Trump threatens Iran

[Glumbi]

After the US killed Iranian General Ghassem Soleimani on orders from Donald Trump, there were several missile attacks on the US Air Base in Iraq on Saturday evening.
As a result, Donald Trump is again threatening Iran with several attacks on important targets which he will destroy if there are further retaliatory measures.

Personally, I always don't understand why there can never be peace at some point, what must be the power for people who just don't seem to care about anything.

[playtime slotti]

War is an essential economic factor, without war there is no economy. I saw a post about Iran the other day. Not everyone follows this despotic regime. There are enough young people who don't want to be guided by prohibitions and just want to enjoy their lives. But that is only possible outside of Tehran, where the young generation meets. There they listen to music, drink alcohol, smoke, dance, discuss, just chill. Nevertheless, the women there are still afraid to take off their headscarves because the moral police are lurking everywhere. These people are not really free and they hate the regime. There are only a few places far away from the centers where you can move more freely and calmly. In some ski areas, the women even show themselves without a headscarf because it is tolerated there. It is reserved for the "upper ten thousand".

Did you know that Iran is the seventh largest consumer of cosmetic products in the world? But these meeting places, where women want to take care of their bodies and beautify themselves, are not public. They are hidden beauty salons or cosmetic studios where men are not allowed. It's bad when women have to hide their beauty and can't show themselves as they would like, modern and emancipated. Because the fear of being recognized is still very great. In Hong Kong, thousands of young people are taking to the streets because they no longer want to be oppressed. These dictatorships have no place in today's world and people will rebel against them. Until this modern day slavery comes to an end.

[playtime slotti]

Anyone who saw the news yesterday will certainly have been surprised. What a crowd of people, outrage and hatred because of the deadly drone attack by the USA. This general is worshiped as a god, but he is responsible for thousands of deaths himself. Anyone who has seen these pictures at the homage in Tehran, at which the mullahs' regime was also present, will think their own part. I don't want to comment on this behavior at all, because the pictures speak for themselves. It's blatant to see how young people develop such fanaticism.

At least 35 people died in a stampede during the funeral service. I can't feel any sympathy for either side and as a European it's hard to understand. Now that Iran has also pulled out of the Vienna nuclear deal, fears of a nuclear threat are growing. The USA had previously withdrawn from the agreement, which has also led to tensions. Unfortunately, this warmongering always hits the innocent, no matter in which countries war is being waged.

One also quickly forgets the pictures such as the air raid in 1972 during the Vietnam War and the 9-year-old napalm girl Kim Phác, whose pictures went around the world. Hundreds of millions know the photo of the nine-year-old girl who fled her village naked in pain screaming and crying. 30% of her skin was burned. This is what is called "collateral victims". Kim Ph�c was appointed Honorary Ambassador to UNESCO on November 10, 1997. The task is to spread the conviction that reconciliation, mutual understanding, dialogue and negotiation are necessary to replace confrontation and violence. This woman is a living symbol of the cruelty of war throughout the world. It's just one example from countless wars and conflicts in this world and we don't need any more symbols.


Source: picture alliance / AP

[Glumbi]

The worst thing about all the conflicts and wars is that no one has really learned anything from history, there will always be something that bothers us or that others have more than we do. But all the wars so far have not changed that either everything just keeps getting worse or repeats itself.

[playtime slotti]

Even in our history we have a bad past that cannot be surpassed in terms of cruelty and inhumanity. There is enough documentation about it but sometimes you can't bear these horrific images. Although I was born in a different time, I am still ashamed of what happened back then. In any case, it is good that the situation regarding Iran and the USA has been defused and has not escalated any further.

[Glumbi]

That's right, I was surprised that Trump didn't launch any counterattacks on the last attacks. But that's a good thing, because otherwise it never ends.

[playtime slotti]

The bad thing about the story is the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane in which 176 innocent people lost their lives. It has now turned out that the Iranians are responsible. After intense pressure, the Iranian government has now had to admit that the passenger plane was shot down by an armed missile system. The government in Tehran speaks of a tragedy and that this incident is due to human error. Those responsible would be held accountable.

The general in charge of the Air Force said he would rather be dead at that moment. The plane was mistaken for a military aircraft and the rocket was then fired. Nobody will be able to answer why the airspace was not blocked when the air defense system was armed. Unbelievable and incomprehensible how reckless decisions are made here that lead to a fatal result. What remains is once again the tragedy that completely innocent people have lost their lives.

[Glumbi]

This is really terrible, I can't understand how something like this is possible. Simply terrible and all because of the power games of individual people.