Iran Names 1979 U.S. Embassy Hostage-Taker Its UN Envoy

[JackRiddler]

8. You seem to have nationalist blinders

What your "Death to America" means is very little. It depends on who says it and where. Got any info on the last time it was said in Iran, or is it just an image you've developed from watching a lot of TV?

It means a lot less than the permanent U.S. threats to wage actual war on Iran mean. U.S. war agencies have indicated they are responsible for the assassinations of nuclear scientists and cyber warfare (e.g., Stuxnet)? That's not the advocacy of killing that you imagine "Death to America" means. That's plain killing, in acts of war. (I've seen people on DU react approvingly.)

This in a context wherein nuclear-armed Israel, the largest recipient of U.S. aid, makes its burning desire and threat to bomb Iran plain every few weeks. Several times Israeli government has thrown its efforts hard into getting the U.S. to commit this international war crime on its behalf.

And what do you think "Bomb Iran" means? I've heard the idea expressed about 17 million times since 1979. Do you think, to paraphrase you, it means "America is a country who (sic) openly advocates for the killing of Iranians"?