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by notahacker 1260 days ago
> the Iranian regime has a more pressing obligation to its people to ensure their survival

I'm not sure survival of the existing regime is high on the list of priorities of the average Iranian person at the moment...

And the subject of the thread is talking about Iran developing long range weapons and sending them and their drone technicians to Russia, which does not border Iran, in order to facilitate its war of aggression against Ukraine, which neither borders Iran nor possesses any credible threat towards it. The idea that when the US extends its military reach around the world it's an expeditionary force in foreign lands but when Iran does it has only the salvation of its people in mind is textbook anti-liberal double standards...