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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I said "Being a hell state isn’t a criterion for sanctions." Sanctions don't work the way you think they do. They don't actually punish the people who make hell states the hell states that they are. If they did, then the hell state that would be among those that deserve it the most would be the USA. Do you agree with this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but whether or not I agree the US should be sanctioned is not relevant here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, because being a "hell state" is not relevant for sanctions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iran's government is the reason we sanctioned Iran.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, because they reclaimed the oil instead of handing it over to western companies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like you. Remind me to never argue with you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, because they're a totalitarian islamic nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I'm all for destabilizing them too. Let's do it in lieu of carbon taxes since it will have the same net result for the average American.

I am most definitely pro-intervention. Freedom is non-negotiable, and free countries have a moral imperative to spread liberal democracy across the planet. The strong have an obligation to protect the weak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is your brain on american propaganda.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

This is your brain on "being a good person."