theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down123
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 months agoRight I know that’s the translation. But they do mean they want America to be destroyed/gone/dead/whatever. And they are willing to kill Americans and attack American interests if they can.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoToo much of a leap. The idea that everyone who says down with a regime is willing to kill people over it, doesn’t really hold water for me.
Right I know that’s the translation. But they do mean they want America to be destroyed/gone/dead/whatever. And they are willing to kill Americans and attack American interests if they can.
Too much of a leap.
The idea that everyone who says down with a regime is willing to kill people over it, doesn’t really hold water for me.