[–]Donttazemebro0 points
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If the politicians in place were allowed to use our country's resources and power to do what THEY did. Unless you're talking about a group of you and your friends that personally had a hand in it.
I'm more comfortable using the royal we in this context than resolving our state of responsibility simply because we have a new president. Our values continue to be what they were.. I wasn't alive when our country's then-government led a coup of Iran's government with the help of the British, but it was something our country did. Understanding the world requires that we view it through the lens of history, and distancing ourselves from it is to pretend we have ceased to be bad actors.
[–] Kurplow 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
I wondered when people would take a look back a few decades and realize there's a reason Iranians chant death to America.
Iran would be a very different place today if we hadn't done what we did.
[–] Donttazemebro 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
If the politicians in place were allowed to use our country's resources and power to do what THEY did. Unless you're talking about a group of you and your friends that personally had a hand in it.
[–] Kurplow 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm more comfortable using the royal we in this context than resolving our state of responsibility simply because we have a new president. Our values continue to be what they were.. I wasn't alive when our country's then-government led a coup of Iran's government with the help of the British, but it was something our country did. Understanding the world requires that we view it through the lens of history, and distancing ourselves from it is to pretend we have ceased to be bad actors.
[–] Perigran 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hindsight
[–] Donttazemebro ago
I can't even.