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Kate 10:07 on 2026-02-28 Permalink  

• bob 13:27 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  Yes, well, Iran is an enemy of Canada’s, so it would stand to reason.

• Kate 13:46 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  Why is it an enemy of Canada?

• bob 15:23 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  I suppose it has something to do with what they get up to in the world.

  “The Islamic Republic of Iran has a long-standing history of abhorrent conduct, both domestically and internationally. For years, the Iranian government has denied its citizens their human rights and fundamental freedoms, and it has undertaken actions that seriously threaten global peace and security.” and so forth (https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/iran/relations.aspx?lang=eng).

• Chris 15:24 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  Because they are an Islamist theocratic dictatorship.

  Let’s see how close today’s protest gets to the 350k in Toronto protesting *against* the Islamic regime.

• Kate 15:31 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  Does this mean we have to support killing people there? We may not like the regime but now as Canadians we’re forced to countenance attacking it and killing people inside it.

• bob 16:23 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  If this topples this regime, it will end a lot of “killing people there”.

  As to the demonstration, you may notice that it is just an anti-Israel demonstration, in front of the “Zionist” consulate, planned by a radically anti-Israel group. And that story was published with entitrely misleading set of photos from a completely different demonstration *against the regime*, one of which shows an Iranian, an Israeli, and an American flag together on one flag pole, and another featuring someone with a sign saying “Long live Iran’s Shah”. Not exactly journalism to the highest standards.

• MarcG 16:43 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  Kate, may I suggest turning comments off to spare us from this bloodlust?

• Kate 17:02 on 2026-02-28 Permalink

  I should’ve from the start. It’s not local news but I couldn’t ignore it.