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  Islamic Republic of Iran 🤦‍♀️
context: He's not your average British citizen, or even your average Iranian-British dual citizen.
  He was Iran's former deputy defense minister. He was arrested in 2019 on charges of spying for the UK. He denies these charges, and says his confession was extracted by use of torture.
  So this appears to be even more politically motivated than usual for this medieval gang of thugs. >
  
  They’ll be okay though. I can’t recall a single instance of anyone ever regretting stepping on the British’s toes. 
  Historically, Britain has been very forgiving and merciful towards nations that kill their civilians… /s
  (On a totally unrelated note; does anyone know if Iran is within range of a naval bombardment?) >
  
  Everywhere is in range of a naval bombardment if you have the will . . . and the right equipment. >
  
  Watch out, Wyoming, y’all ain’t safe. >
  
  Fun fact:  The USS Wyoming has an all female crew.  I think Wyoming's gonna be OK. >
  
  I think they're pretty fucking far from OK. >
  
  Well there's only about a dozen people in the whole state so it's not like it affects a broad swath of the population or anything.  Besides, if you're looking at the panhandle OK is just across CO from there . . . >
  
  Yeah, we could get nuked out here, and the nukes would probably miss us all. That being said, Wyoming did get bombed by Japan during WWII. No one died. >
  
  How to Lose Friends and Influence Nobody >
  
  UK can't do anything? >
  
  If you are a foreign national, the ability of your home government to act on your behalf is limited.  If they had gotten to an embassy they could have helped but by being put in prison the overall ability to intervene is not good.  The UK would have to give something to Iran, and right now I don't think the UK has something Iran wants more. >
  
  He knew the risk with the job >
  
  Yep. >
  
  Always be prepared for imprisoning, torture and execution if you go overseas. >
  
  Are you referring to the North Sea? That's the only bit of Sea that the UK has to traverse over to get to Iran. There are smaller ones to drive around on the way, but I suppose you could go over them too if you really wanted to. >
  
  By overseas I mean another country. Any country.
  I was also being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I was being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I am sarcastic >
  
  I’M BATMAN >
  
  Islam Shi'ism* >
  
  Looking at the KSA, Sunni Islam doesn't look any better. >
  
  Not every Muslim is a shithead and not ever country with Islam as the state religion is even a dystopian theocracy.
  I'll be the first to say that Abrahamic monotheism is a mind virus that may as well be a weapon against humanity but I think it's silly to think Islam is any worse than Christianity. >
  
  Point is that all of these religions are fucked up. The difference is that some countries got rid of that already and some not. >
  
  Islamic Republic of Iran 🤦‍♀️ >
  
  Doesn't sound to wise to aggravate the UK. They might not bomb ya but they can screw with your economy if they really wanted. >
  
  Yeah. Look what we've done to our own economy, don't push us. >
  
  Britain's got a gun, and it's finally done shooting itself! >
  
  Maybe they will beat Putin in starting WWIII >
  
  Stop killing ppl Iran! >
  
  Wish the UK could do something about it, this is barbaric. >
  
  He's not your average British citizen, or even your average Iranian-British dual citizen.
  He was Iran's former deputy defense minister. He was arrested in 2019 on charges of spying for the UK. He denies these charges, and says his confession was extracted by use of torture.
  So this appears to be even more politically motivated than usual for this medieval gang of thugs. >
  
  They’ll be okay though. I can’t recall a single instance of anyone ever regretting stepping on the British’s toes. 
  Historically, Britain has been very forgiving and merciful towards nations that kill their civilians… /s
  (On a totally unrelated note; does anyone know if Iran is within range of a naval bombardment?) >
  
  Everywhere is in range of a naval bombardment if you have the will . . . and the right equipment. >
  
  Watch out, Wyoming, y’all ain’t safe. >
  
  Fun fact:  The USS Wyoming has an all female crew.  I think Wyoming's gonna be OK. >
  
  I think they're pretty fucking far from OK. >
  
  Well there's only about a dozen people in the whole state so it's not like it affects a broad swath of the population or anything.  Besides, if you're looking at the panhandle OK is just across CO from there . . . >
  
