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GreatGazoo

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45. Iran is the biggest regional power

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:07 PM

14 hrs ago

and it backs militias that oppose Israel. It has supplied drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

The likely, yet unstated, goal of this war is to balkanize Iran into smaller countries, each with a mix of factions, eg the way the UK did other countries in that region such as Iraq after WW1. The belief is that this will make the region more manageable in the long run.

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I honestly don't get what's so special about Iran. [View all] redgreenandblue 21 hrs ago OP

Iran has been the big bad since Bettie 21 hrs ago #1

Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills 20 hrs ago #11

What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #2

This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #3

Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon 20 hrs ago #8

Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #16

Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #19

They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise 21 hrs ago #4

Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop 19 hrs ago #26

Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #5

Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue 20 hrs ago #10

They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #23

;-{)..... Goonch 21 hrs ago #6

They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 20 hrs ago #7

They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis 20 hrs ago #9

Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden 20 hrs ago #12

You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable 19 hrs ago #13

Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a 18 hrs ago #30

They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #14

It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl 19 hrs ago #15

They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit 19 hrs ago #24

I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl 18 hrs ago #28

I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion 18 hrs ago #36

They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit 13 hrs ago #46

Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #37

Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon 17 hrs ago #39

Ok displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #40

The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit 13 hrs ago #47

We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 19 hrs ago #17

"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #20

China has made huge investments in Iran randr 19 hrs ago #18

They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #21

Just the truth malaise 17 hrs ago #42

It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon 19 hrs ago #22

"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue 18 hrs ago #35

Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #38

Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise 17 hrs ago #41

Agreed....but here we are. Melon 17 hrs ago #43

OIL jonstl08 19 hrs ago #25

They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 18 hrs ago #27

The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #29

The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 18 hrs ago #31

Or American hostages. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #32

They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 18 hrs ago #33

We need a military base there. 617Blue 18 hrs ago #34

They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver 15 hrs ago #44

Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #45