The absence of Iran in any of this is notable.
Almost like there was no reason to include them in the 'Axis of Evil' at a time when the US was providing cover for them in the fight against Taliban.
The absence of Iran in any of this is notable.
Almost like there was no reason to include them in the 'Axis of Evil' at a time when the US was providing cover for them in the fight against Taliban.
Only if you ignore the 40+ years Iran has been funding jihadists and terrorist paramilitary groups. Including founding Hezbollah in 1982, the group who pioneered the VBIED car bomb tactic who along with Palestinian groups made plane and bus hijacking part of their brand, both of which Osama himself said heavily influenced Al-Qaeda.
Iran also directly funded Shia terrorist groups in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. Al-Qaeda/ISIS were just the local Sunni variety, but with less state-backing and more decentralized.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hezbollah was created after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1978, and Hezbollah was not involved in 9/11.
By your logic, shouldn't we be enemies with Saudi Arabia and Israel, who have incubated and funded terrorists for much longer than Iran (80 years in the case of Israel)?
'Terror was justified' to establish Israel, Reuter, September 6, 1991
https://www.caymancompass.com/1991/09/06/terror-was-justifie...
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Here is the comment you just deleted:
I'm curious why you'd rather not get into it about Israel. Do you not think Iran is a complex issue?I deleted my comment because I read some your own comment edits after I posted my reply and decided I don’t want to engage with this sort of thing on HN.
I see you’ve tried to make it less incendiary in further edits but it’s obvious what you’re aiming for. I find that conversation boring and overly social media brained.
What was incendiary? All I did was remove some quotes from the article that I already linked. I decided to see what you would reply to the first message first.
Curious why you won't engage about Israel, now you're doing ad hominem attacks.
You didn't even really engage with the points I made in my initial comment.