Iran is not anti imperialist, they hate Israel for religious reasons. No need to make them out to be noble savages.
if they don’t want to destroy the country in a literal sense why do they fund armies that aim to kill all its citizens?
Because they are anti-imperialist. Anti-imperialism can also include authoritarism and religious bigotry lmao
Iran are by nature anti-imperialist in the sense that they act against the interest of the imperialist agenda ... for the moment at least.
That's my current point of view, I'm not an expert on Iran, I could be wrong, but to me, this is a strategic move. This is a powerfull country with a big harm. They need to keep the reach to puch their own interest and they help the resistance at the the same times while pushing ideological belief.
Yes you’re wrong lol. Even non U.S aligned countries like the current Syria regime see Iran as a direct enemy. Do a bit more research on the MENA region.
perhaps, but this doesn't change the current situation
A greater Israel would include Jordan, which the have made 0 attempts at annexing at any point
For now*
but in the other hand it does want a buffer zone with Lebanon because hezbolla is there. I don’t agree with any sort of land grabbing but I can clearly see the reasoning being more security related than actual colonization
Well.. I'm simply looking at Palestine. The colonization of Palestine is absolutely not pushed by security reason, it's purely ideological and imperialistic, they want the land because they think it belongs to them. The thing is, they are also pushing for more land than simply the Palestinian territory. They want the entire cake, they are just taking their sweet time.
They don’t bomb their neighbors? They literally helped Assad kill a bunch of their citizens. They bomb their own citizens and their separatist movements?
Own citizen yeah, and yeah, they intervene, but not in direct conflicts, like Israel. They will move their interest piece, like any other.
why are leftists so quick to jump and defend anti west regimes despite how shit they are? Just do actual research on Iran and you’ll see 99% of what you said is wrong lol.
Because this is a core principle. My point is not to defend Iran. I don't care about their gov and I want a new democratic person in charge. But in the current context, we absolutely need to prevent this rethoric where we seek the justification of the situation in ethics.
There is no ethics in this conflict, there are two countries illegally attacking another for imperialist reason. And if we don't denouce that, it can continue with any country that are of interest for these fascist. Even Europe is not safe at this point.
So no, you won't see me demonstrated how much Iran is worse or even comparable to Israel or the US, because on paper and in practice, it's absolutely not the case. They are like any other country with interest, they uses their influence, their fund criminals and milicias, they fund harmed groups, they move their pieces on the board. They are crooked, but they are currently victim of a real imperialist interest and if we keep this narrative of equivalency, we invisibilize the responsibility of the actors in the conflict and we justify the victims.
Furthermore, it's important to stop believing the crap imperialist propaganda relative to muslim country in the region. Iran wouldn't have to show its fangs if it had been allowed to flurish from the start without intervention.
This is a fact. Iran, no matter how bad they are, needs to be dealt with by Iranian or at worse by international consensus. Anything else is and should always be a scandal.
