Iranian Canadians call on U.S. to keep up military pressure at embassy rally

See: Cubans in FL cheering on the systematic starvation and deprivation of energy in Cuba brought on by the US. They want the commies out and they don't care how many people still living there have to suffer/die to make it happen.

The people in Iran just had nationwide protests that resulted in 30k dead at the hands of the IRGC and police. Then what followed during the war was mass hangings of protestors, many of them college students. Its not a diaspora, its everyone.

The Diaspora exists because they were able to escape the oppression. The Diaspora is mostly people who grew up in Iran. Their opinion is as valid as any other Iranian.

If only the Iranians had internet to tell us how they felt  If only they weren't shot en masse in protests as recently as January

This. Diaspora politics is extremely toxic and we should stop pretending otherwise.

Honestly, it's more about trump incompetence that this involvement didn't lead to anything at all. He told us from the start of the bombing campaign to stay inside our homes and wait for the right moment to seize the power. Talking about regime change left and right. And suddenly he declares victory without achieving any of the goals and decides to negotiate with the same regime. Not trying to say I'm expecting someone else to do the regime change for me, I'm still ready to give my life for my own freedom.... But why give false hope when there is no f****** plan at all. As someone who lives here. They have been pretty straight forward for the past few decades that they will close the strait of something that happens to them. How can you not take that into account before attacking and prepare a plan for it? Edit: and those truth posts. Couldn't someone like to review them before posting? Like "Sir, maybe putting the word civilization and threatening Power plants in the post is a bit too much? " that one f****** post had so much PR power for the regime. He could have just asked us to Rise up and help him instead...

As an Iranian who is in regular contact with people in Iran, I don't think the effect of this war is truly understood by most people in western countries. Yes, this war has set Iran back in many ways; however, this outcome has always been something that most Iranians envisioned in a scenario where the regime collapses. Please understand the situation in Iran, without this war, was already very dire. There is drastic water and energy shortages. The economic situation is awful and there is a lack of freedom of thought and expression. Women are treated insanely poorly; Baha'is, sunnis, christians, christian converts, turks, lurs, kurds and many other minorities are treated in some cases without any rights whatsoever, their assets constantly being taken by the state. All of these issues have all been a direct result of the regime mismanaging the country to fund their ideology wars. My point is, this war might not be the direct reason for a regime change; but the regime's internal strength has never been weaker. In Janurary millions hit the streets to achieve change, tens of thousands were murdered nationwide. A lot of these basij units and their commanders have been killed since. There is a sea of blood between Iran's civilians and the IRGC and basij. There is no going back to normal; people are way too pissed still. When the next set of protests happen, and I guarantee you there will be more protests. It becomes more likely of success, and despite my dislike for the trump admin, I will be more than willing to give them credit where it's due.

What's really sad is that Trump and Netanyahu are the only leaders doing anything significant for the Iranian people (regardless of what their true motives may be). The rest of the world's leaders don't give a shit if the regime continues to murder, torture, r*** and oppress the Iranian people.

You’re right, we should have just not done anything and they could keep killing thousands of people in peace.

Everytime I see this shit I think, Israel will gladly suit them up and send them all in. Heck the US too. Every last one. So go for it.

We are literally echoing what our families and friends inside Iran are saying. Sorry if that breaks your tidy narrative. Count yourself lucky you could never even comprehend why Iranians are begging for foreign intervention, despite the risk of being bombed.

Iranians inside would say the same thing.... if they had Internet. You can check some of what goes through in NewIran sublistnook. 

Wait, is it racist to say that we don't want Iran to be an evil regime but we also think the US shouldn't be starting a f****** war with other nations to force ourselves upon them over false justifications? Are we the world police? Will we actually cause regime change, or will it be like Venezuela where we haven't done shit for the people and are only forcing the leadership to bow to us and give us oil? They're just as brutal with their citizens as ever. All we're doing is imperialism with extra steps and bombed schools. This helps no Iranians. This frees no one. This changes no regime, they will at best turn into a Saudi Arabia - violent crackdowns by rulers that they seek to hide those actions from the world, while smiling and waving at foreigners there to take the oil and make them rich.

Disagree. As we've seen with several US wars throughout the decades, boots on the ground rarely is the solution. The only way for a regime change to happen is from within, by the Iranian people, which will be long and bloody. Such as we've seen in Syria.

Spot on.

Oh I have been told multiple times I know nothing about anything and Im ignorant and Westerners who swear IRGC is not as bad as trump and that Im lying and it was not 40000 dead and IRGC daid it was only 5000 as if 5000 lives lost just for basic human rights is just nothing because it was in middle east I have been even told and I quote "yes Im willing to sacrifice 40000 civilians if that means we can kill trump" I have friends and families in Iran and every time we somehow manage to chat or speak by landline call, they are not wrroied about the war, they are worried about war ending without crippling this regime. Yet somehow i have been told by people who take their freedom for granted that no, they know better than me

I also immigrated from a third world country (not Iran) decades ago. I haven't been to that country, haven't kept up with it also for decades. I would be considered an "actual" member of that country per your standards. If anyone were to take my opinion of that country and print it as a headline as if I were a spokesperson for people who actually live in that country, they may be as stupid as I am about the subject matter.

Does that mean the Cubans in Miami represent the overall general Cuban perspective on earth?

They can feel however they want. But for them to protest in favour of military action when they aren't the ones risking their life is a reasonable thing to call them out on.

Don’t worry every Iranian is actually secretly Mossad /s

It's not that we should control how they feel, they have all right to feel as they do.  If they feel so strongly though, they should consider going out to fight instead of only pressing the rest of us to do so for them. 

actual Iranians live in Iran 🌠

Their feelings are directly hurting my ability to put food on the table....

Expats are not indicative of a countries beliefs. They left for a reason lol

Failing to understand your enemy is one of the worst mistakes you can make in any kind of conflict. Refusing to see how our own country’s actions created these circumstances is an intentional act of ignorance. You don’t have to like the Iranian government or their actions but you should still be able to have empathy for the people of Iran who are currently living in hellish conditions at the hands of the US and Israel.

Please explain how these weeks of bombing and killing children by the US has improved the situation for the average Iranian. The regime is still in power. The destruction of Iran’s missile program does not benefit the average Iranian. What has improved?

Removing the IRGC is expressly not the plan. That’s the problem. If it was, and we had a viable path to achieving it, there would be support in the US.

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You can't fly to Iran right now

Not all of them. I’m an Iranian Canadian. I don’t like the regime, haven’t visited Iran in ages. I also don’t think this war would benefit the population.

The Iranian people in Iran had even bigger protests against the regime.

They were our best ally in the region. Tehran could’ve been a global hub like Dubai is today

Yeah the US just had to stir the pot. They couldn't have an oil rich Middle Eastern ally of the USSR taking good care of its people.