As the Official British Report On The Iraq War showed, both the Brits and the Americans (more the latter than the former) committed the War Crime of Pillaging by forcing the Iraqi Administration they themselves put in place after conquering the place to give Oil Exploration contracts to British and American companies.
Saddam (for decades supported by America) was shit and the self proclaimed “Liberators of the Iraqi People” were almost as bad, so that “infinite” money hasn’t been for Iraqis in a long time.
Gee, I wonder why they didn’t use their free money to improve their country. Was it the (at least for a while) US-backed dictator getting US aid and weapons to send young Iraqi men to their deaths? Or was it the US sanctions killing thousands of Iraqi children and impoverishing the rest of the population? Or was it the US invasion plunging their country into over a decade of civil war and instability that continues to this day? I suppose we’ll never know!
Iran literally got couped in 1953 after democratically electing a progressive, secular government. The country’s oil exports literally got MILITARILY BLOCKED by the British navy, and the USA sponsored mafias to carry out terror attacks and make it seem like it was communists who did it.
I’m not talking about Iran specifically, although I understand it wasn’t very clear in my first comment, but the region in general.
Besides that, 1953 is quite a few decades ago, will they ever stand on their own feet or will they forever blame the past? Every country has had tragedies but unjust as it may be you have to move forwards
So, not talking about Iran in particular in a post about Iran, just handwaving about “the region”, shows how much you understand the politics of Iran.
What happened to Iran isn’t an isolated incident a few decades ago. The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists, it gets couped at best and bombed and invaded at worst. We’re seeing it today with Venezuela. The constant threat of invasion, coup and bombing is what makes these governments more repressive than they would be otherwise.
Same thing is happening in Iraq.
After all the fighting, suffering and genocide in the region, it’ll all be for nothing once climate change makes it uninhabitable.
It was the oil wells and not the people who’s been “liberated” all along.
If there had been less spent on war they could have built some infrastructure to help with the situation.
As the Official British Report On The Iraq War showed, both the Brits and the Americans (more the latter than the former) committed the War Crime of Pillaging by forcing the Iraqi Administration they themselves put in place after conquering the place to give Oil Exploration contracts to British and American companies.
Saddam (for decades supported by America) was shit and the self proclaimed “Liberators of the Iraqi People” were almost as bad, so that “infinite” money hasn’t been for Iraqis in a long time.
The poster before you was explicitly talking of Iraq,
Sure, but what does Iraq have to do with this? We are talking about a different country.
They’ve had “infinite” free money for decades and have had Norway as a clear example to follow but have chosen to squander it all.
Edit: I’m not talking about Iran specifically, although I understand the confusion, but the region in general as mentioned in rimus comment.
Gee, I wonder why they didn’t use their free money to improve their country. Was it the (at least for a while) US-backed dictator getting US aid and weapons to send young Iraqi men to their deaths? Or was it the US sanctions killing thousands of Iraqi children and impoverishing the rest of the population? Or was it the US invasion plunging their country into over a decade of civil war and instability that continues to this day? I suppose we’ll never know!
The us invaded every country in the middle east? TIL
Guess they’re never going to be the masters of their own fate, in 200 years they can still blame the us for any shortcomings.
Iran literally got couped in 1953 after democratically electing a progressive, secular government. The country’s oil exports literally got MILITARILY BLOCKED by the British navy, and the USA sponsored mafias to carry out terror attacks and make it seem like it was communists who did it.
But go ahead, remain ignorant.
I’m not talking about Iran specifically, although I understand it wasn’t very clear in my first comment, but the region in general.
Besides that, 1953 is quite a few decades ago, will they ever stand on their own feet or will they forever blame the past? Every country has had tragedies but unjust as it may be you have to move forwards
So, not talking about Iran in particular in a post about Iran, just handwaving about “the region”, shows how much you understand the politics of Iran.
What happened to Iran isn’t an isolated incident a few decades ago. The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists, it gets couped at best and bombed and invaded at worst. We’re seeing it today with Venezuela. The constant threat of invasion, coup and bombing is what makes these governments more repressive than they would be otherwise.
Them trying to use the oil for their own means is what started this mess. They did not have infinite money
Infinite free money (1)from who and (2)to whom?
Ever heard of oil?