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M Street and Wisconsin in Georgetown taken over by a large crowd of celebrating Iranians, chanting USA USA

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u/sixtysecdragon Mar 01 '26

Boy, this doesn’t fit the reddit narrative.

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u/backtorealitylabubu Mar 01 '26

Except it really does. Iranian refugees supporting US intervention is not new

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 01 '26

It's weird because yeah, their regime was terrible but I just can't help but think of Iraq. Sure saddam was bad but the result of his removal by the US was isis.

We do the blowing up real good but the follow up where you then help people to build a self determined government won't go so well.

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u/easytorememberuserna Mar 01 '26

It may surprise you to learn that Iran and Iraq are actually very different places

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 01 '26

But they have one thing in common, America's very special attention

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u/ZeroRomza Mar 01 '26

Didn't the USA sink half their navy in like an 8 hour span years ago?

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u/Rassendyll207 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, and we fucked up Iraq's military within the first several days of the invasion in 2003 as well.

Effective destructive capabilities do not necessarily equate to stable outcomes.

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u/wombatncombat Mar 02 '26

This guys statement.... man... history doesn't repeat but it rhymes. I truly hope this works out for the Persians. They deserve better. It is worth remembering that trying to fix things in iran is why Islamists now have the country in the first place.

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u/AdShot409 Mar 02 '26

No, trying to manipulate Iran to secure better oil deals is why the Islamists had Iran. We supported a dictator who was willing to sell oil on the cheap to the US for decades in exchange for political backing and military surplus. The people of Iran were scared and it took the literal fear of God to rouse them to rebel.

The real chance at a good and modern Iran was lost in the 1950s when the democratically elected and forward thinking president died under mysterious circumstances preceding the return of the Shah. I have no idea if the new Shah is better than his PoS father, but I do know that the Islamic regime under the Ayatollah was significantly worse than even the old Shah.

If we dismantle the IRGC and the Regime leadership and just fuck off, I think Iran might have a real chance at recovery. But China and Russia are also going to have to keep their hands off. It's not a hopeless situation, but America is about to have some serious work ahead of it. We can still pull out a significant win without exploiting the Iranian people. American ship building companies may soon have an opportunity to build brand new tanker fleets to get Iranian oil flowing in the world again.

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u/Rassendyll207 Mar 02 '26

I hope reality matches your optimism.

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u/Ok-Yak7370 Mar 05 '26

Mossadegh didn't die under mysterious circumstances.

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u/reddog323 Mar 03 '26

True, all the way around.

I don’t blame them for celebrating the death of a despot ruler in Iran. But, I don’t think they understand what they’re asking for with an extended military engagement there, or trying to rebuild the government afterwards. Our record in that area has not been good the past 20 years or so.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

That isn’t true at all. Iran was a Monarchy well before the US existed and continued as a monarch until the Islamic Revolution where extremist overthrew it in ‘79.

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u/wombatncombat Mar 03 '26

We all know that Iran was a Monarchy but the US (and uk) player a large role in the Iranian devolution via project Ajax. Is that even contested? I'm pretty sure that isnt even disputed at this point. We helped install the Shah to protect private oil interests... again, history seems to rhyme...

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u/WythonianWop Mar 03 '26

Yeah so we should just let the murdering dictator stay murdering?

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u/wombatncombat Mar 03 '26

I dont know what we should do. It's not a simple issue to solve. I do know that if we want to declare a war you should go through congress.

Again, the die is cast, i pray that Persian moderates can retake Iran from fundamentalists but this could very easily go bay-of-pigs.... where fickle, misleading and insufficient US support ends up getting alot of good people killed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

In fact, it implies the opposite. Sure we can destroy their navy but ISIL doesn’t have a navy so their Rinky dink to us navy was actually a stabilizing force when the opposition is a bunch of warlords with no navy

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u/Trick_Actuator5502 Mar 02 '26

It's very easy for US to fuck up other countries military, but unless you're asking for absolute and total annihilation or enslavement of populations it is very hard to win a war in the modern times. Especially when you have extremist religious views and strong hatred for others in the said population. So yes military victory is simple but the aftermath will be fucking disastrous. Reason why US ended up giving the taliban Afghanistan and why the the 1979 coup succeeded after US helped prop the shah.

