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[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 71 points 1 week ago

Taking a hardline stance against the United States, Khamenei called for total solidarity on the domestic front.

Once again, well done USA!

A major portion of the statement is dedicated to a fierce critique of United States foreign policy, accusing Washington of systemic bad faith.

As much as I dislike this family of "supreme" leaders, this is the USA's doing, and not just Trump's. It's how the so-called larger middle East (another US term) has come to know the US & its military, for decades: liars & murderers.

[-] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago

I once heard it described as "most countries have states, the US has administrations". Most other countries try to build their foreign policy on national consensus, the US builds foreign policy on the whims of a short term monarch so it can swerve widely every 4 years.

Shouts out to the prevailing legal interpretations of the last century, which have given rise to the imperial presidency. /s

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

The US is a fusion of personal and institutional rulership: On one hand, policy and influence depends on your personal relationship to the ruler. On the other, the person holding that office of "ruler" is swapped our frequently, so lasting personal commitments are hard to establish.

The good solution would be to fix the "personal" part somehow. Right now, it's looking more like they're trying to abolish the "institutional" part.

[-] 20cello@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yep,America bad,always been

[-] Master167@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

It's quite sad that the leader of Iran can make a negative statement about a US President. And it be accurate.

That's the timeline we're in.

[-] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dunno if you know this but every single US president since WWII has been a war criminal worthy of Nuremberg style trials.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Most of us hadn't realized it's always been this bad. It's especially horrible because minorities have been living this way the entire time and we had the audacity to believe it wasn't happening. Fucking privilege.

[-] mirshafie@europe.pub 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah but they're not minorities though. It's the majority of the world's population.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago
[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Valueless

Agree

Invalid

How?

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 62 points 1 week ago

Invalid as in the next president can tear up the agreements, international diplomacy be damned.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

lol the current President won't even honour his agreements.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Trump has torn up his own agreement, and it's really not the first time. He's showing the world very publicly that his word and his signature are worthless, and he's no more capable of keeping a promise than a toddler.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

If there even WILL be a next president

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

He's gotta die at some point, right? Even the Republicans aren't so far gone as to make him eternal president like Kim Il-Sung.

[-] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Kim il Sung didn't rape children (as far as I know).

Republicans are as bad or worse cultists.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

That's the REAL test: will the cult be willing and able to elevate another to Supreme Leader after the Mango Mussolini finally croaks?

He's very unlikely to give up (or be forced to give up) power as long as he lives, and if they manage to build up a successor, the country will be lost to fascism for decades at least.

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago
[-] Stern@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure the folks who signed (and later broke) treaties with the native americans signed by hand.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago

That's been obvious for a long time.

Trump just needed a mechanism to manage the local fuel price. Now he has that he doesn't give a fuck about keeping the strait open. Soothing his own ego is far more important.

[-] switcheroo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Those two words describe Dump pretty well actually...

[-] notaviking@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Schrödinger's Khamenei, both confirmed alive and not confirmed alive. But I understand, anything resembling a microchip is basically a tracking device for US to pinpoint his location.

[-] Ariselas@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Him and Mitch McConnell

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Understatement if anything.

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