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How ironic it would be if Iran played a huge role in helping Frump lose the election (Original Post) BigBearJohn Jan 2020 OP
I was thinking the same thing last night. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #1
Extremely. Iran's one of the hostile nations who helped elect Trump. Hortensis Jan 2020 #2
Why would they help a EC-elected sociopath who threatens to send them... Lock him up. Jan 2020 #3
I never read much about the interventions themselves. Hortensis Jan 2020 #4
Could you provide sources on Iran's election intervention Martin Eden Jan 2020 #7
You can. Iran's one of a bunch of hostile nations that Hortensis Jan 2020 #8
Iran already helped Carter lose an election Alpeduez21 Jan 2020 #5
"Karma, if you're listening, ..." eShirl Jan 2020 #6

Lock him up.

(6,947 posts)
3. Why would they help a EC-elected sociopath who threatens to send them...
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 08:18 AM
Jan 2020

$2-trillions worth of military equipment to destroy their cultural sites, cities (IOW, to kill millions of their own citizens?)

That's nuts.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. I never read much about the interventions themselves.
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jan 2020

Hillary's unlikeable, lock her up. Mostly amplifying the Repubs, Russia's, China's, and Sanders' noise.

Iran isn't saying why. But the U.S. has long been committed to containing Iran's religious imperialist ambitions and has been so successful that Iran, a prosperous and militarily advanced nation, has long had to resort to secretive "asymmetrical" actions, namely promoting terrorist acts, and had to become a partner in its own denuclearization.

So my best assumption is the obvious one, that Iran chose for destruction, or at least disordering, of the planet's stabilizer superpower over continuation of containment under HRC. Just like Russia.

In any case, Iran DID intervene in the election against Democrats and for Trump. That we know. And now Iran's leadership is plotting how to turn the successfully disordered U.S.'s renegade action to their global military and religious benefit.

Reportedly they're now claiming to take the "high road" against the evil U.S. by only striking our military. Even as terrorist acts begin elsewhere.

Martin Eden

(12,881 posts)
7. Could you provide sources on Iran's election intervention
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 09:55 AM
Jan 2020

Against Democrats?

I had not previously heard about this.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. You can. Iran's one of a bunch of hostile nations that
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jan 2020

worked to not just elect Trump but put the badly corrupted Republican Party in power in 2016.

Our intelligence agencies have reported on this, not just investigative journalism. It's really a big deal, especially since they're doing it again, or expected to, because it worked so well. Democrats are the problem that constrains renegade nations.

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