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reliabilityguyyesterday at 3:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The problem here isn't one party or one persident, it's America's commitment to imperialism, of which Iran is just one aspect.

Iran is as imperialistic if not more. Why you are against US "imperialism" but for Islamic Republic's one?


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Hikikomoriyesterday at 6:44 PM

The current Iranian regime is in power thanks to US imperial interests. Comical amount of ignorance.

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jmyeetyesterday at 4:52 PM

Resisting the imperialist goals of the US itx proxies doesn't make you imperialist. It's not only moral. It's generaly permissible under international law.

Take for example the UAE, which has been hit by the Iranian response, who is essentially singlehandedly responsible for the genocide in South Sudan and it does so with the blessing of the US.

The UAE arms the RSF using arms they get from the US and steal Sudanese gold, which they launder through Dubai and Switzerland.

But let's assume, for the sake of argument, that everything Iran has done and is doing is "imperialism" (which, again, it is not), how do you even begin to argue "if not more [than the United States]"? US imperialism touches virtually every country on Earth. Iran at best has regional influence.

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