The regime/nation distinction is a perfectly reasonable one to make for a country ruled by a wholly unelected leadership, which throttles even the elections of subservient officials, and which kills its citizens wholesale to remain in power.

April 08, 2026 - 03:32 UTC

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It’s still Iran though. Like 🙄 maybe I need to sound it out the redneck way “EYERAAAAAN”
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So, you would have no issues at all if somebody described the start of WWII* to you as a "German regime invading a Polish regime"?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanation

*In Europe, that is. A large fraction of the world's population would argue the "World" War actually began on 7th July, 1937, after all.
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