NoneOfUrBusiness

The only thing that will stop him, singular, is death. The only thing that will stop them, plural, is a popular uprising.

Depends on what you consider modern. "War is a racket" is a thing for a reason.

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!

I'd let her spy on me, which I guess is the point.

Okay you're either being disingenuous or you have no idea what you're talking about, and I don't care which it is. Educate yourself.

Which of those refers to their geopolitical rivals as "great satan"?

If someone does to you what America did to Iran you'd call them Satan too. There's still no basis for the fascism accusation; countries under fascism will do more than call their rivals bad words.

Modern Russia has many fascist traits.

Yes, and it's not because they hate America. Russia has everything from violence against minorities and expansionism to literal genocide. Contrast to Iran's somewhat aggressive but restrained foreign policy.

Iran doesn't "obsess" about the US and Israel; they're geopolitical rivals with the US and Israel. This is like saying Russia or China obsess about the West. As for Sharia, I don't know shit about the Iranian justice system, but theocracy does not equal fascism. These are two completely different things.

Note that just because they have open trade relations with a state doesn't mean they can import whatever they want. It's a Cuba situation; US secondary sanctions target businesses and they're harsh. Water mismanagement is obviously a major cause here, but don't underestimate the effect of Western sanctions on smaller countries.

"a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition"- merriam webster.

Well Merriam Webster is wrong. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Definitions. Fascism is a pretty complicated class of ideologies, but a characteristic attribute of fascism is always seeking enemies internal and external and "punishing" them and that is simply not present in Iran.

Fortunately Trump is too homophobic to pass this.

I mean, credit to the guy, he did invest early and hard in MAGA.

Do they expect Cloudfare to vet every single site they host or something? This is the most stupid shit I've read today, even if intellectual property wasn't actual bullshit.