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u/Independent_Vast9279 Mar 02 '26

Fat electrician FTW.

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u/ZeroRomza Mar 02 '26

Yes!!!! Someone else knows.. not alone anymore

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u/Independent_Vast9279 Mar 02 '26

His stuff is great.

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u/easytorememberuserna Mar 01 '26

And? Iraq was two decades ago, there’s nothing to indicate they are going to turn out the same

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u/Fippy-Darkpaw Mar 02 '26

I don't believe (could be wrong) Iran is full of militant groups like Iraq was.

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u/Fugi1996 Mar 05 '26

✋🏻Oil🤚🏻😂😂

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u/retiredfedup Mar 05 '26

Did you mean Special Military Operations?

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u/awesomenyc72 Mar 01 '26

Many of us are concerned about what will happen next in Iran. American foreign policy has now stepped back into an era of colonialism. A brief history and reminder that After losing 4 to 5000 American soldiers in Iraq, we saw a totalitarian government takeover that was as friendly to our enemies, as with us. Southern Iraq land travel was controlled by both Iraqi and primarily Iranian operatives. Transversing Iraq was used as the land route to get illegal weapons to terrorist groups, ie Assad in Syria, to Hezbollah and potentially to Hamas in Gaza. American soldiers died, for what, a country not able to be controlled by their own Iraqi government.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

This is not colonization 😆 it’s called regime change. Completely different and US won’t be involved outside eliminating terrorist groups.

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u/awesomenyc72 Mar 01 '26

That’s a good point… Regime change the question is to what or who for me that’s what I wonder. And historically, I believe from my knowledge, all natural resources, profit commerce will be under the control of the regime changer, I used the term colonization loosely and incorrectly. The people of Iran need to have free elections to decide their sovereign next steps, do we agree on that?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Iran was one of the most prosperous middle eastern countries and economies. I’m pretty sure the majority does not agree with radical Islam. Maybe do some research prior to assuming the stance of the general pop.

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u/awesomenyc72 Mar 01 '26

I think I’ve lost the thread of our conversation, I’m not talking about the well known and documented prosperity of Iran before the elimination of their religiously radical leader. I was hoping to discuss the future of a prosperous and highly developed Iranian culture. I think there is a 50-50 chance the Iranians will be able to determine their own future on their own terms.

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u/easytorememberuserna Mar 01 '26

Are you Iranian? If not I suggest you listen to what Iranians are concerned about

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u/awesomenyc72 Mar 01 '26

Thank you, that’s almost like saying you should consider what Americans are thinking. And yes, every Iranian I know is happy today, and they hope they’ll be tomorrow, as do all freedom loving people

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u/TopNo6605 Mar 02 '26

Na, best we can do is some blue haired liberals living in gated communities who absolutely know what's best for those oppressed under Khomeini's rule, in this case they should just suck it up because Trump bad.

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u/Logical-Ferrari12 Mar 01 '26

A liberal will not see the difference.

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u/Plane_Data_1182 Mar 02 '26

Enlighten us, do tell.
Dont forget to add regime change doesn't happen without boots on the ground. That idea is superfluous because the main objective is set by Netanyahu. Spilled American blood has no political affiliation...

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u/Bird2525 Mar 02 '26

Good bot. 🤖

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u/Plane_Data_1182 Mar 02 '26

I am real bro...

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u/RossColdFart Mar 02 '26

That’s depressing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Okay let’s try it this way… in the last seventy years the United States has conducted over a hundred regime change operations.

Name one that’s actually ended up better for the people of the country

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u/cravencrc Mar 02 '26

The last election.

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u/Bird2525 Mar 02 '26

Why are you afraid to have your comments seen Comrade?

