Comments here on HN, in other related threads, from people living in those countries just continue to illustrate this extreme sociopathic insanity.
But until all sides find the strength to forgive, the cycles of hatred, vengeance, and killing will continue.
The most hopeful recent sign I have seen is actually Iran's "attack" on a US base, which was almost purely symbolic.
I'm not sure we can expect Iran to stop fomenting fundamentalism across the region anytime soon.
the issue is that Iran is not under the USA/Israel's control, that's it. Fundamentalism, religion is only a convenient pretext that is used to spread islamophobia and unjust hatred towards Iranians.
if you actually read Ayatollah Khomenei's twitter, it mostly anti-imperialist, anti-zionism, and strive to be independent. There is no fundamentalism in Iran's ideology
the main lesson of the Iranian Revolution is to 1) get rid of the western colonialists' control over oil resources in the muslim world, and 2) get rid of the western settler colonies that are oppressing muslims in the region.
Remember that the Iranian Revolution was happened against the western controlled puppet Shah that gave all of Iran's oil to the British Petroleum (Anglo-Persian Oil Company)
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2...
All of these groups are anti-colonial, anti-western, and pro-iran.
As a counterexample you can look at US Congress funded extremist terrorists groups, like:
0. Jabhat al-Nusra / HTS
1. Al-Qaeda (Jake Sullivan to Clinton: "Al-Qaeda is on our side" https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/23225 )
2. Ahrar al-Sham
3. Free Syrian Army and its factions
4. Southern Front
5. Farouq Brigades
6. ISIS - all trained and organized at Camp Bucca under the US Army and Joint Task Force 134 (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Haji Bakr, Abu Muslim and other isis leaders)
Al-Qaeda rebels love Israel: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-s...
also excellent whataboutism. you can also remember that usa literally terrorized uk as it first step
I just proved that USA and its despotic monarchy allies/vassals in the middle east are the one spreading fundamentalism.
So the real purpose is just colonial control by the USA over the last more or less independent country in the middle east.
Same as Cuba: Cuba represents no danger as far as military or socialism. It is still being sanctioned to the detriment of its population, just because it has not submitted fully to be taken over by the US capital and military
If you were in charge of a country, how would you react if another country started bombing your cities?
The above is the actual complete thought process of all the people who casually complain about what Israel is doing without any understanding of the history or the region.
One country in particular just expects the US to constantly feed them weapons, terrorize the people under their management, and never be held accountable for anything. When anyone does ask that country about their conduct they immediately play the race card and invent wild justifications far outside the conduct in question. How is that not sociopathic?
motorest•7mo ago