Replies to post #574314 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[sortagreen]

You keep saying that.

I've never lived in North Korea. I never lived in Chile under Pinochet. I'm sure there are Russians who love Putin. And there are MAGAts who love trump.

You left Iran so you wouldn't have to serve the country you loved. Fuck off, moron. You enjoyed life under the Shah because you weren't one of his victims. He was overthrown by his own people... Any ideas on how that could have happened?

[zab]

Seriously, your argument is that you did not live someplace almost 50 years ago. Communication 50 years ago wasn't like it is now, neither he is 24-hour news coverage. You saw something when you lived there, just like I saw the West side of New York city, and all of it means nothing when you look at life today.

[Zorax]

Like maga tells us we're misinformed about kingdonthedemented?
Sorry, but you are a foreign maga who doesn't like immigrants either.

[fuagf]

dinogreeves, you're wrong about the Shah. You're right that the Iranian theocracy is a pox on the world, but your overly judgmental view of the Iranian people in your repeatedly saying "they can be bought and sold" is wrongheaded, and surely reveals what appears to be a deep-seated bigotry toward them, rooted in the fact the Shah was some friend of your family and the Iranian people got rid of him.

If you dismiss the brutality of the Shah's SAVAK as him 'flapping his wings too much', then you would also have to dismiss the present day brutality of the MOIS as just some Sheik's flapping their wings too much.

The Evolution of Iran’s Intelligence State: From SAVAK to MOIS

By Amineh Qaraee Published On: February 14, 2025Categories: NEWS

[...]

The current MOIS was built
on the backbone of the Shah’s brutal SAVAK. Former high ranking SAVAK officials were the first to fill the ranks of the infamous Iranian Ministry of intelligence which has carried out countless terror attacks across the world. #Iran #IranRevolution… pic.twitter.com/o1qbTBkNrB

— Facts on Iran (@FactsOnIran) June 16, 2023

https://mek-iran.com/2025/02/14/the-evolution-of-irans-intelligence-state-from-savak-to-mois/

And consider that after the election of Trump you could just as well, with as much truth, say the American people "can be bought and sold." And thanks to Hitler and Mussolini you would have to include the German people and the Italian populations in your condemnation too. Wouldn't you have to?