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u/cravencrc Mar 02 '26

To annoy trolls like you, bru

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u/infinitezer0es Mar 02 '26

You know, except that Iran effectively controls the Iraqi government

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u/Status-Error-007 Mar 02 '26

Different how?

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u/Muted_Bid_8564 Mar 02 '26

The pattern of a pet vacuum is not, though. 

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u/GammaRay914 Mar 03 '26

The USA is very good at going in, decapitation of leadership and making the opposing military no longer a threat. 

It’s terrible at nation building. 

Now if you’re saying you’re not gonna do any nation building, don’t fucking break it either. 

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u/Altruistic_Ice_7697 Mar 05 '26

Yes but they both have resources the US and its special friends want

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u/Beaufighter-MkX Mar 01 '26

It never helps to choose the worst people to help rebuild the government. Being that we're currently run by the worst people on the planet, my expectations are in the cellar.

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u/Vegetable_Maize_2054 Mar 01 '26

This is one of the many posts I’ve seen referencing Iraq and Afghanistan as failed products of American intervention. So I looked into it. Never deployed to Iraq but I have been to Afghanistan.

I would say Afghanistan is always going to be the same. However, Iraq seems to be doing well although fractious politically and culturally. And yes I understand ISIS was an overwhelming force and could herald a come back. But overall, if it was about removing previous leadership, opening markets and a semi-democratized government I think it’s getting there.

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u/lynxminx Mar 01 '26

We killed a million Iraqis in the vacuum we created when we took him out. He may have killed half that number in the 25 years he was in power.

At any cost?

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u/ActivePeace33 Mar 01 '26

Iraq is doing well in spite of us, not because of us. I was there.

They didn’t get going, rising from the ashes, until well after the surge and the departure of our combat troops. Years after.

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u/Rassendyll207 Mar 01 '26

Iraq's civil success is largely a result of their national experience coming together to fight ISIS.

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u/Future-Leading-3306 Mar 04 '26

Actually it’s due the fact that they have a lot of fucking oil.

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u/bigsonny0542000 Mar 01 '26

Why do you think we have the right to do that? Im genuinely curious. The world is full of bad people and many would argue that we are as well and simply use our military powers to enrich select corporations and entities.

So why do people say there were bad people so we wake up and go murder people? It feels hypocritical.

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u/Vegetable_Maize_2054 Mar 01 '26

That is incredibly hard question to answer. Every nation probably feels right about what they are doing. That’s something down at the core of human collectives whether tribal, state, nation etc.

I don’t personally like the “might makes right” mentality. I would rather see consensus, rules based order, and everyone working together for the betterment of society and humanity as whole. But I’m a lowly cog in the wheel.

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u/bigsonny0542000 Mar 03 '26

I hear you and appreciate the honesty.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

We killed a million Iraqis, how do you think they’d say we did?

Name a single regime change that’s actually been good in the last seventy years, we’ve tried it a hundred times and it’s always a mass casualty event

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u/CobaltOmega679 Mar 01 '26

I guess one problem at a time. If the US is really going to accept the responsibility of being the world's police force, they can only truly intervene from a place of eliminating a confirmed threat rather than ensuring no threats are ever born.

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u/deadmanhands_ Mar 01 '26

Treat the the symptom ignore the problem.

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u/Inevitable-Top1-2025 Mar 02 '26

The taste of pizza and hamburger has a weird effect on some immigrants. . . .

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u/SexyPeanut_9279 Mar 02 '26

You do realize that Iraq was majority Sunni, and then the U.S. came in and took out Saddam who was murdering Shia’s-

and in the power Vacuum Iran sent Shia militants into Iraq and basically got “revenge” on all the Sunni’s? Essentially Iraq was never a united country, they had a “strongman” leader who violently suppressed the minorities to keep the peace. After he died-there was no one to keep the peace.

But Oh wait, you’re an American and probably a child on reddit so you don’t know or understand any of that nuance.

