evil their leaders commit in their name, they would disavow their leaders—as they gradually are doing—and would stand by the people of Iran in indicting their common oppressor.

they're so optimistic and nice 😭 i fear that i know more than a few people who would be completely on board with any level of monstrous cruelty as long as it was happening to muslims and/or people of color.

Trump is, amazingly, still pointing to Iran’s ostensible nuclear weapons program as the reason the war needs to go on. How long can you beat a dead horse?

as long as beating the dead horse keeps spitting out money like the worlds bloodiest piñata

If American leaders had exercised a modicum of rationality, the occupation of Afghanistan could have turned out to be much more favorable to the occupiers. With less than three percent of the total cost of the war—that is, less than the cost of the weapons and equipment left behind by the U.S. military—the Americans could have built a home for every Afghan family and in this way won the people over. That way the American flag would have flown high across Afghan cities for many generations to come, whereas today it is trampled underfoot by Afghans as a symbol of their erstwhile occupiers.The problem is that the priority of the leaders who head the U.S. military is to enrich themselves and their partners in the military-industrial complex. Consequently, they can’t even manage imperialism correctly.

lmao truer words have never been spoken

The invasion of Iraq lasted eight years and eight months, with a cost of four trillion dollars to American taxpayers (again, these are official figures, the real figures likely being much higher).

love america getting the "clearly the regime is lying to you" treatment lmao

How can these trends that are driving the U.S. toward ruin be stopped? More importantly, how can the American people be saved from the grim fate that will result from the collapse of the U.S. government? God has provided the answer to this question in different scriptures He has conferred to His prophets.

One answer is to be found in the Old Testament, in Jeremiah 18:7–10: [...]

The same answer is expressed in the Qur’an (13:11):[...]

God will come to the aid of the American people if they decide to change course.

you know i think this is pretty clever actually. Its not going to convince the rabid zionist types, but i could see this being a somewhat convincing argument for the casual christmas-and-easter type of cultural Christian. yknow. if they were the sort of person to read this.

Your response may be that you do not accept these atrocious actions but are powerless to do anything about them. This answer, however, is not acceptable. You are the ones who empower, with your votes, the government and allow it to do what it does. Although American politicians often win your votes through deception and false promises, as Trump did, you can change the makeup of the government if you apply the criteria for good leadership in choosing the people you vote into office.

i find this really interesting bc earlier on in the document, they acknowledged that the billionares are the ones basically running things. im pretty sure you cant out-vote an oligarchy, and im also pretty sure the venn diagram of "people willing to read this letter" and "people who need to be convinced to vote for people who arent complete ghouls" is two completely separate circles. i think they probably had more momentum with their call to action about closing bases and stopping aid to israel. not that voting will change those things either but ¯\(ツ)/¯

Mahdi and Christ will stand with the oppressed seekers of justice and against the oppressors. We, the people of Iran, would like to see you, the people of America, standing by our side as we are led by Mahdi and Christ toward final victory.

oh. they heard the "america is a christian nation" thing and didnt realise that it actually means "america is a john wayne jesus nation" :(

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

In this light, the true meaning of “Death to America” is “Death to the crimes perpetrated by the American elite.” It is, in a word, not an expression of ill will toward the American people. And we are certain that if the American people truly understood the reality of the evil their leaders commit in their name, they would disavow their leaders—as they gradually are doing—and would stand by the people of Iran in indicting their common oppressor.

I-was-saying I was saying that we should kill every american