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I don’t agree at all with what Trump said but I don’t think he was talking about the Persian culture as a whole. He’s talking about the culture the Regime has cultured which is elimination of individual rights, public executions, extreme bias, etc. those are not Persian or Islam culture traits they are extremism through and through.
It baffles me always when Americans use moral arguments to justify their actions. This is precisely the father's viewpoint in the last quote in my previous post.
I mean, the US have just bombed 160-180 schoolgirls with a double tap, for god sake! Murdered negotiation partners etc
Trump words lack context, and are therefore ambiguous. So we have to rely on his actions to give them their true meaning. There's no way you can bomb the Iranian regime into the stove age, which is a war crime, without affecting the Iranian culture. The power plants, the bridges, the desalination plants, universities, UNESCO sites etc, that are currently being destroyed, are not only civilian targets, they are also a product of their culture...
I find no joy in writing this, I have had a lot of sympathy for Trump since 2016, I love the ideals of freedom America represent, on paper, but it's becoming harder and harder to ignore their dark side...
No, its not about liberating Iran.
Its about the oil and China.
Its about enforcing the petrodollar.
Its about saying you cannot sell your oil to China denominated in Yuan in breach of the sanctions I have imposed...because if you do we will bomb you back to the stone ages.
Its about US hegemony and supporting 'Greater Israel' expansionism to which Iran presents the only real and effective opposition.
Trump is a war criminal owned by Jewish banker Zionist zealots.
Committing war crimes and genocide to delay the decline of US empire.
China has already won the trade war dominating trade in manufactured goods and commodities.
Trump wants to go to Xi and say - 'look this is what happens when you challenge our global resource hegemony'.
And the "hegemony" thing is such projection. War with the PRC is practically guaranteed to trigger hyperinflation and a secession crisis at home, so what are we gaining from it? We're doing this because Sun Yat-sen asked for help and China is our friend.
Don't stress about international trade. We'll keep your organ harvesting infrastructure intact and swap out the raw material with communists.
This reminded me that I went through a Persian movie phase, I've watched a several of them, local and international productions, and enjoyed every single one of them. They've left such a lasting impression on me, that I still remember today, more than 15 years later.
I'm not necessarily the expert in Persian culture or history but hearing Trump say Rumi's culture belongs to the stone age, it didn't just feel wrong and offensive, I recognised pure ignorance and misplaced arrogance, which is how most people outside of the US, especially in Europe, tend to think of Americans. I mean, just look at the Persian diaspora, mostly high IQ people...
This is exactly what the father was warning against