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Is it right-left? A year ago the Iranian regime was the devil for rounding up and slaughtering women for not wearing headscarves but now the Ayatollah is some sort of Socialist martyr just because Israel was the one who took him out. Its fickle and not based on true conviction.
I posted a few days ago about how there isnt anywhere near as much outrage about Iran as Palestine because Iran has been talking shit about death to the west and death to Israel for 40 years.
This is the equivalent of the mouthy kid getting snotted by the schoolyard bully after running his mouth. I dont like either of them and I'm not surprised someone finally got fed up.
That being said. When the news continually reports about the price of oil per barrel IN USD and tries to blame literally anyone but THE US for the spike in price without ever referencing that we are forced into paying for oil in the currency of the country causing the price spikes... my blood pressure does go up.
USD is purely used because it has hitherto been stable. Previously it was sterling. Not something to get knotted up about.