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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 hours ago (22 children)

Just because the US launched one of the stupidest and least planned wars in a century, does not make the Iranian government good.

Just two months ago they were killing thousands of protestors.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The saudi regime is as bad we don't have any sanction on them. Israel is doing the worst crime in humanity a fucking genocide we don't have sanctions on the state itself. Any kind of sanctions in the war makes it harder for iran to defend itself for being genocided too. So please stop with your hypocrisy

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Ah, but the Saudi regime has dumptrucks full of money.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And just because the Iranian government is an ass doesn't give America the right to bomb them. Or why don't they go after every other country whose government does bad things. Sorry in this case the US is the "bad guy".

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

And Israel.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 11 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Iran was being sanctioned before the attack too. A lot of people act like any enemy of Trump is their ally, but this is not so.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

With the express and publicly stated purpose to bring so much physical economic pain to the people so that they revolt against the gov't.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 0 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The alternative is to trade with the totalitarian regime, which serves to keep them in power. If you could support the people but not the regime then of course that would be the best course of action, but that is not how it works.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

We are trading wit an tolitarian regime called saudi arabia. It is not of canada goddamn business to force iraninas to take out their own regime. It ia not like Iran want to attack Canada.

We all know all the sanctions are there simply because Iran was made an enemy of the usa and israel

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You should check how sanctions are affecting the people of Iran and in general what outcomes regime-change sanctions have produced around the world. Also check under what conditions better governments emerge out of worse ones. Hint: it tends not to be under severe sanctions.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Nobody is claiming that. This is just an idiotic straw man. You don't have to support the government in Iran to understand that invading countries is wrong. What the fuck is wrong with you people?

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Americans...

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I did not claim that starting a war on Iran was OK. I said that sanctioning them is OK. Sanctions on Iran should not stop just because of Trump's idiotic war.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The Lancet has published data concluding that US imposed sanctions cause the deaths of more than 564,000 people each year. More than half of the dead are children under the age of 5. If that's what you support, you're utterly sick.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If open trade with, and therefore support of, a totalitarian theocratic regime that just killed tens of thousands of protestors is what you support, you're just as sick.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 57 minutes ago

The ten thousands of protesters numbers comes from iranint backed by saudi arabia. Not to say that the regime did not intentionally killed protesters. All the usa is responsible of millions of death and iarael is doing a genocide

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Way to try justify starving children fash.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Iran doesn't have starving children.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Why? Borders are imaginary.

Marx knew that.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I am not a tankie and I have the same opinion cna you provide a real argument now?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

that must've sounded really clever in your head

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Am I wrong? You definitely can't see or touch them.

The USSR also initiated a few invasions.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Not only are you wrong, but you're also exposing yourself as not having any capacity for critical thought. If you bothered actually reading Marx, then you'd know that he never argued for abolishing the state under current conditions. You're like a chat bot quoting things without any context. Also, nice whataboutism there kiddo.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah, he was expecting there'd eventually be a global revolution... that would disregard borders.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

What he was actually expecting was that the contradictions of capitalism will cause the system to implode on itself, which is precisely what we see unfolding today.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

He was pretty clearly not just writing about the English proletariat, or the German. Except there wasn't really a Germany the same way at all at the time, because borders are imaginary.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

The only thing that's clear is that you've never read Marx, and there's no point trying to have a discussion with somebody who's ignorant on the subject they're attempting to debate. I've already addressed your claim earlier by the way. You're just rehashing the same bullshit here like a parrot.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes, but have you considered the world is perfectly split into good and bad guys? /s

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure what to make of this. I think it's either an attempt to placate someone, perhaps the Canadian Iranian diaspora to keep things calm domestically, or they think that there's a real possibility for the IR to fall under the weight of more sanctions. The latter seems so unrealistic though.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Just seems to be another case of Carney crawling further up Trump's ass.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Yes, unlike America, who just bombs them and pretends they are "in talks"

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

no noo no nono noooo... we invite them to talks, then bomb them.

the ol switcharoooo

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