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0 pointsWaxProlix1y ago0 comments

Even if the regime doesn't survive, what's our track record in Iranian regime change like? What are the chances people there swallow their pride and roll over? If anything, Khomeini is probably a moderate compared to a lot of what we could end up with after 'regime change' (lol)

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mrtksn1y ago· 7 in thread

I guess it’s all about how it’s handled afterwards. Germany and Japan have become huge US allies after some proper bombings.

Just recently Trump tried to troll the Germany’s leader for it and only got a “Thank you for defeating us”.

The truth is that Iran’s regime is indeed a very shitty one and a lot of people have grievances with it but the problem is, this is about Israel and they are not any better and didn’t stand at a higher moral ground with their illegal occupation and actions that many consider genocidal.

79521y ago

I think the post war political movement in America that produced the Martial Plan was exceptional. The situation now in terms of institutions, leadership and doctrine is nothing like that. It is difficult to believe that America of today could help a country in that way. Accountability is too fractured. Profiteering has become a way of life. And fundamentalism is too strong.

bigyabai1y ago

> The truth is that Iran’s regime is indeed a very shitty one

Relative to their last, America-backed regime? I don't think you're looking at this from an Iranian perspective at all.

simonh1y ago

The regime is spectacularly unpopular with the majority of Iranians.

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SauciestGNU1y ago

I would be very interested in hearing an Iranian perspective on how daily life changed for people when the Islamic Republic deposed Pahlavi.

mrtksn1y ago

You can tell its a shitty one when a resource rich nation don’t prosper.

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yongjik1y ago

> some proper bombings

and a war that killed 400,000 Americans.

You want to repeat that history?

theonething1y ago

Here's some history I don't want to repeat:

1939, Nazi Germany starts fucking around and nobody does anything about it and then we have WWII on our hands.

You've totally missed the point. It's precisely because we didn't "properly" bomb Germany to stop that first invasion of Poland, that WWII happened and we lost 400,000 Americans, 6 million Jews etc.

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devcpp1y ago· 4 in thread

Saying "Khomeini" on current day Iran casts a large doubt on how much you know on the topic.

levanten1y ago

He is asking a valid question. Experts on the issue also warn that there is no guarantee that what replaces the current regime would be any more amenable.

apparent1y ago

Yes, but that name refers to a leader from decades ago. There is a similar-named leader today, but people who conflate the two tend not to be well-informed on the topic.

senderista1y ago