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38. Saudi Arabia

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Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:49 AM

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I honestly don't get what's so special about Iran. [View all] redgreenandblue 11 hrs ago OP

Iran has been the big bad since Bettie 11 hrs ago #1

Women in Iran are very educated compared to many countries womanofthehills 9 hrs ago #11

What's so special about Iran is that it has 309 million barrels of oil. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #2

This is it exactly. mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #3

Bingo that's why Blue Full Moon 10 hrs ago #8

Bottom line - I would also add two other elements Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #16

Yep. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #19

They refused to allow the imperialists to control their malaise 11 hrs ago #4

Iran became "evil" in 1951, when Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil sop 8 hrs ago #26

Well, they have claimed to want to "wipe Israel off the map"... QueerDuck 10 hrs ago #5

Under the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, they were giving up their path to any means of doing so. redgreenandblue 10 hrs ago #10

They were the second Muslim country to recognize Israel Easterncedar 8 hrs ago #23

;-{)..... Goonch 10 hrs ago #6

They fire at all nations ships right now OC375 10 hrs ago #7

They are Shia, descended from Muhammed. cachukis 10 hrs ago #9

Trump is jealous. Iran's dictatorship rules with an iron fist Martin Eden 9 hrs ago #12

You mean the land formerly known as Persia? You're right. Nothing special about it. Intractable 9 hrs ago #13

Trump: "It is the greatest killing of a Persian leader since Alexander killed Darius and took his rugs" dalton99a 8 hrs ago #30

They also fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #14

It is a head scratcher, I agree. mysteryowl 9 hrs ago #15

They have been attacking us through proxies since 1979. We cannot pretend that... Ol Janx Spirit 8 hrs ago #24

I'm just saying that if we are under attack for 40 years mysteryowl 8 hrs ago #28

I suppose that they should have just allowed the US and UK to control their country to steal their oil then? ihaveaquestion 7 hrs ago #36

They have every right to feel resentment towards America and the west, but that doesn't justify... Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago #46

Saudi Arabia? displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #37

Saudi has been cracking down on extremism Melon 6 hrs ago #39

Ok displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #40

The 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior officials... Ol Janx Spirit 2 hrs ago #47

We live under a dictatorship..... Hope22 9 hrs ago #17

"You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class... Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #20

China has made huge investments in Iran randr 9 hrs ago #18

They have oil and they defied us Easterncedar 8 hrs ago #21

Just the truth malaise 6 hrs ago #42

It's not that they are a dictatorship. It's that they are a terrorist state. Melon 8 hrs ago #22

"Iran has been developing nuclear weapons and hiding production." redgreenandblue 7 hrs ago #35

Saudi Arabia displacedvermoter 7 hrs ago #38

Not one effin country on this planet should have nuclear weapons malaise 6 hrs ago #41

Agreed....but here we are. Melon 6 hrs ago #43

OIL jonstl08 8 hrs ago #25

They sell oil without using US dollars. Chemical Bill 8 hrs ago #27

The thing about Iran is that Trump is in the Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times Blues Heron 8 hrs ago #29

The lesson the US seems to be teaching all countries is "get nukes" David__77 8 hrs ago #31

Or American hostages. dalton99a 8 hrs ago #32

They weaken KSA hegemony on oil price. JCMach1 8 hrs ago #33

We need a military base there. 617Blue 8 hrs ago #34

They took Jimmy Carter's second term from him. gulliver 5 hrs ago #44

Iran is the biggest regional power GreatGazoo 3 hrs ago #45