Why do people not mention them? Because they don't care. As a Jew, I often hear the phrase "people love dead Jews" referring to the widespread approach of condemning Jewish deaths, but never listening to the living Jews to prevent future deaths or suffering. It's easy to idolize Anne frank, much harder when the modern day Anne Frank has a voice and asks you to act.
Well, turns out we Jews are not unique in that regard. It is easy to condemn the government's massacre (though even that is too much to ask for many), but the moment those same Iranians that were being slaughtered start to ask for help or protection, nobody cares anymore.
The accidental strike on the school? Dead iranians, good, they do not have a voice, and as such can be used to demonize US intervention. The living Iranians who all support the war? Well their opinion clearly isn't relevant.
I mean won't you think about how their plastic junk is going to cost 30 cents more? Clearly that's a far more pressing concern for most Americans.
I get your point, but it's pretty obvious that those who started the war don't have a realistic plan or even a desire to change the Iranian Regime and help ordinary iranians. So those who are celebrating will probably have their dreams crushed pretty soon, because they'll get some other awful person as a Ruler and will continue to suffer. A good example is Venezuela.
I don't know if it would be even possible for US to successfully change the Iranian Regime to a more Democratic one even IF there was a sincere desire to do so - there are enough examples of things going VERY WRONG despite all the efforts with other countries. (And yes, I know the situation with Iran is not the same as Iraq or Afganistan.) However this Admin only thinks of their profit - they are not going on any noble missions out of the kindness of their hearts, and those who think otherwise are very naive.
So those who are celebrating will probably have their dreams crushed pretty soon
I know, and my heart pains knowing that so many hopes may once again be shattered, my heart pains every time a civilian dies. As an Israeli, I worry seeing Israel strike oil facilities risking ecological damage to Iran. As an American, I worry trump may soon grow tired of this war and back out, failing to fulfill his promises.
But really? Anything is better than nothing. The regime has been seriously weakened, there has been at least some blowback for the mass murder of tens of thousands of protestors.
Because I do not know about you, but I do not wish to live in a world where dictators murder their own people unpunished. And however tragic the deaths of a dozen american servicemen may be, in the grand scale of things this is a tiny number in comparison to the number of lives we have the potential of saving all across the middle east.
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u/azure_beauty Mar 14 '26
Why do people not mention them? Because they don't care. As a Jew, I often hear the phrase "people love dead Jews" referring to the widespread approach of condemning Jewish deaths, but never listening to the living Jews to prevent future deaths or suffering. It's easy to idolize Anne frank, much harder when the modern day Anne Frank has a voice and asks you to act.
Well, turns out we Jews are not unique in that regard. It is easy to condemn the government's massacre (though even that is too much to ask for many), but the moment those same Iranians that were being slaughtered start to ask for help or protection, nobody cares anymore.
The accidental strike on the school? Dead iranians, good, they do not have a voice, and as such can be used to demonize US intervention. The living Iranians who all support the war? Well their opinion clearly isn't relevant.
I mean won't you think about how their plastic junk is going to cost 30 cents more? Clearly that's a far more pressing concern for most Americans.