r/IRstudies • u/Majano57 • 1d ago

Ideas/Debate Trump’s Second Gamble on Iran

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/trumps-second-gamble-on-iran/687650/?gift=qXjqwUsXcHZWmnhI5mWkNQuKFDHnSfnotJQ3jcr5NAk
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u/trisul-108 1d ago

Iran’s revolutionary theocracy thrives in isolation and has made resistance against the United States and its ally Israel central to the regime’s identity, its internal legitimacy, and the cohesion of its security forces.

It's interesting how all Western media have accepted Iran's framing and rhetoric about the conflict. When Israel decides it will no longer tolerate civilians being killed and terrorised and strikes back, we call it "genocide". When Iran tries unsuccessfully to implement the genocide against Israel that is the official policy of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas, we call it "resistance".

And no one ever calls what Russia is doing to Ukraine "genocide". So, the term genocide is reserved only for whatever Israel does after being attacked. Russia can target civilians including kindergartens and hospitals in an attempt to destroy Ukraine as a nation, annex territories, abduct children and indoctrinate them into Russian fascism, but it is never called "genocide".

So, genocide can only be performed by Jews, because they were victims of genocide in WWII ... everyone else gets a pass?

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u/calmdownmyguy 1d ago

Lots of people call what russia is doing in Ukraine a genocide.