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0 pointsalex_low26d ago0 comments

I'm surprised this has not been mentioned, for context:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres

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tgv26d ago

I think that's because nobody believes for one second that these strikes are a retaliation for that.

philk1026d ago

Epstein files and plummeting poll numbers are more likely reasons

yoyohello1326d ago

My guess is Hegseth is cumming in his pants at the idea of starting the 10th Crusade.

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yoavm26d ago

Not surprising - people don't count deaths in the Middle East if they're caused by fellow Middle Easterns, except Israel. Living in Europe I've never heard about a protest against Saddam (250,000 - 1,000,000 dead), Khamenei (30,000 in a week?), Assad (> 300,000 civilians) etc. This is business as usual. It's only news if someone else does it.

Rover22226d ago

this is so true

izietto26d ago

Maybe because nobody believes in the "exporting democracy" excuse anymore

JumpCrisscross26d ago

> nobody believes in the "exporting democracy" excuse

Has this been argued?

danny_codes26d ago

That’s the Bush doctrine! A belief that you can invade a country, remove the power center, and democracy will spring forth. You don’t even need to speak the local language, read any books about the country you’re attacking, or talk to any locals! Just go for it and democracy will magically spring into existence.

1341526d ago

Not directly but OP seemed to intuit some sort of moral justification for this war of aggression ("humanitarian reasons"), and few people believe that to be a key motivating factor for the White House.

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jjfoooo426d ago

What else does "regime change" as a goal refer to?

throwaw1226d ago

Are you saying those protested actually got funded by Israel and because Iran killed them, now Israel is retaliating?

Now I really wonder if those protests were indeed fueled and funded by Israel, because we have seen videos of mosques being burned down by protestors, which is strange for Shia Muslim country, even if they don't like their government

yoavm26d ago

"A 2020 Online Survey by Gamaan found that 8.8% Iranians identifying as Atheist and a large fraction (22.2%) identifying as not following an organized religion and only 40% self identified as Muslims."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism_in_Iran

jraby326d ago

Compare how much Israel was in the news for targeting militants these past two years in Gaza.

How biased is the press? Iran slaughters 36k people in a week and... crickets. Israel refuses to let its hostages die while Hamas hides out in hospitals and schools and the world is against Israel not Iran.

kwar1326d ago

If you think Trump did that because he cares about Democracy I have some news for you regarding the Jan 6 rioters...

tim33326d ago

Yeah, the:

>Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, saying 'help is on its way'

stuff if pretty relevant.

eleventyseven26d ago

Because HNers are not so gullible to swallow and regurgitate this pretext. The Trump administration doesn't care about the people of Iran, any more than Bush cared about the Iraqi Kurds or Afghan women. Just a pretext for geopolitics.

croes26d ago

Rookie numbers. Wait until they got liberated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

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