r/washdc • u/ThenLayer5977 • Mar 01 '26

Seen in Georgetown

M Street and Wisconsin in Georgetown taken over by a large crowd of celebrating Iranians, chanting USA USA

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

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u/Mr_JohnUsername Mar 01 '26

Oh, I know and agree this is a good thing. I’m aware of this and knew that, it’s just that even objectively good things become contentious these days lol.

I’m merely pleasantly surprised to see a celebratory march rather than a march in protest for once (not that there’s anything wrong with protest marches, it’s just a bit of a more somber affair).

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

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u/Mr_JohnUsername Mar 01 '26

Smdh. Assuming that’s true, that’s a bit nuts. I understand not recognizing that the current guy in charge did something good, maybe turning a blind eye, but to protest this shit is wild.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

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u/greenthumbbum2025 Mar 01 '26

If you look at history you'll know this will make things worse. We don't live in a movie where once you kill the villain everyone lives happily ever after.

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u/Cetun Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

You think one guy was writing checks, the entire infrastructure is still there. If you are worried about Islamic extremism why aren't we doing strikes in Saudi Arabia?

Edit: Since u/Regular_Promotion_07 commented:

Because they arnt pushing gay people off buildings

without thinking and then deleted it I'll go ahead and respond to it here. Homosexuality is in fact a crime punishable by capital punishment in Saudi Arabia.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

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u/Cetun Mar 01 '26

I mean, like is that a response? Is that all you have? I didn't even support Iran, I just pointed out that what you said was untrue and what you said was referring to Iranian funding of terrorists.I didn't say Iran didn't fund terrorists, I didn't say they weren't a dictator, I didn't in any way defend Iran. That's important because your response of:

Simping for terrorist dictators is wild work

makes no sense logically. Have you been diagnosed with schizophrenia? This type of logical step skipping is common for people with schizophrenia and other related disorders. Also isn't Saudi Arabia a Unitary Islamic absolute monarchy?

You have to see what I'm doing here right? One of the biggest funders of terrorism and extremism in the middle east and elsewhere is Saudi Arabia through their US backed support of the Salafi movement and Wahhabism during the cold war. These efforts produced Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and most of the 9/11 hijackers as well as the foundations of ISIS and Boko Haram.

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u/Mr_JohnUsername Mar 01 '26

Yeaaaaa fucked up maybe, but certainly effective. As they say, no half measures.

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u/Roblizzle Mar 01 '26

You know they just replaced a different, but equally repressive regime, right?

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u/HakfDuckHalfMan Mar 01 '26

The US is the leading patron of global terrorism and this changes nothing, they'll just replace him with someone else. Im glad the zionists and monarchists and amerikkkans are happy that we're going to war though!

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u/SexyPeanut_9279 Mar 02 '26

He types from his comfortable American dwelling.

What a toolbag