gotta love the projection here
“Because the Iranian government does not care much about the suffering of its people, it has been able to withstand both punishing economic sanctions and military bombardments,” he said.
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every accusation against their enemies have ALWAYS been projection it's actually ridiculous
Damn this is do annoying. West media outlets acting like the anglosphere is such a beacon of civilization, democracy and human rights, while the countries they bomb are such backwards and villanous entities that are simply evil. It's insulting.
It's good guy bad guy shit for racist children, but it's the default mode of talking about most of the rest of the world here.
Even in this fucking quote right here they say it basically straight up who is really causing the suffering of Iranian people, but they will still ride their white man's burden hard.
Do you think the writer actually believes this horseshit, or are they just doing it for a paycheck?
I think I might respect a cynical money-getter more than a true believer. The writer doing this for a paycheck has a motivation I can actually understand; the true believers are freaks, completely alien in ways that I find disturbing and inhuman.
I suspect a lot of these people are true believers. Liberalism is a vehicle for the whole white savior mythology. Liberals really do think they have the most enlightened system, and it is their duty to remodel other savage races in their own image. So, anybody who resists them is by definition evil. Liberals are the modern day missionaries and crusaders rebranded.
That is given. They resisted the "might" of the USA and are winning. That will make anyone cocky...
Bush decided that they had to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the end, only ended up giving them 20 years to test out various battle strategies against the most powerful army on history, and learn how to beat us.