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> The Islamic Republic does a lot of small-scale aggression (e.g., they just confiscated a Korean ship on free waters), and they lead many proxy militias. They also pursue nuclear weapons. Their handling of domestic affairs is also bullshit

The United States does all these things too, it just has nobody big enough to sanction it.

For the record, I am not a fan of the Islamist Republic, but banning access to GitHub does not punish the government, it puishes civilians. It also doesn't change the fact that it's the U.S. who pulled out of the Iran Deal or that medicine is impacted by the sanctions too.

I mean the U.S. is buddy buddy with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt etc. etc. the behavior you're describing is clearly not the problem here.




There is a difference between what the US does vs. what someone like Qasem Soleimani did.


You're right. The US has a history of supporting death squads all over the world for over 70 years, longer then the Islamic Republic even exists.

The fact that ISIS celebrated his death does indicate that perhaps we acted as their air force.


> I mean the U.S. is buddy buddy with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt etc. etc. the behavior you're describing is clearly not the problem here

Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt don't have nuclear weapons programs, which is one of the behaviors described.




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