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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Iran is not an enemy of my country. It is not a threat to my country.
America and Israel, on the other hand…
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I would say Iran is an enemy to Canada. Iran has orchestrated terrorist plots against our NATO allies and other countries that are considered friendly to Canada. They also have no trouble contributing to the murder of Ukrainian civilians. The fact we haven't been on their radar is more fortuitous hapstance.
It's all about perspective, but I'd still rather be a neighbour of the U.S. as opposed to a neighbour of Iran, and I suspect most countries in the ME would feel the same. As ####ty as the U.S. has been to us lately, it's nothing compared to what Iran does. Look at the stuff ICE has been doing in America, then imagine that x10,000 in Iran. Or the various Iranian proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, #####e militias in Iraq, the former Iranian supported Assad regime, and several other Iranian supported militants in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The U.S. has nothing like that operating on Canadian soil (at least not yet). But if you are a neighbouring country of Iran, you can pretty much count on it happening.
Iran is only limited by their resources, but not by their intent. We just feel the negative impacts from the U.S. more directly and it makes sense to worry about the small fires in our own back yard than the big fires half a planet away.