Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Mar 1 I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
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Another Iranian writer has similar balanced views. But our leaders, and most online commentators, more interested in the blood rushing to the head once the war trumpets sound.
I agree war does not equal freedom!
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It's not the people that are criminals, it's the regime. This is terrible. I am so sorry for Iran and for the United States.
You and Sahar expressed my feelings perfectly. I’m so sorry for innocent lives needlessly lost to more wars.
Fuck the yanqui doodle psychopaths
And it’s not “freedom” for the Iranians that he wants, it’s blind power. He wants us all to be impressed by his power. I’m not impressed yet, are you?
I have my doubts that Trump will bring democracy to Iran or any country since he's trying to abolish it in the United States.
it was easy for Saudi and Israel to dupe trump into fighting their battles because war puts trump's tariff failure & Epstein on page 2 for awhile. Israel and Saudi Arabia both have their own reasons for getting the USA to fight their battles for them...... www.yahoo.com/news/article... .
Doing nothing supports the regime.
AMEN
She's going to have to pick a side, I choose Persia
You would think that the US should have learned from what Netanyahu did in Gaza!
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Saying “I support neither imperialism or dictatorship” as a generic statement is fine. Saying it 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, as imperialism is bombing Iran, is objectively a statement in support of the bombing. There is no place now for the kind of equivocation we hear from, eg, the UN SecGen.
Perfect explanation
Bingo.
The US talking of liberation feels very hollow when they allowed this oppression in Iran to happen for decades and now only seem to be liberating people from life.
Of course it's not freedom they're after, it's power, money, oil and resources.
This is the perfect statement of this moment! 🙏☮️🙏
It is crazy that in this war there are valid points on both sides. I lean for the children killed in the first attacks.... I lean against Trump.
Freedom has a price. Every war proofs it. No one wants to pay for it. Take it or leave it??? Dillema of life.? Or death.?? P.s. I hate Trump.! Very much.
I just want a world where we help people in countries with terrible authoritarian dictatorships out in a benevolent way. Rather than continuously bombing them into total instability or sanctioning them into starvation, with no plan other than to hurt everyone, but mostly the innocent.
Very well said
“There’s other ways to bring freedom to Iran than to slaughter over a hundred girls in a girls school. That’s not exactly an advertisement for American Dystopianism!”
The really sad thing is that the Persians are the US's most natural ally in the region, but the US screwed up SOOO badly that they are one of their worst enemies.
+1 And there are (many) options besides bombing civilians but therefore you have to be in politics and not in your own dream of being a dictator.
This is exactly it, thank you.
The Bush administration sold the Iraq war with the promise that the US invasion would be greeted as liberators, with "treats and flowers." It is an old gimmick.
I imagine the people being bombed by our governments are grateful for your nuance and caveats
I cry... Too bad those in power cannot. Incapable.
I'm an American citizen who deplores the fascist occupancy of the US government and absolute do not approve of US supporting Israel's genocide of Palestinians or attacks on Iran.
Ask a Libyan if siding with imperialism was worth it.
This reminds me of an anecdote from McNamara in The Fog of War (I think), about a conversation with his former Vietnamese counterpart decades later. Rough paraphrase: “We were trying to help you.” // “To us you were trying to substitute your own imperialism for the one we were already living under.”
The Epstein-Netanyahu wars are the one of 3 criminal head of states by 3 crimnal governments. 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷
Thank you Heba, I've been trying to put this into words for months and this is the perfect way to phrase it. Will be sharing widely.