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JonLP24

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18. Iran certainly provides aid & military support to various Shia militias or the Alawite Syrian regime

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:46 AM

Feb 2015

With so many people saying "Russian aggression" and you could argue it is true in Crimea, though this was the least popular "pro-West" region of Ukraine... East is very different.

While US & Iran provide aid to Iraq, they indirectly arm Iran-backed Shia militias indirectly helping neighborhood ethnic cleansing

I agree with the article or Israel isn't much worse than their oppressive neighbors. They're probably the biggest hypocrites & there is a lot of "my enemy of my enemy" -- which defines the Middle East -- with Saudi with US playing the middle.

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Juan Cole: 5 Surprising Ways Iran Is Better Than Israel [View all] eridani Feb 2015 OP

+1,000 - Bibi is a neo-con tool malaise Feb 2015 #1

Hey, stop that! How we gonna start a war with Iran if the people are told the truth? Scuba Feb 2015 #2

Oh yeah…and incidentally: PCIntern Feb 2015 #3

Sometimes the truth is like a cold slap in the face. 4now Feb 2015 #4

Israel has gay pride parades. dilby Feb 2015 #5

Does Israel hang gay people? nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #6

That's not one of the five ways. Still, Cole has a point. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #7

Actually, Iran hangs a whole lot of people. It must be a world leader in that. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #8

One interesting fact concerning Israelis latest Gaza offensive - 527 children and 299 women were dissentient Feb 2015 #9

This...this is why I fucking despise the faux anti-imperialist movement. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #10

Ooh! The spittle flies! Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #11

And even further reason! NuclearDem Feb 2015 #12

You do know that Iran used to be a secular democracy, right? eridani Feb 2015 #13

If you're going to try to get me to defend Ajax, it's not going to happen. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #14

making their own decisions since operation ajax (1953)? are you sure? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #16

Oh, of course. The Shah let Iranians make all their decisions during his long rule eridani Feb 2015 #20

And don't forget SAVAK. What a bunch of nice guys they were... Violet_Crumble Feb 2015 #22

You've got to be kidding me. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #24

No Shah; no 1979 revolution n/t eridani Feb 2015 #25

No Ayatollah, no 1979 revolution. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #26

Imperial policy turned Iran from a secular democracy in 1953 to a religious state in 1979 eridani Feb 2015 #27

No argument on that point. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #28

The 1979 revolution was hijacked by the religious nuts eridani Feb 2015 #29

Eh, it's a lot more complicated than that. Imperial policy is what actually removed the first Shah Chathamization Feb 2015 #34

So, are you the true anti-imperialist? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #15

yet our ally Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #17

Terrific political cartoon JonLP24 Feb 2015 #19

Saudi Arabia, a Sunni country, is funding Hezbollah, a Shi'a group? NuclearDem Feb 2015 #32

Iran certainly provides aid & military support to various Shia militias or the Alawite Syrian regime JonLP24 Feb 2015 #18

Interally, they are orders of magnitude better eridani Feb 2015 #21

Situation in Iraq & Ukraine was sorta identical JonLP24 Feb 2015 #23

Sanctions. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #35

Hezbollah happens to be a political party eridani Feb 2015 #36

Hezbollah is not just a political party. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #37

Yes, they are a militant group, but also a political party with a TV station eridani Feb 2015 #38

By some of those measures, it could be argued there are ways Iran is "better than" the US onenote Feb 2015 #30

the conservative religious types in Iran ARE trying to undermine JI7 Feb 2015 #31

Not surprising at all mwrguy Feb 2015 #33