Gee, I wonder why they didn’t use their free money to improve their country. Was it the (at least for a while) US-backed dictator getting US aid and weapons to send young Iraqi men to their deaths? Or was it the US sanctions killing thousands of Iraqi children and impoverishing the rest of the population? Or was it the US invasion plunging their country into over a decade of civil war and instability that continues to this day? I suppose we’ll never know!
Iran literally got couped in 1953 after democratically electing a progressive, secular government. The country’s oil exports literally got MILITARILY BLOCKED by the British navy, and the USA sponsored mafias to carry out terror attacks and make it seem like it was communists who did it.
I’m not talking about Iran specifically, although I understand it wasn’t very clear in my first comment, but the region in general.
Besides that, 1953 is quite a few decades ago, will they ever stand on their own feet or will they forever blame the past? Every country has had tragedies but unjust as it may be you have to move forwards
So, not talking about Iran in particular in a post about Iran, just handwaving about “the region”, shows how much you understand the politics of Iran.
What happened to Iran isn’t an isolated incident a few decades ago. The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists, it gets couped at best and bombed and invaded at worst. We’re seeing it today with Venezuela. The constant threat of invasion, coup and bombing is what makes these governments more repressive than they would be otherwise.
After all the fighting, suffering and genocide in the region, it’ll all be for nothing once climate change makes it uninhabitable.
I’ve marked the pertinent word from the original comment in bold so you can spot it easier.
The government of Venezuela is trying to serve it’s people? One of the most corrupt governments in the world? That’s your example of a government trying to serve it’s people? Pretty funny
The government of Venezuela is trying to serve it’s people? One of the most corrupt governments in the world?
Source: Eagle Freedom Burger institute. The US is literally bombing civilians off the coasts of Venezuela, and your main concern with the country is "corruption, as measured by whom exactly. I hate American exceptionalism.
“While corruption is not a new phenomenon in Venezuela, it has dramatically worsened with the Chávez and Maduro regimes. In recent years, Venezuela has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries globally by international indices, and has played a major role in the economic collapse and broader crisis in Venezuela”
your main concern with the country is "corruption, as measured by whom exactly
I’m merely replying to your previous comment, but maybe reading what you’re responding to is difficult, much easier to move goalposts
The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists
I’ve highlighted the pertinent part of your previous comment
Transparency International. From the article: “Members in the chat group included chief prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol as well as the head of TI Brazil. The chat group included posts on a “backstage campaign” to “disarm resistance on the left”, fund selected candidates, and target others, seen as adversaries, using social media. Plans extended to preparing a series of false accusations (“denúncias sem materialidade”) intended to damage the reputation of former president and potential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva”.
This is exactly what I mean by Freedom Eagle Burger Institute: western institutions with political motives fabricating false information in order to punish leaders in anti-imperialist countries.
Gee, I wonder why they didn’t use their free money to improve their country. Was it the (at least for a while) US-backed dictator getting US aid and weapons to send young Iraqi men to their deaths? Or was it the US sanctions killing thousands of Iraqi children and impoverishing the rest of the population? Or was it the US invasion plunging their country into over a decade of civil war and instability that continues to this day? I suppose we’ll never know!
The us invaded every country in the middle east? TIL
Guess they’re never going to be the masters of their own fate, in 200 years they can still blame the us for any shortcomings.
Iran literally got couped in 1953 after democratically electing a progressive, secular government. The country’s oil exports literally got MILITARILY BLOCKED by the British navy, and the USA sponsored mafias to carry out terror attacks and make it seem like it was communists who did it.
But go ahead, remain ignorant.
I’m not talking about Iran specifically, although I understand it wasn’t very clear in my first comment, but the region in general.
Besides that, 1953 is quite a few decades ago, will they ever stand on their own feet or will they forever blame the past? Every country has had tragedies but unjust as it may be you have to move forwards
So, not talking about Iran in particular in a post about Iran, just handwaving about “the region”, shows how much you understand the politics of Iran.
What happened to Iran isn’t an isolated incident a few decades ago. The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists, it gets couped at best and bombed and invaded at worst. We’re seeing it today with Venezuela. The constant threat of invasion, coup and bombing is what makes these governments more repressive than they would be otherwise.
I’ve marked the pertinent word from the original comment in bold so you can spot it easier.
The government of Venezuela is trying to serve it’s people? One of the most corrupt governments in the world? That’s your example of a government trying to serve it’s people? Pretty funny
Source: Eagle Freedom Burger institute. The US is literally bombing civilians off the coasts of Venezuela, and your main concern with the country is "corruption, as measured by whom exactly. I hate American exceptionalism.
It’s on wikipedia but sure.
“While corruption is not a new phenomenon in Venezuela, it has dramatically worsened with the Chávez and Maduro regimes. In recent years, Venezuela has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries globally by international indices, and has played a major role in the economic collapse and broader crisis in Venezuela”
I’m merely replying to your previous comment, but maybe reading what you’re responding to is difficult, much easier to move goalposts
I’ve highlighted the pertinent part of your previous comment
The sources to your Wikipedia article:
Transparency International. From the article: “Members in the chat group included chief prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol as well as the head of TI Brazil. The chat group included posts on a “backstage campaign” to “disarm resistance on the left”, fund selected candidates, and target others, seen as adversaries, using social media. Plans extended to preparing a series of false accusations (“denúncias sem materialidade”) intended to damage the reputation of former president and potential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva”.
This is exactly what I mean by Freedom Eagle Burger Institute: western institutions with political motives fabricating false information in order to punish leaders in anti-imperialist countries.