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You can say that about most US allies in the middle-east. I don't see the US waging war on them.
Under Trump, the US seems more likely to turn on an ally if the ally is a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself. That said, when tensions rise between the US and another country, it doesn't automatically confer sainthood on the other country .
Turn all the under-mountain missile cities into super-mega-mall-cities with Whole Foods, McDonalds, indoor shooting ranges, nail salons, super-walmarts, hotels, apartments, casinos, mega strip clubs and free e-bikes to get from business to business as the tunnels go on for miles. Free unlimited, uncensored WiFi, everywhere. Air conditioning, everywhere. Make each section walking-friendly. Import millions of tourists.…
Bomb some (more) schools. Thats bound to punish them and win hearts and minds.
>"US Military asks troops for 'creative and unconventional' ideas to punish Iran" I don't know, how about: make peace with them? ? (I'm guessing that that idea is either too creative and/or too unconventional to be considered! :-) (And yes, I am bracing for the disingenuous one or two line bot comments and downvotes!))
Turn all the under-mountain missile cities into super-mega-mall-cities with Whole Foods, McDonalds, indoor shooting ranges, nail salons, super-walmarts, hotels, apartments, casinos, mega strip clubs and free e-bikes to get from business to business as the tunnels go on for miles. Free unlimited, uncensored WiFi, everywhere. Air conditioning, everywhere. Make each section walking-friendly. Import millions of tourists.…
I think most Iranians would disagree. But hey, when did this stop you?
- If the powers that be think this is a good idea and implement some version of it.
- How many Iranians take the camel, truck, bus, train to the retrofit optimized party tunnels and how many of them move into the tunnels.
- How many IRGC are flipped.
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The point was that the US, under its theocratic rulers, is not a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself. That is the case regardless of whether Iran's rulers choose Mahatma Gandhi or Genghis Khan to be their great satan.
Americans worry about theocracy when the right wing SCOTUS bans abortion. Iran hangs people for apostasy * Different strokes for different folks, but to me, drawing an equivalence of the US, even with its current deplorable (I could search for other adjectives, but why reinvent the wheel) government, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is "pass the bong" territory. * https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-hangs-…
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Americans worry about theocracy when the right wing SCOTUS bans abortion. Iran hangs people for apostasy * Different strokes for different folks, but to me, drawing an equivalence of the US, even with its current deplorable (I could search for other adjectives, but why reinvent the wheel) government, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is "pass the bong" territory. * https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-hangs-…
Grammatically, "under its theocratic rulers" is parenthetical to "is not a peace-loving nation that keeps to itself" in these sentences. Arguments about degrees of theocracy aside, the US engages in constant outward violence without peace-loving motive, including sometimes extrajudicially and against civilians.
The former charge (ie: that the US and the IR are similarly theocratic) was the more satisfying to rebut, since it's so straightforward.
The latter charge (ie: that the US and the IR are similarly warlike) is less wrong. In a HN comment thread on the internet, my chances are slim of convincing someone who believes it to be spot-on that it isn't.