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  • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Foreign invasion tends to cause people to rally around their government, or at least put internal conflicts on the backburner, historically, I'd imagine such a strategy would stand a serious chance of actually preventing any revolution that might otherwise take place.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don't see the younger generation of Iran, which was brutally put down over the Hijab protests, coalescing behind their terrorist government.

      • AreaSIX @lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        You really seem to know nothing about the geopolitics of the region. Iranians were put in that position when the regime was much weaker, and everyone united against the invader. Iranians are not likely to welcome anyone who tries to invade as an invasion inevitably massacres civilians, and foreigners killing Iranian civilians won't be popular with you know, Iranian civilians.