Where does the United States find the moral superiority to decry Iran? The United States is responsible for destroying democracy in Iran.

There are a few very good reasons for why Iran is the way that it is. Most of which Britain and namely the United States are responsible for.

• Iran had a democracy during the 1950s. The United States and Britain carried out Operation Ajax, the overthrow of the democratically elected government to install a man jailed during the second world war for being a Nazi. The United States essentially created the SAVAK, a notoriously inhumane secret police force which tortured and killed tens of thousands. The United States installed a dictatorship to further its own ends.

• The United States helped Saddam acquire and employ chemical weapons against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war en-mass(amongst other things). Despite the fact that Iraq started the war the United States decried Iran and gave Saddam a back-massage(still angry that their dictatorship got other-thrown). Weapons of Mass Destruction were used heavily against Iran killing tens of thousands. It was sanctioned and made possible by the United States.

And then people wonder why Iran is the way that it is... I know that if I was in charge of Iran the first thing I would do is throw all the money at the development of a nuclear weapon. Seriously, Iran has been demonized, attacked and ravaged by the West for a good party of a century. What other way does it have to protect its self? Become a slave-state?

The United States has no moral high-ground whatsoever. None, zero, zilch. The United States overthrew a democratic government and installed a fascist dictatorship which it nurtured. There is nothing morally defensible about this.

It sickens me, the amount of ignorant, simplistic statements made around here on reddit in regards to Iran.

Suggested reading - [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

tldr; Poor Iran, Fuck you America.

p.s I'm not Iranian

Thanks for listening.