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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
He is saying Iran is more extreme because that is their response to the US's outside threat against them just as we responded with extremism when we felt threatened by terrorists or whoever.
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That is BS. Iran has been hostile to the US since 1979. Things are not suddenly sour. The Irainian government has been feeding proxy fighters and terrorists since the early 80's. The list is long and well documented. This is not some new thing. They are just feeling a little more heat than we have been able to put on them prior to our move into Afganistan, and subsequently Iraq.
[quote]This can be seen in with McCartney and the red scare as well. Usually, whenever a country feels threatened by an outside force, that country will move to conservative extremism because that gives the people a sense of security.[QUOTE/] Not the same. The McCarthy era was based on perceived threats. These threats are real. It amazes me that people like yourself and thousands of others have been unable to see that real threats against the US exist. 9/11 wasn't enough was it? What will it take? A personal death in your family or a close friend killed before the masses wake up?
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There has been rumor of an attack against Iran for the past couple years and we are accusing them of aiding terrorists, which (they may think) is enough justification for us to attack them. They watched as we attacked Iraq with lies as justification and the propaganda against Iran is mounting along with their propaganda against us. This is more than enough for them to lead to extremism.
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I am glad they have been put on notice and remain very worried. I think that is an important strategic move. I doubt very much that we will directly attack them. It would take something very seriously provocative on their part for us to respond with direct military action IMHO.
The extremism has been there
long before we moved into the neighborhood. Don't be fooled by the left-wing rhetoric. I don't know where you get your information from but there is a lot of material out there that provides a more balanced view other than the "US bad, everyone else victim" stories so often spouted on our 1,0's of the internet by armchair quarterbacks with no experience in the world of the military and anti-terrorist organizational experts.