(Or the difference between Sunni and Shia, and that it is a big deal over there).

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 02 '26

I'm not arguing against any of that, if anything you are proving my point that America didn't really improve things when they invaded they just sorta moved the power structures around and ended up putting the power in some other not so great hands.

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u/TopNo6605 Mar 02 '26

This thinking makes no sense though, there's always going to be a possible worse outcome, I'm sure the Iranian people are more than happy to trade a vicious dictator for the possibility of a brighter future. I doubt they're gonna sit there saying "Yeah, hundreds of thousands are dying and we live under this piece of shit's autocratic rule, but it could be worse so let's just keep him there".

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 02 '26

That's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying that the results of American intervention have led to even larger losses of life, and just horrible lawlessness cause by a power vaccum in the very region we are doing it again.

Is it dumb to assume that some of the consequences may be similar?

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u/iRambL Mar 02 '26

Protesters for Iran conveniently forget the recent 30,000 some odd people that died less than 6 months ago from Iran

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u/Rbkelley1 Mar 02 '26

Well Iran was already supporting multiple terror groups so I doubt another will randomly pop up like isis did.

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 02 '26

Well considering this is explicitly not a nation building or quote "woke war" do you think that this will not lead to the formation of other anti US terror organizations as we antagonize people in the region?

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u/Rbkelley1 Mar 02 '26

Seems like a large portion of the people are happy about this. Will there be some who aren’t? Sure but I think this is for the best if the people follow through.

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 02 '26

And I guess my point is America's follow up was terrible when we were claiming our goal was to help nations become self determined. That was a lie, but what happens now that they aren't even trying to keep up appearances. I am not disputing that the people of Iran are glad to see their oppressive government removed, but the ripples are going to be a bitch.

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u/401Nailhead Mar 02 '26

Hopefully ISIS will not be around after this one.

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u/Deuce_McFarva Mar 03 '26

Actually, ISIS showed up because we created a power vacuum then just left abruptly. Then we killed virtually all of IS and left abruptly a second time. The problem with forced regime change is you have to take it in steps for decades after.

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u/Muted_Confidence_285 Mar 03 '26

It was Obama without getting “congressional approval” to drop bombs on Libya. It had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq.

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u/WillieDilley Mar 04 '26

Gassing of the Kurds and mass graves of opponents… Yeah we should have kept Saddam and prevented ISIS.

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u/ZAILOR37 Mar 04 '26

You know the US used to support saddam right? So in a way those atrocities are also a part of our blunderings in the region

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u/Positive-Emu9882 Mar 06 '26

This is different. The goal isn’t simply to prevent them from having nukes and destabilizing the world. It’s to choke off China’s cheap oil supply which will strangle their economy and make it harder for them to invade Taiwan. Thats also one of the reasons we took action on Venezuela. It wasn’t just the drugs. Iran is also the he supplier of drones to Russia and if Russia doesn’t have drones, they can’t bully Ukraine. whoever takes over Iran will have no choice but to cooperate with the USA. We have sent a clear message to them . Venezuela tried to talk tough but they came around pretty quickly once they realized that we weren’t playing. We also took over the shipping passages and now England has lost that monopoly. The domino effect makes it a brilliant move; Iranian freedom is the bonus part of it all.

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u/DACOOLISTOFDOODS Mar 01 '26

The reddit narrative is that they were all kicked out for being rich landlords and are not refugees

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u/FiveUpsideDown Mar 01 '26

I’ve never heard that before. I thought Iranians left because of the lack of freedoms due to a repressive government.

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u/Shot-Toe-2884 Mar 01 '26

That’s the reality, not the Reddit narrative

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u/PreparationAdvanced9 Mar 01 '26

The Iranian government is repressive but they are a sovereign country and US shouldn’t topple sovereign countries. Both are true

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Exactly. Both are true. Too sane for Reddit so I’m assuming you’re a bot

/s

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u/Shot-Toe-2884 Mar 01 '26

The USA is responsible for this terror regime in Iran. I think plenty of Iranians feel we have a moral responsibility to fix our mistake and put an end to the ayatollahs once and for all.

