Dragonlady
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I’d be shocked if they negotiate now.
They’ve been embarrassed. All their allies have abandoned them.
The religious zealots will want to go out in a bang. The question is whether or not the regular people in Iran feel the same. Have they bought into the 45 years of propaganda? Or are they tired of the bullshit?
It’s really up to them.
How have they been "embarassed". NONE of their allies have abandoned them.
The Iranians don't hate the USA because of "propaganda". They hate you because you put the Shah of Iran on the Peacock Throne and kept him there for 20 years, during which time he tortured and murdered all opposition, and anyone who criticized him.
200,000 Iranians were murdered by the Shah, including members of his own family. He would literally execute people who had done nothing as an example of what would happen if you did something.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Biography, History, & White Revolution | Britannica
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, shah of Iran (1941–79). A power struggle between him and Mohammad Mosaddegh led to the latter’s ouster in 1953, with help from the United States and the United Kingdom. The shah’s White Revolution fostered development but harmed many Iranians. He was ousted in the...
If you were an Iranian, you would hate the USA too, and with good reason. You broke it, you bought it.