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Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:41 PM Jan 2021

Apart from time and the citizenship of the participants, what are the differences between . . . .

. . . . . these two events, some 42 years apart? One could also add innumerable clips of political riots in unstable regions of the world. Like the Middle East. We have radicalized insurgents in our own country

Tehran 1979

Washington DC 2021

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Apart from time and the citizenship of the participants, what are the differences between . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 OP

In case the 1979 invasion of our embassy in Iran is too far in the past . . . . Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 #1

The Iranians were smarter. Sneederbunk Jan 2021 #2

Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)

1. In case the 1979 invasion of our embassy in Iran is too far in the past . . . .

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:14 PM

Jan 2021

. . . . the mob was made up of people radicalized by their leaders.

Just like the Jan 6 mob.

Sneederbunk

(14,291 posts)

2. The Iranians were smarter.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:25 PM

Jan 2021

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