Nothing is really going to change with the Islamic Republic until they are folded inside out. The right wing (don't twist) theocracy there is not going away any time soon. Yeah, their nuke program has been set back (my condolences to buck and the other anti-American trash on this board), but they'll come back and be a problem in no time. Still funding terror, still pursuing nukes, still hating the US and trying to thwart its interests at every turn.
There is a liberal contingent in Iran. Not like our resident retard liberals, e.g. bucktard and the girls, but tuff classical liberals; people who can read and know the earth isn't flat. This is a pretty good piece, albeit from 2021:
https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/expressions/what-does-iran-really-want
A couple of relevant excerpts:
While the Vienna negotiations have been led by Iran’s liberals over the last eight years or so, the so-called "Endurance Front" was working to extend the Islamic Republic’s influence outside its borders, taking advantage of the increased fragility of Arab regimes grappling with domestic unrest. Whether Iran is out to implement a Grand Shia design, or crafting a defensive sectarian shield for itself amounts to one and the same. In the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, those who were seen as advocating openness were violently purged before resurfacing under Presidents Khatami and Rohani. They are in favor of more peaceful relations with neighboring countries, which would imply abandoning the military-sectarian shield that Iran maintains throughout the region at great expense. Their vision appeared to be consistent with the population’s demands as expressed during the 2017-2018 protests. From then on, the representatives of this group within the ruling elites became an existential danger and an enemy to crush for the conservative establishment. Their influence on any major policy decision has now been all but eliminated. (emphasis added).
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Iran’s support for the Palestinian cause and its rhetoric of an ongoing war against Israel should be read in this context. If it was up to the Iranian people, a large majority would be in favor of normalizing relations with the Jewish state. And if seen from a sectarian perspective, Jerusalem is mostly a holy site of Sunni heritage and is not central to the Shia tradition. It is true that Ayatollah Khomeini was an early champion of the Palestinian cause, but in retrospect, that stance seems to have served more as an alibi to hide the narrowly Shia nature of his project. Iran’s anti-Israeli militancy serves multiple purposes, the most important of which is to argue that the Jewish state’s military power and behavior justify Iran’s own military and nuclear program.As to Iran’s arming of the Sunni movement Hamas in Gaza, it serves to maintain an indirect presence on Israel’s southwestern flank while driving a wedge into the Sunni front of Arab countries.
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Looks better with the beard and blanket on his head.
I posted the IRS one earlier
Too good to be true? Setting aside the praise of Trump which is a trigger this could actually work. Israel no longer isolated in the region
Nobody puts Bibi in the corner.
Phil whispering to the Saudis might be the secret weapon. Seriously.
If this pans out then letting Bibi cook in Gaza was the key
And the Saudis respect for Trump
Now I know where CNN gets their material.
The @HuskyBuck strategy.
Now the other Arab states will use the Palestinians as slave labor lol
But everyone is happy so there we go
you could say the same about Oregon recruiting
Nobody gives a shit that China is actually committing genocide against the uyghurs and using them as slaves or organ farms.
Kinda tells you everything you need to know about the "concern" for Palestinians.
What about democracy in Tibet? You think leftards are interested in:
Educating our kids versus a hundred billion$ grift to funnel money to dems and indoctrinate our kids?
Reducing CO2 emissions while giving the chicoms a pass and funneling hundreds of billions to the chicoms for metals and minerals?
Ending homelessness and crime while funding sloth and refusing to punish crime
Caring about the American middle class private sector or having open borders and turning the US into the world's welfare magnet
Etc. People are to be used for an agenda rather that finding solutions that actually promote the US and their citizens.
Well the Palestinians legit need a complete deprogramming. As it currently stands, essentially everyone over the age of 10 is a terrorist.
Palis will be the Kurds of 2024/2025
Tossed on the dust pile of oppressed people passed down from generation to generation.
#Notmyterrorist
Nothing is really going to change with the Islamic Republic until they are folded inside out. The right wing (don't twist) theocracy there is not going away any time soon. Yeah, their nuke program has been set back (my condolences to buck and the other anti-American trash on this board), but they'll come back and be a problem in no time. Still funding terror, still pursuing nukes, still hating the US and trying to thwart its interests at every turn.
There is a liberal contingent in Iran. Not like our resident retard liberals, e.g. bucktard and the girls, but tuff classical liberals; people who can read and know the earth isn't flat. This is a pretty good piece, albeit from 2021: https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/expressions/what-does-iran-really-want
A couple of relevant excerpts:
While the Vienna negotiations have been led by Iran’s liberals over the last eight years or so, the so-called "Endurance Front" was working to extend the Islamic Republic’s influence outside its borders, taking advantage of the increased fragility of Arab regimes grappling with domestic unrest. Whether Iran is out to implement a Grand Shia design, or crafting a defensive sectarian shield for itself amounts to one and the same. In the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, those who were seen as advocating openness were violently purged before resurfacing under Presidents Khatami and Rohani. They are in favor of more peaceful relations with neighboring countries, which would imply abandoning the military-sectarian shield that Iran maintains throughout the region at great expense. Their vision appeared to be consistent with the population’s demands as expressed during the 2017-2018 protests. From then on, the representatives of this group within the ruling elites became an existential danger and an enemy to crush for the conservative establishment. Their influence on any major policy decision has now been all but eliminated. (emphasis added).
…
Iran’s support for the Palestinian cause and its rhetoric of an ongoing war against Israel should be read in this context. If it was up to the Iranian people, a large majority would be in favor of normalizing relations with the Jewish state. And if seen from a sectarian perspective, Jerusalem is mostly a holy site of Sunni heritage and is not central to the Shia tradition. It is true that Ayatollah Khomeini was an early champion of the Palestinian cause, but in retrospect, that stance seems to have served more as an alibi to hide the narrowly Shia nature of his project. Iran’s anti-Israeli militancy serves multiple purposes, the most important of which is to argue that the Jewish state’s military power and behavior justify Iran’s own military and nuclear program. As to Iran’s arming of the Sunni movement Hamas in Gaza, it serves to maintain an indirect presence on Israel’s southwestern flank while driving a wedge into the Sunni front of Arab countries.
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