(November 27, 2013 at 8:23 am)Raven Wrote: Geopolitics is the why of it. US has never cared how barbaric anyone is so long as you cooperate. Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a real mensch, no matter what his Savac did to the citizenry, because he kissed Washington's ass. That's how it has always been. Morally reprehensible? Of course it is. But Realpolitik could not care less about such trifles, it appears to be pragmatic, and that is what counts.
Sickening, isn't it?
Yeah, I know it's horrible. I read Persepolis recently and the graphic novel went over some of Iran's history. I've also taken a course on Latin American History - same old shit from America, I swear to fucking GOD, America. But yeah, gruesome shit D: in any case, I find the geopolitics of 'why' we are there to be more relevant to this thread than defending Islam.
