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MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

No U.S. threat to Iran will go unanswered, Tehran says

www.reuters.com

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No U.S. threat to Iran will go unanswered, Tehran says

www.reuters.com

MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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    The US wanted to strike Iranian targets without retaliation in order to not lose face globally. Tehran says no. If I were serving on a US military base in the Middle East, I’d be looking for ways to take leave because things are about to get hot.

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      Why did the US want to strike Iranian targets?

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        Iran is the world’s fifth most resource-rich country, with the second largest natural gas reserves and the fourth largest crude oil reserves, and with a total value of resources amounting to $27.3 trillion.

        https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/iran-a-resource-rich-country-reeling-from-rampant-poverty/

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          “In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was elected Prime Minister of Iran, voted in by the legislature and confirmed by the Shah. Mosaddegh became enormously popular after he nationalized the oil industry of Iran, which had been largely controlled by foreign interests. He worked to weaken the monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi until Mosaddegh was removed in the 1953 Iranian coup d’état—initially an Anglo-American covert operation that marked the first time the United States had participated in an overthrow of a foreign government during the Cold War”

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran#1951–1978:_Mosaddegh,_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi

          There’s a reason Iranians call the US The Great Satan.

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        To maintain their empire

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        To not lose face, didn’t you read?

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          Biden is groveling for israel there is no face to save

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