WuWei
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They tried to kill 80 Americans. I don’t think so.
What I was saying is they told the iranians they killed 80 Americans. Then it was 40 and then all over the place. A badly failed propaganda effort that is blowing up in their faces. If not for the airliner shoot down they probably would have gotten away with it.

WuWei:
How?
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When the people found out the truth they went/are going off the deep end. Protests are going strong and they are pissed.
WuWei
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Right. So how do you think they would have gotten away with it without the airliner?
Without the protests, it would have blown over. The protests were spurred on by the airliner incident
WuWei
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Ok, but why would Iranian leadership want the claim to “blow over”? The purpose is to raise moral. They could claim 800, the truth would come out. I agree they wouldn’t protest.
Jezcoe
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Okay. Iran gets nukes. Not the US’s problem.
WuWei
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How is it our problem? Does Iran not have the same right to nuclear weapons we do? France? Pakistan?
Who are we to say what Iran can and cannot do?
Jezcoe
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Great… it will work out well.
WuWei
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You didn’t answer the questions.
Why wouldn’t it?
The whole incident bringing us to the brink of war with Iran would have blown over, the people would have accepted the lies about Americans being killed as typical govt. propaganda and probably some would have believed it. The whole back and forth cycle would continue with bluster from Iran and bluster from Trump and Iran using it as a propaganda tool.
Now, the Iranian govt. has lost face in a big way, they can’t do anything about it, and I have no idea where it goes from here, but the entire game has changed. I don’t think it’s predictable.
WuWei
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Ok. I see what you mean now. It’s still going to blow over.
Probably, yes. The level of hatred for the leadership has grown exponentially though, and I don’t think that’s going away anytime soon.
WuWei
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That’s good. They need to come out of The Gap.
Camp
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The people of Iran have one way to go. That is up from oppression.
Trump provided the catalyst.
They can take it from here.
WuWei
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What a stupid, stupid post.
WuWei
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Racism
Recession
Rape
TRade war
Revered General
Agree one hundred percent. Dubya predicted it, saying that planting the seeds of democracy in the middle east would pay off in the long run.
WuWei
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I’m not sure democracy is the answer, that’s for them to decide. I am sure what they have now isn’t working very well.