Things are never simple

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[–]DELINQUENTFELON 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I want to assure you that Iranian shias are not likely to get upset if every Christian on the planet were exterminated, unless it serves the purposes of Shia and Islam.

[–]wristaction 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How does that distinguish Muslims from jews?

[–]wristaction 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not so hard once you stop letting jews tell you who your enemies are.

Iran has as much Democracy as the US does. They have elections. The difference is that all of the candidates a common Iranian has to pick from when he goes to cast his ballot has been pre-vetted and selected by a council of elites.

I guess that doesn't sound so different, does it? Except in Iran, this council of elites is explicit. They have names and title and they operate according to clearly announced principles. And those principles are rooted in the ancient ethnicity and faith traditions of the Iranian people.

[–]jet199[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You want us all to just forget all the utterly unapproved leaders we've had in the West over just the last decade? If you are trying to sell your points to easily influenced people who just nod along without engaging their brains then you should be ashamed of yourself.

Also Islam is in direct contraction to Iranian culture. The government literally tells filmmakers they have to give their heros Islamic names and their villains traditional Iranian names.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I recently spoke at length with someone who holds dual citizenship with Armenia and Russia, but has permanent residency status in the U.S. The new information about the geopolitics in that region were eye-opening for me. Some of the things I learned:

  1. Russia is sort of the protector of Armenia, but sometimes has troops that kill Armenian soldiers in border clashes. With Azerbaijan now sending troops to help in the war in Ukraine, Russia has pretty much abandoned Armenia and is letting Azerbaijan do what they want in Armenia.
  2. There is a siege right now by Azerbaijan of a disputed area inhabited by ethnic Armenians where they are starving about 100,000 people.
  3. Iran is also a protecter of Armenia (probably the biggest).
  4. Armenia is the oldest Christian nation in the world.
  5. Water is free in Armenia and the order of people getting water at fountains is youngest to oldest.
  6. Rumor in Russia (even with all of the censoring and internet blocks) is that there will be another draft after the Russian elections next year.
  7. Russians generally consider Ukrainians "brothers" or "cousins", but generally Ukrainians have deep disdain for Russians, even if they don't agree with the Russian invasion.
  8. Chechnya's are some crazy, tough, fighting MF'ers.
  9. Turkey doesn't like Armenia, either, and is always a threat.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

that's kinda wild eh

[–]cunninglingus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here's Iran's explanation: https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2023/09/09/2953816/iran-ready-to-act-to-avert-geopolitical-changes-in-region