Comment by throwaway27448

10 hours ago

> but most adults in the room know you can’t have these guys holding 20% of the world’s oil hostage.

...where, presumably, your understanding of "adult" is whether or not they align with the US? C'mon; be serious. We've been acting like spoiled toddlers throwing a tantrum for the last fifty years because we can't twist iran into kissing our ass.

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throwaway27448

ericmay 9 hours ago

> ...where, presumably, your understanding of "adult" is whether or not they align with the US?

No, bad assumption. I think about these things for myself though of course nobody is immune to their cultural biases, whether that's the Ayatollah or a MAGA anti-war protestor.

> C'mon; be serious. We've been acting like spoiled toddlers throwing a tantrum for the last fifty years because we can't twist iran into kissing our ass.

Don't think anyone cares about Iran kissing our ass. Instead folks are tired of:

  Iran murdering its own citizens
  Constantly threatening to destroy the United States and Israel - if words don't matter and we shouldn't take threats seriously, it goes both ways then, so stop pearl-clutching at Trump's threats
  Iran loading up on missiles to make it even more difficult to stop them from extorting the rest of the world via threats to blow up ships in the Straight
  Iran funding and arming terrorist groups (as designated by the United States and European Union) including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis which are responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians
  Iran trying to build a nuclear weapon (see threats)
  Iran supplying Russia with drones so that Russia can prosecute its unjust war against Ukraine

and more...