Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity
Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity
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Fair turnaround.
It's a stupid political label as long as our nastiest friends are worse than our nicest enemies. Nobody's about to declare Saudi anything terroristic regardless of how many get chopped up, for example.
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Not to mention Saudi Arabia’s massive attack on the World Trade Center, pentagon, and attempted attack on White House
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I mean, they didn't have zero role in it.
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Wherever they go, Tim Horton's Beiber-bites eventually follow. So yeah...in this case I'd agree with that assessment.
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On Sunday, a group of 250 Iranian legislators introduced a motion that requires the administration to designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as terrorist organizations.
The Mounties too, I see.
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"I know you are but what am I"
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Lol butthurt Iran. I'll make sure to let boys know in Angus 🤣
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Um, sorry. We'll be more polite.
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Based and accurate.
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All militaries are by definition terrorist organizations, this seems reasonable.
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That's some exceptional watering down of the word terrorist you're participating in there. Keep going and your both-sides-ing will make it so the IDF's actions don't seem abnormal at all!
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Considering Canada declared Iran's army as a terrorist entity...
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Terrorism is any act that uses violence or fear of violence for a political goal. This is what militaries do, if you threaten them they use violence to suppress or kill you. Some of them are more successful than others, but fundamentally whether it’s a group of rebels or the military of a nation state, they use violence to force everyone within their controlled territory to submit to their authority.
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I'll take "what is reductivism?" for $400, Alex.
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You're being down voted, but I want to add in that terrorism is a word used by the ruling class to tell you who to hate. When the state (usually, although this case didn't exempt them) uses violence and fear, that's the good kind of violence and fear. When a non-state actor uses it, it's terrorism. The only thing that separates "justified force" from "terrorism" is if the ruling class wants you to like it or not. For example, look at what the IDF is doing. It somehow isn't terrorism just because they're a state who's in favor with the ruling class?
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100% agree, the difference is entirely political.
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The CF is an armed force. It's a force that is armed.
Primarily it's brought out for prisoner search and sandbags. So, so, so-so, so, so many sandbags.
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No, no, they’re the good kind of murderers.
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Historically speaking, from an indigenous perspective, the characterization of the RCMP as terrorist is not too far off the mark.
I mean, we're kind of known for war crimes too. Was anyone in WW1 worse than the Canadians?
I'm not familiar with this. Can you give a "for example?"