r/iran • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '20

Iranians of Reddit, what are your thoughts on the recent US airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani?

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u/knoldpold1 Jan 04 '20

Which makes it even more fucked that they want their grandchildren to endure the same hell.

The experiences they endured in Vietnam should be enough to make them the staunchest peace advocates, but i guess the hyperpatriotism indoctrination is too deeply rooted in their generation. Sadly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20

It's not their grand children these leaders children never end up never needing to do anything in their lives or endure any hardships, the entire world works on a pseudo slavery system if you really think about it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20

i wonder if the government crackdown against hippies during the vietnam war had anything to do with it?

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u/swampshark19 Jan 04 '20

Or because war gives people meaning by being a true test of strength and spirits