Quote from: YADAYADA on July 31, 2025, 04:23:58 PM

Quote from: farsky on July 31, 2025, 02:14:09 PM

What was Iran like before the Islamic Revolution?

Iran was a great country before fanatics took it over the same way Afghanistan was a great country before fanatical tyrants took it over. I hope the citizens of both these countries make both of these countries great again but unfortunately once fanatics take over they poison the minds of their citizens with the disease of Jihad. Why do western mainly former Christian nations tolerate these types of fanatics demanding mosques and equality for their religion all the while such demands would be met with violence if the shoe was on the other foot?

Israel understands well how fanatics will literally sacrifice every last citizen of their own in order to stay in power while Israel will literally bankrupt itself in order to go and find every last one of their citizens who were taken by force by these fanatics on Oct 7th.

The fanatics do not care about their citizens who are used like pawns in their games.

Let us ask the question again? If Hamas wants a ceasefire then why do they not release the hostages they still have taken captive? Why are the food banks raided before the trucks even reach their distribution points?

Once, I thought that Russia could also become great, that our opposition would win…
But years passed, and things only got worse. My country attacked a neighboring nation.
So I left.
Here in Europe, I met an Iranian. He told me that he truly believes the Iranian opposition will win someday, and that Iran will become great again.
But I immediately thought of Russia — and how, in my country, it was the regime that won, not the people.

As for Hamas and its allies...
uh, their goal is obviously not to protect Palestinians (Iran doesn't care about Palestinians) and not to destroy Israel either (haha, Iran doesn't care about Israel).

So, let me explain some basic things about the propaganda of any totalitarian regime:
The goal of any totalitarian regime is to stay in power. And to do that, it must convince the people that the country has an enemy! A foreign enemy and a domestic enemy!
The foreign enemy became the West. But the West is strong, and it's also far away — hard to attack.
So Iran chose Israel — it's closer and much weaker than the West, easier to attack.
If Israel is destroyed, they’ll find a new enemy. It doesn’t matter who the enemy is — what matters is just having one, to help keep the regime in power.

There is also an internal enemy: the ordinary people who just want to live, love, and be free from imposed rules.
This is exactly how Germany under Hitler worked. This is exactly how the USSR worked.
And this is exactly how Russia lives today.