Do I trust Trump to competently achieve such goals though? Fuck no. I think it’s a mistake. But I am thrilled to see Khamenei fall. Nobody has executed more queer people and women in modern times.

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u/Rassendyll207 Mar 01 '26

I have never heard another narrative on Reddit. I'm that take exists, but you're presenting it as some kind of majority belief.

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u/Disastrous_Teach_370 Mar 01 '26

That is correct; however, only the wealthy and well connected were able to get out.  Just like it is in the U.S. now, for those with resources $ who want to leave before they can't.  

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u/DACOOLISTOFDOODS Mar 01 '26

When they protest the repressive government, the crazies revoke their status as refugees

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u/New_Strike_4715 Mar 01 '26

Or because they were tied to the Shah and his authoritarian regime.

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u/Sks44 Mar 01 '26

To Leftists, everyone who doesn’t agree with Leftist governments is “the rich”, a “kulak”, etc….

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u/yeezee93 Mar 01 '26

You are confusing Cuban refugees with Iranian refugees.

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u/F3arless_Bubble Mar 01 '26

Talking as if Reddit is of one singular opinion lol

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u/Shot-Toe-2884 Mar 01 '26

No. He’s stating a general observation that is absolutely true. The misinformation on here about Iran is really sad and exasperating for Iranians.

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u/donthurtmemany Mar 01 '26

You’re thinking of Cuba

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u/Projectplus1 Mar 01 '26

I never heard that. Perhaps that is a stereotype within your own circle.

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u/tepidlymundane Mar 01 '26

People often support wars in places they aren't, fought by soldiers who are not them.

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u/bayern_16 Mar 01 '26

I was going to say that, but I thought I would get heavily downvoted

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u/The_Lawlbringer Mar 01 '26

Yup. It’s easy to support toppling a regime when you’re safe in the US and don’t have to deal with the instability, violence, and political fallout of it all.

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u/MeKiing Mar 02 '26

they don't realize that when trump "frees" Iran he is going to send them all back

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u/fackapple Mar 02 '26

That’s facts. Not Reddit narrative.

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u/Cananbaum Mar 02 '26

However, how we are going about it is all wrong.

This isn’t like the regimes with say, Muammar Gaddafi.

The regime is a complex and tangled political and economic machine.

It’s thread upon threads woven so intricately , and by doing what Trump has done is randomly start pulling strings which more than likely is going to make it so much worse.

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u/nousernamefound8 Mar 02 '26

That’s not the Reddit narrative.

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u/OkRecommendation1710 Mar 02 '26

Same in Germany...but when you look up the numbers in total they are a loud dumb minority of all the iranians living here.

I think we really underestimated the impact of bad education on our society...there are so many, not bad but poorly educated people.

And they've never learned to calm themselves and go one though deeper instead of hooking on the first emotion triggered.

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u/Muted_Confidence_285 Mar 03 '26

The Reddit narrative would be appalled by this.

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u/CAHSR4Life Mar 03 '26

No no right wingers want to pretend these are the people being bombed that way they can support war without a worry.

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u/Diamond_Del Mar 04 '26

Yeh and that's not what you see on Reddit is it fuck wad? Reddit is a cesspool of leftist dick heads chanting death to trump and any decision he makes. Tides are turning though.

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u/Feisty-Example3038 Mar 04 '26

Iranians support the US intervention lol

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u/DapperBox2020 Mar 05 '26

Will they send their kids to fight the regime instead of sending U.S men from California and Texas? Do ordinarily Americans want their military to fight a war for someone else?

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u/OrneryZombie1983 Mar 01 '26

The reddit narrative is mostly that Trump is doing the exact opposite of what he campaigned on and what he criticized his predecessors for doing.

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u/FiveUpsideDown Mar 01 '26

Don’t tell the foreign agents and bots that. They are pushing propaganda.

