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12. We did back then. Remember Aug 1974?

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:07 AM

17 hrs ago

Our mistake with cold war interventions in Iran, is that we thought of Iran as this "backward place"

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Iranian commentator: "Even several nuclear bombs" would not force a surrender [View all] BeyondGeography 18 hrs ago OP

Their nuclear bombs will not end Islam, and Islam is what they're really after. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #1

That's an important statement. David__77 18 hrs ago #2

The way to topple Iran's regime should have begun 47 years ago. LeftInTX 18 hrs ago #3

Or maybe the US should stop fucking with Iran. David__77 17 hrs ago #4

Iran is like the Soviet Union. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #7

I think they're more powerful than the US acknowledges. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #10

Iran isnt particularly powerful Boo1 17 hrs ago #16

Or maybe not install a regime 53 yrs ago leftstreet 17 hrs ago #5

Or at least put some checks and balances on it. Which we also didn't. LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #8

We don't have checks/balances on our own govt leftstreet 17 hrs ago #11

We did back then. Remember Aug 1974? LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #12

Add this to a long list of failures and misjudgments BeyondGeography 17 hrs ago #13

Exactly LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #14

Kick dalton99a 17 hrs ago #6