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PeaceWave
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Endlessmike56
(181 posts)1. Check in with him a year from now and see if he feels the same
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AloeVera
(4,176 posts)5. No need to wait that long. From the article:
But a week on, while some people are still celebrating every strike on the regime, others are increasingly frightened, questioning the motives and endgame of the war.
"The goal of this war isn't to bring about freedom or democracy for the Iranian people," Ali told us.
"It's for the geopolitical benefit of Israel, the US and Arab countries in the region."
---snip---
Saeed told us: "Trump's government from top to bottom they're all lying. They had no reason to attack Iran. Other than Israel wanted them to."
"The goal of this war isn't to bring about freedom or democracy for the Iranian people," Ali told us.
"It's for the geopolitical benefit of Israel, the US and Arab countries in the region."
---snip---
Saeed told us: "Trump's government from top to bottom they're all lying. They had no reason to attack Iran. Other than Israel wanted them to."
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Mark.b2
(794 posts)2. As a father of daughters, Hamid must be particularly happy.
I cant imagine what the women of Iran has gone through the last 40+ years.
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dalton99a
(93,647 posts)3. No one should shed a tear for the ayatollahs and their thugs
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Quiet Em
(2,827 posts)4. and then there is this take
AMANPOUR: Mehdi Mahmoudian, welcome to our program from Tehran. I can't tell you how pleased we are to have you. Can you just tell me how it is for you? What it is like, the bombing? How do you feel about it?
MEHDI MAHMOUDIAN: What happened in the streets of Tehran and after the war in Tehran brought out two different feelings in us. One was a sense of joy that those who had played a role in suppressing the people, those who had killed thousands of people in the streets or had ordered massacres were killed and were no longer there to continue the repression.
On the other hand, we were sad that our country had been invaded and the countries had attacked our country based on their own interests. And these
feelings can be easily seen on the faces of the people, both joy at the death of the dictator and sadness that the war had begun and that it would
probably bring decades of suffering to Iran.
MEHDI MAHMOUDIAN: What happened in the streets of Tehran and after the war in Tehran brought out two different feelings in us. One was a sense of joy that those who had played a role in suppressing the people, those who had killed thousands of people in the streets or had ordered massacres were killed and were no longer there to continue the repression.
On the other hand, we were sad that our country had been invaded and the countries had attacked our country based on their own interests. And these
feelings can be easily seen on the faces of the people, both joy at the death of the dictator and sadness that the war had begun and that it would
probably bring decades of suffering to Iran.
https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ampr/date/2026-03-06/segment/01
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AloeVera
(4,176 posts)8. "They have to finish the job".
That sounds familiar. Who said that? About Gaza?
The two lying psychopaths running this illegal "war".
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newdeal2
(5,279 posts)9. Then "they" should sign up to fight
Easy for them to cheer from the comfort of Europe or America.
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fujiyamasan
(1,592 posts)7. Maybe you should change your username
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