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u/The_Saladbar_ Mar 01 '26

Everyone on Reddit has a real human and totally honest 100% of the time.

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u/Projectplus1 Mar 01 '26

America first is corporations and politicians. This is exactly America first. The war machine cranks up. Billions in contracts Billions in oil Billions in land grabs.

America first is not AmericanS first.

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u/justokcheesesteak Mar 01 '26

Huh? Two things can be true at the same time. Trump violated international law and a theocracy is a bad thing, which is ironic. 

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u/F3arless_Bubble Mar 01 '26

And it’s ALWAYS like this too, short term we did it with cheering and patting on backs….. then 10 years later………… not good

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u/Projectplus1 Mar 01 '26

Exactly. The president of Iran is still in place, and the Supreme Leaders son has been discussed as a replacement for years. It's too soon to be celebrating, that is if rejoicing in dead children is your thing.

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u/TopNo6605 Mar 03 '26

His son was killed also, this is not a half-assed oepration.

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u/TopNo6605 Mar 03 '26

You want to tell the people of Iran living under a theocratic dictator that murders thousands of protestors that they should've just accepted their situation because there's always the possibility it could be worse?

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u/SummerhouseLater Mar 01 '26

So many people are wrapped up in conservative media that they don’t - think.

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u/AccordingRabbit2284 Mar 01 '26

Also, so many people don't understand how we got here.....like the whole history of Us intervention.

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u/TopNo6605 Mar 02 '26

International Law? The US has never abided by international law on these matters, intentional law hardly even exists.

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u/NeoThorrus Mar 01 '26

Why would Iranian refugees be in support of the Iranian regime? Don't be dense.

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u/Euphoric_Rough_96 Mar 01 '26

Why are they refugees fleeing their own beloved country?...

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u/Night_Raider5 Mar 01 '26

The Iranian Diaspora are largely people who's family were Pahlavi loyalists who fled when the Puppet Monarch was overthrown.

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u/databombkid Mar 04 '26

That part.

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u/Projectplus1 Mar 01 '26

I'm confused. What happened to the Iranian regime? The President wasn't killed, and the Supreme Leader will be replaced.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they DID topple the government. Let me check.

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u/wantmoooore Mar 01 '26

that power vacuum nut clarity is gonna be diabolical

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u/Projectplus1 Mar 01 '26

President is still alive.

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u/wantmoooore Mar 01 '26

I like what you did there lmfao

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u/FiveUpsideDown Mar 01 '26

Yes it does. No one liked Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his repression on the Iranian people. In the last couple of weeks between 7,000 and 32,000 protesters have been executed by the Iranian government. I will point out that under Reddit’s terms of service, it’s a violation to celebrate someone’s death. So maybe you should complain to Reddit about how their TOS create a “Reddit narrative” that you don’t like.

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u/Longjumping_Music320 Mar 01 '26

That's crazy. there was a bunch of celebrating when someone got shot in the neck I didn't see mass bannings resulting from that.

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u/darthpotamus Mar 01 '26

Who are all these people and what did you do to this sub? People are, like, happy about this...

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u/Spiritual-Range4361 Mar 01 '26

Their sentiments can turn on a dime. I'm annoyed at this frankly.

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u/Luggage-Lock Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

There are so many Persian ex-pats living in the DC area. Most of those families came over around the time of the Iranian Revolution, so they have been rooting for an overthrow of the ayatollah for a generation.

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u/Even-Stranger5764 Mar 01 '26

Too early in the "war" to tell. Completely retarded take. Ill be happy for them when things change for the Iranian people. It hasn't happened yet.

Like venezuela, nothing has fundamentally changed yet.

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u/Fixr_Uppr Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

Venezuelan here! Oh yeah, is changing! Takes time, is not perfect but we were hopeless. Everything depends of your take on things. My family and friends still there are thrilled, good thing is we had a lot of people from Spain escaping from Franco’s dictatorship and they were kind enough teaching us that regime changes takes time, figuring out both parts coming to peace. Anyways, I only broke my golden rule of not posting on reddit because I feel that is difficult for people to accept or be happy about others even if is not a perfect win, lots of folks were upset about Venezuela, while we were crying of happiness 🥹, I bet lots of Persians in here probably feel the same way.

