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Iran didn't start the war. Our idiot in chief did. Maybe he wouldn't have attacked a democratic Iran, but maybe he would have.
Iran was a democratic nation which was destroyed by US and implanted a dictator.
If it was a democratic Iran they’d leave them be unless they wanted to control the oil. Then it’s regime change by any means.
Maybe. Trump isn't exactly motivated by trying to protect democracy.
I have to wonder if the EU was tepid in its response to the invasion of Iran which is run by an evil regime that recently killed up to 30,000 people (including the UK denying the US the opportunity to use its bases to launch attacks), I do have to wonder what sort of response it would have to invading Iran if they were a democracy
A good question. It's kind of like when crime happens to criminals. Yes, they are entitled to the same protection as everyone else, but there's a side-eye there.
We all know Iran is governed by assholes. But it's still wrong for us to invade them like this.