[vvpan]

I know, I know, this is not the platform. But however I dislike the war (which sounds across-the-board unpopular except with Republican senators) having love for a regime that massacres protestors by the thousands is cruel and perverse.

[bigbinary]

If you are American, we are also ruled by a regime that kills thousands of innocents in the name of whatever our president feels like

[culi]

US prisoners per capita: 715

Iran prisoners per capita: 226

Particularly interesting to me is how prisoners in Iran have the right to vote while prisoners in the US can have their vote taken away.

[dingaling]

Annual executions per capita, 2024 and 2025, excluding the Iranian protests:

USA: 1 in 12 million; 1 in 8.6 million

Iran: 1 in 97,000; 1 in 62,000

[culi]

Good point but I don't understand how you're calculating those numbers. For example there were 1,639 people executed in 2025 for a population of 93.1 million

[vvpan]

I was not trying to compare and contrast, that leads to whataboutism. Separate issues.

[deaux]

> (which sounds across-the-board unpopular except with Republican senators)

Having love for a regime that massacres school children by the hundreds sounds cruel and perverse, and 40% [0] of the US still approves of that regime. Guess 40% of the US is just as cruel and perverse as this person, in other words it's barely worth mentioning given how common it is.

[0] https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trumps-current-approval-...

[b00ty4breakfast]

Criticizing the US's actions against Iran is in no way condoning the things that the regime has done to it's own citizens. Especially since those actions are contributing directly to the Iranian people's hardship.

I'm not saying that you, personally, are being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about this (and I'm not even saying that there aren't people who are sympathizing with the Iranian regime) but there are absolutely people being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about it.

[vvpan]

I mention it only because the media company producing the videos is pretty pro-regime. So it's not US vs regime but US vs well-being of the Iranians.

[kakacik]

I 'love' this sort of posh framing. Is there a war you like for a change? Thousands of civilians are dying on whims of an old mentally sick man, with nobody having balls to stop him anyhow. He can claim he is setting up a genocide of entire nation to whole world and... nothing? I know, one of the less bloody senseless wars US waged, ending up defeated again, but still. Everybody's US taxes are helping financing this.

Nothing substantial achieved, at least not positive for US. Israel is toying with you like with a donkey and carrot on stick. Is that not insulting to your own pride and self-worth? You lost all partners globally, everybody hates dealing with US and rolls their eyes on another daily set of whims of your oligarchs.

China is damn happy, russia is very happy so there is certainly that. And Iran, they will keep doing their thing, regardless of what you do and cia has to accept there isnt much they can change about that. Iran would be stupid to not throw everything into getting nuclear bomb for themselves. russians would be stupid to not help them there at this point.

[vvpan]

I agree, it should not have happened and feel just as powerless. Concentration of power is an evil, on all sides.

[zoklet-enjoyer]

I don't think most people have love for the Iranian government. We hate war and bullies