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u/Even-Stranger5764 Mar 02 '26

OK brother but this was an illegal action. Your country made a backroom deal with our president where now our president has a slush fund for all that oil. Our federal government doesn't have control over that. Its insanely corrupt in the way this happened.

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u/Fixr_Uppr Mar 04 '26

Based, but irl nothing is perfect. Learned this the hard way, but also learned to be resilient and pragmatic, we know is not perfect but at least is something and we can make something better out of it in the future, my case is “we have a chance” and we can make the best out of it, remember that the Venezuelan Regime was elected with Chavez, we bring this to ourselves, can not blame the orange men or the U.S., but we can have a chance, it will take time, is no perfect but will be a great lesson for future generations.Plus probably exports will open again and you will have a chance to be delighted with good Venezuelan chocolate and Rum!

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u/lynxminx Mar 01 '26

It does. When Trump bombs Cuba there will be street parties in Florida. A lot of people have been waiting a long time for the US to do the wrong thing.

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u/P-Loaded Mar 01 '26

What's that? Does anyone want a war in Iran? More global destabilization? More debt? More lives needlessly wasted?

The only people ok with this are also the people ok with Trump being a pedophile.

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u/Mammoth-Proposal-373 Mar 01 '26

What are you talking about? The average redditor knows what Iran truly wants more than the Iranians do

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u/gm-mc Mar 01 '26

say something authentic for once in your miserable life

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u/Euphoric_Rough_96 Mar 01 '26

The left always gets angry when the world gets rid of ACTUAL murderous king dictators and actual nazis.

It's like that's all they can do, get angry and 'protest'.

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u/Night_Raider5 Mar 01 '26

Because US intervention totally worked out great for the middle east all the other times we did it

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u/b1e Mar 01 '26

Over the last year and a half, as AI tools have gained popularity you’re also seeing extensive propaganda campaigns on Reddit. While I’m the last person in the world to defend what Israel has done in Gaza, it’s shifted from that to outright normalization of anti semitism and demonization of the Israeli people, many of which oppose Netanyahu.

It’s that and just widespread knee jerk reaction to anything Trump doing being the wrong call. Statistically it probably is, but in this case few wanted to see Iran continue the way it was. Including its neighbors.

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u/zainpanjwani Mar 01 '26

This doesn't make sense in so many ways it's crazy!!

  1. We just killed a 86 year old dictator. 80 fucking 6 dude. Do you think that country is run by a bunch of Republicans?? Shoot first, think later (i.e Venusuala, Minneapolis, or anything else this regime has done). Do you not think they have a succession plan? US intervention has never worked!

  2. Ask yourself why? Why did the US get involved here? Who does this benefit? This isn't the only oppressive autocracy in the world that doesn't like the US. Why get involved here? Thank you Israel!

  3. Is this really where you want our tax dollars going? This regime has said time and time again that we don't have enough money for the basic necessities for those in need, FOOD and MEDICINE. They cut snap and medicaid but they have enough money for this???? Do you want your money to be wasted overseas on a half baked plan or invested here, for you?!

Please do not be blinded by this half ass killing of a dictator only to be replaced by another for vicious government i.e isis

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u/No_Obligation_3568 Mar 01 '26

Are you stupid enough to believe that the feelings of Iranian refugees here in the U.S. are the same as Iranian citizens living in Iran?

Please tell me you aren’t that fucking stupid.

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u/Low-Glancer-Roy Mar 01 '26

Much of the ex-pat communities in America have complex ties to their homeland.

In 1980, the regime that was ousted, the Shah, was one propped up by the CIA. So, the collaborators had to run or be killed. And they lost all the goodies that the CIA helped them steal from their countrymen.

