Now the dust has settled.. The reaction from many high profile people is way over the top. John Beaton was advised to go to the monitor and saw that the ball hit the arm in an unnatural position Bottom line is people would hate to see Celtic win the title again and that is all.
Douglas MacGregor just laid out the tragic history of US-Iran relations. After 9/11, one million Iranians poured into the streets in Tehran and elsewhere with candlelight vigils to mourn the American dead. There was real hope for an improved relationship. We spit in their faces.
General Soleimani helped us in Iraq, persuading Shiite militias to stop fighting us. He helped us against ISIS. Those Shiite militias liberated Christians, Sunnis, Yazidis, Druze. They fought with us, not against us. All of this was swept away in favor of Israel's agenda
Abbas Araghchi: "Why did we insist on uranium enrichment?"
- "Why have we insisted—and continue to insist—so much on enrichment (uranium)? Why are we unwilling to give it up, even if war is imposed upon us? Because no one has the right to tell us what we should or should not possess. This is based on the principle of rejecting domination (nefy-i sulte).
Enrichment is my right under the laws, and whether I exercise that right or not concerns only me. The narrative that's been told to us for years and still continues—'You have no right to enrich; enrichment must be zero'... Why? 'Because we're concerned,' they say.
If you're concerned, we're ready to address those concerns. Is there a question? We'll answer it. Is trust lacking? We'll build trust. But no one has the right to say to us, 'You can't have this because I don't want you to.'
This is the secret of our movement that's persisted for years; we've been insistent about our own rights. Enrichment is important, but even more important is proving that the Islamic Republic of Iran takes no orders from anyone and submits to no domination.
If there are any questions or uncertainties regarding the goals of Iran's peaceful nuclear program, we're ready to provide answers and dispel that uncertainty. The path to that is solely through diplomacy. They've tried other paths and gotten nowhere.
Negotiations will only reach a conclusion when the rights of the Iranian people are acknowledged, respected, and we can exercise our right. We're not waiting for anyone to recognize our right; our right is already legitimate in and of itself, our right exists. What we want is for our right to be respected."
If the CIA can listen to my heartbeat from space, they definitely know which bitch ass ass sick f%ck$ were r@ping little kids on an island. #Publicexecutions
I was no fan of Joe Biden as President, but if he had conducted the Iran war in exactly the same manner as Donald Trump has done, the MAGA supporters would be wholeheartedly condemning him. The hypocrisy of blind tribalism.
To all the rightwing shills and war mongers saying Iranians are being forced to be "human shields" at bridges and power plants...
Imagine Trump got assassinated, and foreign powers blew up the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, Mount Rushmore, cities in ruins, thousands dead.
Even die-hard Dems who loathed him would rally ‘round the flag, right?
Same as Iranians now:
Despite political differences in Iran and contempt of the government, the Iranian's Supreme Leader was killed, infrastructure bombed, Trump threatened to send them back to the stone age, yet crowds STILL form human chains at power plants, waving flags, flipping off the West.
Not IRGC guns, it’s pride, not propaganda.
It’s the rally-around-the-flag effect: outsiders attack, grievances vanish, unity kicks in.
Don’t buy MAGA’s “human shields” BS, it’s just people saying “fuck you” to invaders.
Just wow 😮 your chanting for your president to wipe out an entire country they and civilisation but you just can’t handle to see the bravery of these people. The only reason that child rapist is threatening to use a nuke is because he can’t beat them any other way. His ego and arrogance has led to this