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Matltoday at 10:52 AM5 repliesview on HN

Iraq was attacking its neighbors every couple of years, Iran is not.

Iran has shown that it is remarkably sane actually, given the aggression shown towards it by Israel and the US and has made a lot of efforts to reach a deal.

Remember, it was the US that exited the JCPOA and now it wants Iran to give up all its misses so that they would be defenseless.

I have no love for theocracies, but I do think the Iranian system is a lot better than the likes of Saudi Arabia, which we're buddy buddy with.

Oh and I guess the founder of Syrian branch of AQ and deputy head of ISIS running Syria is better that what was before too, in your book?


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jonnybgoodtoday at 11:04 AM

Iran attacks its neighbors through proxies: Hizbollah, Houthis, Shiite militias, and Hamas. These groups are armed and funded by Iran.

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rwyinusetoday at 11:06 AM

Iranian government massacres its own civilians whenever they dare to demand change. Iranians are also largely secular compared to citizens of most Arab states, and hate their government. They're also mostly Shia, which makes it hard for likes of ISIS and Al Qaeda to gain ground there, as Shias are enemies to Sunni extremists.

I believe there's a much better change of democracy / sane regime in Iran, than there ever was in Iraq and other Arab states.

Veentoday at 11:06 AM

Iran attacks through its proxies.

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tonyedgecombetoday at 11:02 AM

>Iraq was attacking its neighbors every couple of years, Iran is not.

Nonsense. Iran has been stirring up trouble in the region for a long time.

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