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Comment Re: They are referring to the Persian Gulf (Score 0) 171

Their official policy has been "Death to America" since then. Raiding an embassy is a violation of international law.

They are state sponsors of terrorism, not just against America. They are giving weapons to the Houthis to attack Saudi Arabia. They've been killing Americans in the region for forty years or so. Soleimani wasn't killed in Iran, he was illegally in Iraq plotting to kill Americans (and Iraqis).

It's important to distinguish between the government and the people (and increasingly, the different factions in the government). The Iranian regime are terrorists against their own people.They have killed more Iranians than Trump. Whether you like Trump or not (I don't), the IRGC is bad, and removing them is a good thing (the only question is at what cost).

Comment Re:Strange story. (Score 1) 171

The problem with them getting their politics figured out is that we utterly fucked them so wet could have their oil.

It would be really nice if you spent an hour or so and took an unbiased look at the history of Iran for the last 150 years or so. Then we could have a nice fact based conversation.

Comment Re:Strange story. (Score 1) 171

Propaganda is something that a state puts out. This is a post by an actual user. It's not somebody from a state, unless you can confirm it.

From the dictionary: "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person"

QED you're an idiot.

The Iranian government ... is an extremely fanatical Islamic death cult.

You spread propaganda. Think who told you they were a death cult.

Comment Re:Strange story. (Score 1) 171

clearly the "death cult" isn't all Iranians. But all the leadership, all the ayatollahs all the IRGC and Basij? Totally a death cult. Everything is martyrdom and death.

You are trying to justify your propaganda, and laziness by not actually investigating Iranian leadership.

Research takes time, I understand, you don't want to do it. And propaganda is fun, that's why it works.

But you're wrong.

Comment Re:Strange story. (Score 1) 171

The characterization of the Iranian regime as a "death cult" is a viewpoint often expressed by political figures, analysts, and opponents of the government, particularly in 2026

It's a label used for propaganda.

Any analysis that doesn't take into consideration that there are multiple factions, ethnicities, religions, etc in Iran is wrong. Any analysis of the regime without taking into account the anti-war people is wrong. Anyone who uses the label "death cult" to not refer to a death cult is trying to deceive you.

Comment Re:Strange story. (Score 4, Interesting) 171

Iran is a death cult who would be perfectly happy killing as many people as necessary to get their way.

Iran overall is a great country. If they can ever get their politics figured out, they will make huge contributions to the world in science, economic growth, and art.

The IRGC is a bunch of narcissistic thieves, having taken over most of the country's budget and killing far more of their own citizens than Trump has. They are not a death cult because they are enjoying the money they've gotten too much. As soon as they are gone (or lose power) the world will be a better place.

Comment Re:It lets me be a dogshit jack of all trades.... (Score 1) 55

AND as a bonus, our total lines of code is astronomically expanding and quality rapidly going down

If the quality of the codebase goes down and the number of incompetent programmers that need to be hired increases, that IS a good thing from a manager's perspective.

Managers are judged based on how many people they manage, not on the competency of those individuals, nor on the total salary of those people.

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