Summary: the Iranian government has intensely used lethal force on protesters. In Tehran alone, several hundred people have been killed. In the whole country - most likely several times more.

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    1 day ago

    Yes the US should take over yet another country, what a great idea for long term stability… That is literally how we ended up here

    • perestroika@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 day ago

      I think the US is not currently capable of “taking over” Iran, and that should not be a goal.

      But it might be capable of assisting the protesters enough for them to prevail. I just worry that it won’t, and there will be a considerably bigger massacre in Iran than the ones that have occurred in recent history.

      A thing to fear would be a prolonged civil war in Iran.

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        13 hours ago

        So the US will do is insert another dictator to be leader like they’ve done in the past. I don’t understand how you can still think that they’ll do any good when they have a history of making things worse.

      • green_red_black@slrpnk.net
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        1 day ago

        Civil War would suck. But at the same time it’s would give the people the opportunity to have their self determination and walk their own path