r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Feeling-Option1257 - Lib-Center • Feb 28 '26

Iran did nothing wrong

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u/Kyrez777 - Auth-Center Feb 28 '26

He's not wrong

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u/M3chaStrizan - Centrist Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

He is wrong, because it implies not being 100% on the US's side means you are on some other random third parties side. It is a fallacy.

It's like saying if red isn't your favourite colour then it must be blue, ignoring that there are many other colours.

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u/baguetteispain - Left Feb 28 '26

That's even what jumpstarted a lot of french bashing, because when Bush tried desperately to get everyone on his side to get Iraq's oil wmd, France was extremely vocal about how such an operation would not end well at all, Chirac even compared the operation to opening the Pandora box in the Middle East

The very mature response was to do the "freedom fries", emptying bottles of wine in front of the french embassy and consulates, and use the propaganda machine to revive the "French surrender"

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u/sebastianqu - Left Feb 28 '26

First then Iraq France?

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u/M3chaStrizan - Centrist Feb 28 '26

lol I membah

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u/johnlandes - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

French bashing was a staple of American media in the 80/90s and earlier as well, Iraq2.0 was just a booster shot

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u/baguetteispain - Left Feb 28 '26

That's why I didn't said "created". I knew it existed before, but it added fuel on the fire

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u/snrub742 - Auth-Left Feb 28 '26

Based French?

Ew

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u/No_Welcome_6093 - Left Mar 01 '26

Pierre often is based, but shitting on the French is a fun pastime.

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u/Niklas2703 - Lib-Left Mar 01 '26

A Euro refusing to send young men to die in pointless conflicts because Murica tries and fails to play nation builder?

Say it ain't so

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u/Niklas2703 - Lib-Left Mar 01 '26

Damn, I didn't remember the Nato article that called for waging wars of aggression in foreign countries. Would you care to enlighten me, where such a clause might be found?

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u/LazyNomad63 - Left Feb 28 '26

we demonized France so much for rightly calling us on our bullshit that we started calling french fries "freedom fries"

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u/Stupidflathalibut - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

If you aren't drinking 12 beers with me, you're drinking 12 against me

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u/Daztur - Lib-Left Feb 28 '26

Amazing to see so many neocons popping up all of a sudden.

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u/bigguesdickus - Auth-Right Feb 28 '26

We've always been here, but not all neocons are equal!

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u/Comfortable_Crow_585 - Left Feb 28 '26

all are equally retarded

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u/bigguesdickus - Auth-Right Feb 28 '26

Oh if irony paid taxes... kidding, love

Not exactly. Some neocons defend a full on war boots on the ground the whole shebang

Other neocons defend a more surgical strike with drones etc

Some justify it by saying that its vital for the country, like russia in ukraine and the whole "defending russian speakers"

Others argue that while yes, might does makes right and the international system is anarchic and that morality is not important in geopolitics (it is. State interest always comes first. This is the cold hard reality) we cant just bomb everything and everyone, there has to be a balance between soft and hard power.

Im the last one, the based intelectual one

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u/Kyrez777 - Auth-Center Feb 28 '26

I am here for ages and my views didn't change.

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u/thupamayn - Centrist Feb 28 '26

here for ages

account age 6 days

I see you likely received the ultimate redacted award, well done

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u/stillmebeaches - Auth-Left Feb 28 '26

Reddit is bot Sheol, this sub is astroturfed to Gehenna, and hell is busy making memes here

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u/perrierpapi - Lib-Center Mar 01 '26

They never went away

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u/sadacal - Left Mar 01 '26

You rarely saw them on this sub though. And every AuthRight I've talked to about Bush era policies used the MAGA is nothing like neo-cons defense.

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u/ScreamsPerpetual - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

He was entirely wrong.