I am honestly really enjoying the fact that Iran is allowing a bunch of non-hostile countries through and the orange regime is still ranting about “opening the strait” when it’s absolutely open to people who aren’t bombing Iran, or openly supporting the bombing. It’s a masterclass in graphically demonstrating that military power is not the be-all, end-all, and that the orange regime is meaningfully impotent in a bunch of geopolitically important ways.
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I was betting that most of the other nearby countries that the U.S shit on were going to align with Iran. Why wouldn't they ?
U.s has done nothing but fuck them over and now with Iran showing it's strong and can hold their own, it's an easy choice.
Plus if the appeal and effectiveness of Iran's propaganda on the U.S (Lego videos) is any indicator of how effective they are at winning "enemies" over, we can guess they might be just as likeable, if not more, to people similar to them in culture and location.
It's really difficult to look like the "good guys" in a conflict, when you're the Islamic Regime of Iran. Somehow the current United States are making the Iranians look more and more reasonable.
Iran is definitely more reasonable. Not good. But reasonable.
The USA, on the other hand, cannot be reasoned with. They are, by definition, unreasonable.
iran is also pretty much sanctioned to hell too.
It kinda reminds me of light side sith in SWTOR, like yes you do serve the evil empire but you aren't an asshole nor are you crazy.
the agressor has always been israel, and US, consider the iran regime is here because of the SHAH which was installed by the US/UK.
The defining characteristic of Trump's foreign policy is that keeping promises, integrity, consistency, truthfulness, morality, and legality have no benefits for the US. Only raw power matters, and dollars, according to Trump. Trump has done his level best to destroy US soft power.
Which is pretty much how Iran itself works. E.g. 2026 Iran massacres. So if you don't cheer for the US, fair enough, but please don't cheer for terrorist Iran.
I think that's the tragedy of this war. If Trump had involved the world, especially the UN, then it would have seemed more justified. It would have given cover to Iranian dissidents to overthrow their regime.
But as a solo act by Israel and the USA? You'd have to declare yourself a traitor to side with those two countries of all on the planet against your government. I found it baffling that Trump seemed to think now that Khamenei was dead the Iranians would rise up - but then I remembered he doesn't really understand he is not widely liked anywhere.
I think that’s the tragedy of this war. If Trump had involved the world, especially the UN, then it would have seemed more justified.
Trump basically salted that option, when he shamefully reneged on Obama's deal with Iran.
I found it baffling that Trump seemed to think now that Khamenei was dead the Iranians would rise up
Like Putin, Trump thinks that everybody in the world are motivated by selfishness only. Trump thought that the replacement leader would know he was dead if he didn't surrender to Trump. And hence Khamenei's successor would surely surrender.
According to Russia/Putin experts, Putin is also genuinely convinced that the Orange Revolution in Ukraine was orchestrated by the West. Because it is not possible that local idealists could have done it, because there are no real idealists in the world.
He’s also destroyed a good bit of hard power by firing anyone competent leading to the deaths and destruction of trained personnel and expensive equipment.
I'm certainly not cheering for a regime like the current Iranian one. I deliberately put "good guys" in quotation marks and suggested they might be the more reasonable party, as in the party that is more likely to keep its word.
It's a good day for paint and flag dealers in the region. Maybe for some IT guys with knowledge about AIS transponders, too.
It's not quite that simple. This is closer to a more reasonable version of the Houthi blockade; there are more criteria than just which country's flag is flying.
In a cruel twist, Iraq must remain Iraq.