[nerf_javascript]

I think the comment's referring to the very large global backlash the US is receiving right now regarding being more strict with Iran from a nuclear perspective.

I think people are more obsessed with hating all of Trump's policies rather than actually understanding the situation with Iran. I would highly doubt that if the same situation occurred today, that the US would have the same sort of support against Iran, for better or worse.

[southerntofu]

The same people opposing US imperialism now were already denouncing Stuxnet for what it is back then.

Trump has changed only one thing: he's saying aloud (and proudly) what previous presidents did behind the people's backs.

Let the US government destroy their nukes, dismantle their army. Then they can start giving lessons about peace. Iran is much less of a danger to the world than the USA are.

[simplecomplex]

Bingo. Things like stuxnet are exceptions that prove the rule.

The US has been largely alone in dealing with China and the Middle East. We’ve been alone fighting the worlds autocratic regimes lately. Where we have support we’ve had to push for it.

[southerntofu]

What has the US done to promote freedom? Nothing.

In China? They've setup trade restrictions. No effects on freedom.

In the Middle East? They've helped bomb ISIS, but they're merely supporting local anti-ISIS militias (think YPG/FSA) who do the real work/fight.

Worth noting: just like CIA armed then chased Ben Laden, US military intervention in Syria armed many many religious conservative militias in 2011, because they were afraid of an anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist insurrection (which was and still is happening in Rojava). Many of these reactionary militias have since then joined ISIS.

Also worth noting: the US are a big supporter of Erdogan's Turkey, one of the most genocidal regimes in the region, and a key supplier to ISIS. Way more dangerous than the conservative republic of Iran, to any neutral observer.

So yeah, try to "deal with" your own country. There's plenty to fix on your side without pretending to worry about other people.

Same goes for my people (the french) who keep destroying/colonizing other countries (Libya, Mali, Guyane..) pretending they care about the population.

Truth is as much of a tyrant Qaddafi was, his violent overthrow by NATO directly caused the return of slavery for millions of black people in Libya. That's what happens when you bring guns to someone else's table to "deal with" their problems you have no idea/interest about.