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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And of course the US wants to jump in so that they can place their dictatorship back in Iran because that is just how the US rolls.

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure. Trump mentioned it, but he talks all day and forgets it the next.

Is there any immediate personal gain for him from this?

[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The US is an awful lot late. One can only jump in to assist living people.

They could have acted on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and now it's Wednesday.

The US always has contingency plans for limited strikes against adversaries, and considers Iran an adversary. It could have launched a limited strike (e.g. "to supress government communications") within 24 hours.

Now that 5 days have passed, each day bringing more death to protesters, I guess Trump's promise to assist them was a bluff, and if they did let it encourage themselves - they shouldn't have.

So far, to my knowledge (very incomplete knowledge) the only factions which have fought the Iranian security forces with some limited effectiveness, and thus prevented massacres in their home regions, have been Kurdish militant groups (political parties with armed factions). I wish them luck, because they did their people a service.

Regarding the attitude of Iranian people, it's hard to measure precisely, but the article gives one suggestion:

Amiry-Moghaddan told CBS News many Iranians wouldn't believe that narrative from their leaders.

"Iranian people are so fed up with the regime, and so desperate to come out of this system," he said. "I remember that I used to ask many people, with different backgrounds, 'Who would you support?' And all of them basically say that we would support anyone who can remove the Islamic Republic. Iran is a country with a lot of different kinds of people, different opinions. Some would like to have monarchies, some are opposed to monarchy, but I think the priority is to remove this regime."

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That quote at the end sounds about right from what I've heard. Iran was a liberal and free nation in living memory. The morality police and theocratic rules are not thought highly of.