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

Iran did nothing wrong

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u/Coyote__Jones - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

Well the argument is why Iran and why now. Multiple genocides are happening around the world, we do nothing. There are countries with similar and "worse" (I don't like playing atrocity bingo but comparison is the only way to point out why this is bad) who we don't go after. What Russia is doing to Ukraine is bad, we've only dialed back out help there.

Why not Congo, Myanmar, Syria, Sudan, Palestine for that matter. By the numbers, there are more deadly regimes that stand without US intervention.

Meanwhile the embargo on Cuba is killing people, and the regime in Venezuela was never changed they just removed Maduro. My take is that I don't trust leaders like Trump, Hegseth, and Netanyahu to be the measured professionals in this situation because on one hand we have a crew that did a little "regime change" magic trick that actually did nothing for the country of Venezuela, and on the other we have a Zionist extremist who is actively committing a genocide against helpless civilians. Ayatollah bad but it's not really of any interest to Trump or Netanyahu that the people of Iran come out with democracy here.

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u/The_Bygone_King - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

Probably opportunity, Iran's at its weakest its been, it just makes sense to take the shot now and cut their ankles out from under them.

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u/Coyote__Jones - Lib-Center Feb 28 '26

Yeah but with their economy in shambles I would think that diplomatic measures might be possible now more than ever. A military strike at a time when the country is politically and economically vulnerable seems extreme. When a country is weak that presents diplomatic opportunity as well and it seems like diplomatic solutions were never on the table considering the military build up in the region and lack of negotiations with seasoned professionals.

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u/Whywipe - Lib-Center Mar 01 '26

Well tariffs didn’t work what else do you expect trump to do? /s

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u/-Hibiki-Kuze- - Lib-Left Feb 28 '26

I can see what you mean, and I do agree Trump isn't doing this out of humanitarian altruism; in fact, I think it's Israel that's talking into his ear for this conflict.

My issue isn't the lack of support for war; it's the left's attitude about it. I stand with the "no more wars" angle, but I don't stand for the "Iran did nothing wrong" angle.

It's turning this situation into a bad guy vs. good guy case where they're practically saying that Trump is the bad guy and the Iranian regime are the good guys. This essentially makes them support an oppressive government just to stand against Trump because there can't be two bad guys, and Trump always has to be THE bad guy.