I thought libs were making the claim that we all learned from the Iraq war? Heck, Iraq and Iran are nearly the same word but with one letter difference!

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[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

23 years later and they're using the same talking points. And it's working.

God damn America

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Is it working? I haven't spoken with a single person who thinks war with Iran is a good idea. Even the reactionaries in my life

[–] kotak_doost@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

Speak to some Iranian diaspora. God some of my family are so stupid urgh.

[–] Red_Eclipse@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

My dad took the bait. So it's working on some people. But I feel like it's not hitting like it used to. I was too little for Iraq so I'm not sure.

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I think it probably is. Citations needed is documenting it

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/8248452

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, people I know are falling for it.