Just like tankies supporting the fascist regime in Russia, those who cheer on the Iranian regime just because it’s on the other side of a conflict with the regimes running the U.S. and Israel need to broaden their mentality beyond a simplistic notion of good vs. evil.
I’m reminded of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was objectively an evil tyrant, but the net amount of death and suffering the people went through in the decades following the US invasion, was far greater than anything he put them through.
Just like tankies supporting the fascist regime in Russia, those who cheer on the Iranian regime just because it’s on the other side of a conflict with the regimes running the U.S. and Israel need to broaden their mentality beyond a simplistic notion of good vs. evil.
I’m reminded of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was objectively an evil tyrant, but the net amount of death and suffering the people went through in the decades following the US invasion, was far greater than anything he put them through.