theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square54fedilinkarrow-up1426
arrow-up1426external-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 · 5 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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-up5·5 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.