And how many schoolgirls has Iran killed? None? Interesting, because we killed 175.
How many American passenger planes has Iran “accidentally” shot down over the last 47 years? None? Interesting, because we shot down an Iranian passenger jet in 1988, killing everyone on board, all civilians. Would we have believed Iran if they’d claimed it was an accident?
How many strictly civilian American targets has Iran hit over the last 47 years? None? Interesting, because we’ve killed thousands of Iranian citizens in their own country.
All of Iran’s strikes over the past 47 against America have been military targets, which is not terrorism, it’s simply war. Calling it terrorism is lame propaganda. OTOH, America routinely bombs Iranian (and Muslim) targets without regard to civilian presence. Iran has never committed a terrorist act in America.
So tell me again how Iran is the “largest state sponsor of terror in the world.” It might be the “largest state sponsor of terror against Israel,” but clearly America is “The World’s largest state sponsor of Terror.”
I get the sentiment, but Iran did shoot down a passenger plane in 2020. Most of the passengers were Iranian, and 176 people were killed.
The background is that after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in 2020 Iran responded by striking a NATO base with missiles. The whole thing was telegraphed to the NATO troops so nobody got seriously hurt (lots of concussions though). It was the first time that Iran’s missile capabilities was displayed like that, and it shocked a lot of people back then. Iranian media said it was a “proportional response”, but of course it really was very careful and underwhelming considering what had just happened.
It’s difficult to imagine now, but back then this was a major escalation and everyone was super tense. Iran did not know how NATO would respond. Apparently an air defense soldier was so nervous that in the coming hours, he misread the radar, and fired two air defense missiles at the passenger aircraft.
Obviously the plane going down took all of the power out of the messaging that Iran was a force to be reckoned with, owing to it’s missiles that had just hit the NATO base, which itself was a highly successful operation. So it really had a massively negative impact on the narrative for Iran.
And how many schoolgirls has Iran killed? None? Interesting, because we killed 175.
How many American passenger planes has Iran “accidentally” shot down over the last 47 years? None? Interesting, because we shot down an Iranian passenger jet in 1988, killing everyone on board, all civilians. Would we have believed Iran if they’d claimed it was an accident?
How many strictly civilian American targets has Iran hit over the last 47 years? None? Interesting, because we’ve killed thousands of Iranian citizens in their own country.
All of Iran’s strikes over the past 47 against America have been military targets, which is not terrorism, it’s simply war. Calling it terrorism is lame propaganda. OTOH, America routinely bombs Iranian (and Muslim) targets without regard to civilian presence. Iran has never committed a terrorist act in America.
So tell me again how Iran is the “largest state sponsor of terror in the world.” It might be the “largest state sponsor of terror against Israel,” but clearly America is “The World’s largest state sponsor of Terror.”
We’re Number One!
I get the sentiment, but Iran did shoot down a passenger plane in 2020. Most of the passengers were Iranian, and 176 people were killed.
The background is that after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in 2020 Iran responded by striking a NATO base with missiles. The whole thing was telegraphed to the NATO troops so nobody got seriously hurt (lots of concussions though). It was the first time that Iran’s missile capabilities was displayed like that, and it shocked a lot of people back then. Iranian media said it was a “proportional response”, but of course it really was very careful and underwhelming considering what had just happened.
It’s difficult to imagine now, but back then this was a major escalation and everyone was super tense. Iran did not know how NATO would respond. Apparently an air defense soldier was so nervous that in the coming hours, he misread the radar, and fired two air defense missiles at the passenger aircraft.
Obviously the plane going down took all of the power out of the messaging that Iran was a force to be reckoned with, owing to it’s missiles that had just hit the NATO base, which itself was a highly successful operation. So it really had a massively negative impact on the narrative for Iran.
Still not terrorism against America.
Absolutely. I agree over all with the points you made, I just wanted to point this out.
Most US propoganda just goes away when you look at a map.
Iran is run by the bad guys, and I’m not talking about iranians.
This was reported in major news a few years ago.
It is entirely infiltrated by a certain countries intelligence apparatus. No not the cia(but kinda).