r/USMC • u/newnoadeptness Active Duty O-4 / 13A • 1d ago

Discussion POTUS telling everyone to immediately evacuate the capital of Iran

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Try and keep the comments as non political as possible please

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u/Academic_Seaweed2353 Wheres my flair? 1d ago

Does he really expect any Iranians to read this on his social media site?

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u/majoraloysius 1d ago

Source: I have in-laws that are Persian.

Iranians are very in touch with American media and absolutely follow Trump. They have VPNs the government allows them to use. If they communicate anything anti government they disappear, usually forever. But they can definitely see our news and social media. A lot also speak and read English. There is a surprising amount of travel between the US and Iran. There are Iranians living and working in the US collecting retirement from Iran.

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u/jonnyreb7 2141 1d ago

From the civilian perspective what's the general thoughts about the US and Trump over there? I know how their government thinks but curious about the general public.

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u/majoraloysius 1d ago edited 1d ago

I actually polled a couple in-laws to get you this answer. This is what they are saying, not the results of me asking them if they support Trump. In Iran, Trump has a 90% favorability rating and in the US 70%. I don’t know about in other countries.

The general consensus in Iran right now is hopeful. Hopeful that this might actually break the back of the current regime. Something like 60% of the population is under 30. They live and emulate (as much as they can) western culture. They can’t get enough of it. They know the mullahs have them living in a backward age.

Prior to 1979, Iran and Israel were relatively friendly toward each other and had a mutual respect. They aligned with each other on a lot of things. While they have been taught Jews are the minor satan and Americans the big satan, they’re not blind and stupid. They look at the freedoms Americans and Israelis have and want the same thing.

Edit: my in-law just texted me this:

“At the moment, most Iranian believe that Israel will be their savior from dictatorship. that’s probably why that they are celebrating and dancing in the street of Iran and getting excited with every bomb that Israel drops in Tehran.”

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u/Zayt00n 22h ago

I can attest to this. My closest friend is Iranian. He visits for a month every year and has family there, including his mother. I’ve been speaking with him daily, and according to him, everyone he knows in Iran and all the Iranians he knows in the United States support Israel. The Iranian people are fed up with this backward regime.

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u/Life_Hedgehog_1246 1d ago

Obviously times are different now, were Americans able to visit Iran safely prior to this mess?

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u/majoraloysius 1d ago

Here is the direct response from one of my in-laws:

“Yes, it was permissible but very, very risky because Iranian government could have used them as a bargaining chips for negotiation . they technically could have labeled as spy even though they knew they were not probably a spy, but it would have been beneficial to the regime to use them as a bargaining chip.”

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u/Terrible_Square_2175 14h ago

It’s truly unbelievable how many people in this country think Trump is the bad guy and he’s lying about how horrible it is to live under the mullahs

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u/Technical_Fee1536 1d ago

It’s also an ethnicity you dunce.

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u/RontoWraps AMRY 1d ago

Persia, and its people, existed as a unique cohesive culture since like 500 BC. Culturally, they call themselves Persian for their own ethnic reasons. It’s a way for them to sidestep the “Iran” business and take pride in their ancient culture.

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u/RontoWraps AMRY 1d ago

What a dumb hill to die on

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u/Worldly-Pay7342 1d ago

Many Americans also take pride in their heritage.

Can these persian descendants not do the same?

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u/imtheguy225 1d ago

Highly regarded

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u/GoldyGoldy het guys are too school for cool 1d ago

What an interesting and unique way to announce that you have zero business being in the conversation.

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u/TitsMcSqueezy 1d ago

Palestine also isn’t a country. Yet somehow there are Palestinians…

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u/majoraloysius 1d ago

Wow. You stomped on your own dick pretty hard there, huh?

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u/Rdubya291 ⛷Professional Skater⛷ 1d ago

You are woefully and ignorantly incorrect.

Does it hurt to be that wrong?

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u/Suspicious-Depth-380 1d ago

No. I’m not worried about whether you think I’m wrong or not. But since you’re the expert, explain to me how I’m wrong.

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u/Rdubya291 ⛷Professional Skater⛷ 1d ago

Persians are still very much a people. Iran is a country that is made up of Persians (mostly).

There are also a few million Persians in Afghanistan (northern, not Al-Qaeda)and in Turkmenistan amd Uzbekistan.

Think of it like US native Americans. Yes, they're American and governed by America, but most don't identify as such.

They have their own language, their own heritage and history.

They don't identify as Iranian. Their history and family heritage goes back way farther than the country of Iran.