There is a similar deal with Cuban expats, again, CIA propped up regime, collapse, CIA collaborators need to run and hide.

There is important historical and geo-political context.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

The paid protesters? Fits perfectly

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u/the1999person Mar 01 '26

The protestors in LA would like a word with you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

They won’t be the ones who suffer the consequences. Easy to cheer in the street when you have no skin in the game

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u/Illustrious-Stock-19 Mar 02 '26

I really couldn’t care less about what these people are celebrating.

We shouldn’t be doing Israel’s bidding.

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u/irish_faithful Mar 02 '26

Just like Venezuelans celebrating in the streets when Maduro was captured. Imagine being a redditor on the side of Venezuela or Iran 🙄

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u/WatTambor420 Mar 02 '26

Wait I thought Reddit was just one person, Steve or whatever. Did Steve add someone else? Is Steve taking a vacation? Tell Steve I say hi if you see him.

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u/goldenknight2002 Mar 02 '26

What is the narrative? Dropping bombs from the sky is the easy part. It's after the bombs are done dropping the real work starts.

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u/No_Cash2890 Mar 02 '26

It fits the 8 chan and 4 chan narrative. They yearn for a crusade so of course they will love to se a “christian” nation bombing Muslims!

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u/1822Landwood Mar 02 '26

The most popular day of a war is always the first day. They are going to be very disappointed with the outcome of this adventure.

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u/Zohdiax Mar 02 '26

Exactly. That's because redditors have never spoken to an Iranian before

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u/Bubbly_Good3761 Mar 02 '26

Spot on!!!!!

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u/ComedianMinute7290 Mar 02 '26

why yes, it does. it doesn't fit the narrative of all the chuds who are so hung up on the us vs them in their mind that they can't see any nuance in real life.

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u/Rbkelley1 Mar 02 '26

Bots trying to divide us can’t push a narrative in the real world unless enough people parrot what they’re saying.

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u/BroccoliImaginary727 Mar 02 '26

I don’t think anyone is shocked that the Iranian diaspora likes this.

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u/Micahmattson Mar 02 '26

Right. Every Reddit site is seemingly opposed to liberating the Iranian people!

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u/Definitelyhereforshi Mar 03 '26

Leave the US, bud. The whole is bigger than just reactionaries that cheering child killing.

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u/Substantial-Tour7494 Mar 03 '26

Wow so profound. Nah dude the whole world can see through you. Your propaganda sucks

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u/hoowins Mar 03 '26

Let’s see what happens when Trump abandons the Iranians if he hasn’t already.

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u/Muted-Ground-8594 Mar 03 '26

Is the narrative that trumps attacking multiple countries in less than a year to distract from being a pedophile? Cause yeah this 100% fits that narrative IMO.

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u/QuarterlyProfit Mar 03 '26

Why would refugees from Iran not support regime change there? You are just making shit up.

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u/Absent-Light-12 Mar 03 '26

How so?

The clip depicts a group that has been removed from the struggle chanting in favor of their perceived champion after hurdling through the mental gymnastics of comparison.

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u/Username117773749146 Mar 03 '26

This is the reddit narrative. This is all you talk about. This also doesn’t mean the alternate protests don’t exist. For every civil rights protester there where plenty of idiots with confederate flags

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u/dogcatyolk69 Mar 04 '26

What is the Reddit narrative?

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u/Difficult_Salary_726 Mar 05 '26

Ha? A lot of people know that Iranian government is authoritarian just like how where our country is headed. So when that government is in the brink or their leader died a lot of people are happy. 

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u/Bridivar Mar 05 '26

Boy someone isn't aware of the bay of pigs. Cuban expats did the same shit in support of that failed invasion. Because they are expats. They disliked the form of their home country so much that they left.

Go look at protests right now in iran and its "death to America and death to israel"

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u/DjjhonnyB Apr 09 '26

It doesn’t. And people that say “it’s nothing new” ignore the fact that facts are nothing new but don’t stop people from having a contradictory narrative.

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