Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal

Post by neoromantique » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

adriand wrote: post #301

bdelmas wrote: post #289

I really don’t understand why in the West there is nobody in the streets to protest but there was so many people for Palestine… Where are the people?

I’m not sure if this is an honest question or not, but I’ll treat it as such, even though you could answer your own question quite easily. The West is not complicit in the actions of the Iranian regime in any way that is similar to the situation with Israel. We are not arming the Iranians with the weapons they turn on civilians: very much not the case with Israel. Israel is treated like a normal state, whereas Iran i…

Post by mikkupikku » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC

MSFT_Edging wrote: post #395

timnetworks wrote: post #386

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Fairfax is pretty close, about 30 miles or 3-4 hours driving.

what?

Post by woeh » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

apical_dendrite wrote: post #425

woeh wrote: post #405

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The biggest difference is "our" role in it. For western countries, the economic and diplomatic relations with e.g. Israel is a lot stronger than with Iran. It makes much more sense to speak up if you feel your country or one of their allies does something you disagree with. That is only pragmatic, right? Speaking up might actually change things by putting these relations at stake. For Iran, there might not be much le…

I think this is something that a lot of supporters of the Gaza protests tell themselves, but I am not sure that it's actually true. The US and other Western countries sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and have extensive economic ties to that country. Saudi Arabia recently engaged in a bombing campaign in Yemen that looked very similar to Israel's campaign in Gaza. And yet there were no protests. Also, you can influence yo…

Post by mikkupikku » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

JasonADrury wrote: post #363

int0x2e wrote: post #266

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There are not even 7,000 Mossad agents, period. 7,000 is the highest estimate publicly available for the TOTAL number of employees in the Mossad, and 95% of them are not agents - just like most US intel are not field agents. Real numbers for agents are far, far lower without a doubt. Also - Israel got burned so bad with the idiotic Pollard affair, there is zero chance Israel would put so much of their assets in the U…

"Mossad agents" would by definition not be "Mossad employees"

Post by neoromantique » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

seu wrote: post #228

SilverElfin wrote: post #226

What happened to Trump threatening to invade? This is the one situation that intervention is called for.

No situation justifies external interference, especially not by the US, which has done more than its fair share of invading and then just making things worse for everyone, like in Afghanistan and Iraq.