Not agreeing with the war and announcing you think Trump is a demented prick? Cool, we all think the same.
Trying to get a soldier (and whoever is unfortunate enough to be near him) killed because they said some hurty words? Get fucked.
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Actually I'm hoping they go AWOL to save their ass, but you're also under the impression that these soldiers are innocent...
Yeah it's kinda like revealing the Nazi's troop position to the allies. You ain't gonna say the Nazis are victim of circumstance knowing what their government does and what their fellow troops have done
Comparing Iran, a nation that recently killed 10s of thousands of its own citizens, with the allies during WW2?
You're a joke mate.
a nation that recently killed 10s of thousands of its own citizen
According to whom, Trump controlled US media? How convenient for these claims to suddenly appear just before the US invasion. I definitely don't recall this exact same scenario playing out just before the Iraq invasion too, which was later proven to be completely false.
Uhm im comparing us troop to Nazis...
But go on and read whatever you want
"Its kinda like revealing the location of nazi soldiers to the allies".
Suggesting the Iranians are the allies in this scenario
No it's saying revealing location of Nazi soldiers to the allies. Like the actual act
- The protests weren't a wholesale denunciation of Iran's government. There was some who protested for that, but most protested because of the result of US sanctions resulting in a devastating degradation of Iranian people's quality of life.
- The protests and their supporters were mostly in urban centers, which the US and Israel hit. Anti-government sentiment was annihilated the instant they were attacked (or became so low on anyone's priority that it's functionally the same).
- US and Israeli bombs don't magically spare protesters โ๏ธโ๏ธ Like, what could possibly go in your head when hearing that Iran is defending itself, to conclude that it's bad for Iranian people? The best thing for Iranian protesters is that Iran wins unequivocally
Your weak ass defense of the US would be ridiculous if Iraq didn't happen; the fact that you're unable to learn from it is sobering. Iraqis being freed was one of the reasons given back then; as a reminder more than a million Iraqis died to it.
Do you think Iraqi protesters were spared?
Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout.
The Iranian government has murdered thousands of civilians.
Nothing you write can justify that.
42 years of sanctions+the environmental impact of black rain+the destruction of public infrastructure probably kills more
It probably does.
But what you wrote is just irrelevant deflection and whataboutism.
The Iranian government murdered thousands of civilians in Jan and Feb before the war started. Instead of trying to defend it by deflecting, just admit you agree with it and move on
I didn't say anything about iranian government. I will criticize iran when the illegal US-Israeli assult ends.
Remember condemnation of Hamas never stopped the palestinian genocide. It wouldn't stop the killing of iranian.
You are trying to come off as someone cares about people but you are failing to recognize what I just wrote.
You really ought to think a little. Beyond "whataboutism" which is a useful tool to avoid any self reflection, do you really think we should first pay attention to protests, while Iran is getting bombed, i.e. every Iranian, including protesters, is in grave danger of death?
You're telling us we should disregard deadly danger to all Iranians and instead pay attention to some danger to some Iranians?
To wrap this up, YOU are asking "what about the protests"; nothing in this post is about the protests. YOU are guilty of that nonsensical "whataboutism" pseudo-fallacy.
Why is nobody thinking about the poor lil wannabe-brown-people-killer ๐ญ
it's good when fascist soldiers die
Nooo you gotta debate them in the marketplace of ideas /s
The US has had a continuous and significant military presence in Kuwait since 1991. They have multiple bases in Al Jahra Governate. The whole world already knows where these bases are. You didn't score some great gotcha against the US military.
Fuck Trump and fuck this stupid war with Iran. But even so, it's shitty of you to fantasize about getting someone killed.
Except that still leaves knowing that potential for an operation out of there. Still worth letting Iran know.
I told the other guy that it's to make soldiers go AWOL. The fantasy would actually be saving civilian lives at the cost of us soldiers.
I'm not sure, but I hope you find out. Americans need to learn that all's fair in love and war.
You know they'd be chomping at the bit for any information on Iranian soldiers.
True no one has issues with Iran soldiers locations getting exposed. They would probably just say that's war