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I mean this regime is a continuation of a regime change that was also installed by US and UK about 40 years ago. And more recently in any place where US has been involved in a regime change (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt and Syria among others), the country is left to the mercy of religious cults or warlords after a great proportion of civilian infrastructure is bombed out of existence.

So yeah, I agree.

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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Imagine your neighbor is an abuser who beats his wife and children, and you want to help them. so you kick their door, beat the husband, beat the wife, kill one of the kids, and set their house on fire.

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- ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  “I’m going to live here for awhile to keep you all free. I hope that doesn’t cause any tension.”
  
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  - IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    plus you get to sell all their stuff and pocket all the cash
    
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teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
You got the timeline wrong there. The US installed the Shah in the 50s, after destroying Iran’s democratic leftist government. Then in the 70s, the Iranian people rose up and removed the Shah. Almost immediately, though, the revolution was hijacked by fundamentalist clerics.

When the revolutionary government was put under pressure by an invasion from Saddam Hussein on behalf of George Bush Snr, which killed millions, that allowed the Revolutionary Guard to consolidate power, and become the brutally repressive government we see today.

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- Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  thanks updated, when I say sth is X years ago I generally start counting from 2000 lol.
  
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  - teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Ha! Same here.
    
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