Political Memes

But geopolitically they’re a pretty good neighbor

Fucking what.

Iran should not have been bombed by this administration. But they're the only force in the region worse than the Saudis for funding proxies and shipping paramilitaries to attack their enemies.

You can't have peace and be oppressing people, not really. If the oppressed stand up to the oppression, there will be fighting. So, it's more like the early stages of a fight. The same as when you're starting a campfire and you get a few embers, it's not really a campfire yet, but it's still a fire. In this case, the embers may last a long time, but the full fire is coming.

Also, in the definition of peace is tranquility. Oppression and tranquility do not overlap.

I think your take is probably just antiquated and contains a bit of sexism, homophobia, and racism. I don't mean to say that you are those things, but the roots of that take come from that position. You may have just adopted a take that was already out there and didn't challenge its premise at the time.

This is the Democratiic parties election platform 2024 (see P82/P83):

Through aggressive diplomacy backed by U.S. military power, the Administration has worked alongside our allies and partners to deter and defend against Iran and its terrorist surrogates. President Biden has postured U.S. military forces in the region and authorized precision airstrikes on key Iranian-linked targets tied to attacks against U.S. troops to deter further aggression by Iran. President Biden has also continued to protect the American people from terrorism, authorizing military strikes that took out ISIS emirs and the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri. In response to brazen attacks by Iranian-linked Houthi forces against international commercial shipping, U.S. naval vessels in the Red Sea, and Israel, President Biden ordered military strikes, alongside key allies, against Houthi targets and organized Operation Prosperity Guardian, a coalition of more than 20 nations committed to defending international shipping and deterring Houthi attacks.

When Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones against Israel in April 2024, President Biden led an unprecedented defensive coalition – together with partners from Europe and across the Middle East – to defeat the attack, protect Israel, and stop the spread of a wider war. Through direct defensive action by the U.S. military and its partners, Iranian munitions did not cause significant damage, demonstrating both America’s ironclad commitment to the security of Israel and our unrivaled ability to leverage growing regional integration among U.S. partners to counter Iranian aggression.

All of this stands in sharp contrast to Trump's fecklessness and weakness in the face of Iranian aggression during his presidency. In 2018, when Iranian-backed militias repeatedly attacked the U.S. consulate in Basra, Iraq Trump’s only response was to close our diplomatic facility.

They are literally calling Trump "weak" for not engaging militarily enough.