  Yeah, we could get nuked out here, and the nukes would probably miss us all. That being said, Wyoming did get bombed by Japan during WWII. No one died. >
  
  How to Lose Friends and Influence Nobody >
  
  UK can't do anything? >
  
  If you are a foreign national, the ability of your home government to act on your behalf is limited.  If they had gotten to an embassy they could have helped but by being put in prison the overall ability to intervene is not good.  The UK would have to give something to Iran, and right now I don't think the UK has something Iran wants more. >
  
  He knew the risk with the job >
  
  Yep. >
  
  Always be prepared for imprisoning, torture and execution if you go overseas. >
  
  Are you referring to the North Sea? That's the only bit of Sea that the UK has to traverse over to get to Iran. There are smaller ones to drive around on the way, but I suppose you could go over them too if you really wanted to. >
  
  By overseas I mean another country. Any country.
  I was also being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I was being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I am sarcastic >
  
  I’M BATMAN >
  
  Islam Shi'ism* >
  
  Looking at the KSA, Sunni Islam doesn't look any better. >
  
  Not every Muslim is a shithead and not ever country with Islam as the state religion is even a dystopian theocracy.
  I'll be the first to say that Abrahamic monotheism is a mind virus that may as well be a weapon against humanity but I think it's silly to think Islam is any worse than Christianity. >
  
  Point is that all of these religions are fucked up. The difference is that some countries got rid of that already and some not. >
  
  Islamic Republic of Iran 🤦‍♀️ >
  
  Doesn't sound to wise to aggravate the UK. They might not bomb ya but they can screw with your economy if they really wanted. >
  
  Yeah. Look what we've done to our own economy, don't push us. >
  
  Britain's got a gun, and it's finally done shooting itself! >
  
  Maybe they will beat Putin in starting WWIII >
  
  Stop killing ppl Iran! >
  
  Wish the UK could do something about it, this is barbaric. >
  
  He's not your average British citizen, or even your average Iranian-British dual citizen.
  He was Iran's former deputy defense minister. He was arrested in 2019 on charges of spying for the UK. He denies these charges, and says his confession was extracted by use of torture.
  So this appears to be even more politically motivated than usual for this medieval gang of thugs. >
  
  They’ll be okay though. I can’t recall a single instance of anyone ever regretting stepping on the British’s toes. 
  Historically, Britain has been very forgiving and merciful towards nations that kill their civilians… /s
  (On a totally unrelated note; does anyone know if Iran is within range of a naval bombardment?) >
  
  What do you believe Britain is actually going to do in response? >
  
  if the Brits want something done, you only find out about it 50-100 years after the fact, when special forces and military intelligence declassify the information.
  Same as the US and the CIA. >
  
  The UK is barely functioning. Economy is in shambles. The government is run by the absolute knuckleheads. UK won’t do shit.
  If anything, we might end up sanctioning ourselves accidentally. >
  
  Dude, this post was a joke anyway. Calm your mammaries. I never seriously entertained the idea that the UK would go to war with Iran over a dual-national being killed.
  But I stand by what I said regarding espionage… because it’s true. >
  
  You pretty much just wrote that it’s a joke but it’s not a joke. >
  
  My first comment (Naval bombardment): joke
  Second comment (Espionage, in reply to you): not a joke, Brits favour covert ops.
  Two separate comments, two separate things. >
  
  I know that your initial post was sarcasm, but I responded to your non-joke comment?
  And, in case you didn’t notice, I was also making a joke… the final sentence is the punchline… >
  
  UK can't do anything? >
  
  If you are a foreign national, the ability of your home government to act on your behalf is limited.  If they had gotten to an embassy they could have helped but by being put in prison the overall ability to intervene is not good.  The UK would have to give something to Iran, and right now I don't think the UK has something Iran wants more. >
  
  He knew the risk with the job >
  
  Yep. >
  
  Always be prepared for imprisoning, torture and execution if you go overseas. >
  
  Are you referring to the North Sea? That's the only bit of Sea that the UK has to traverse over to get to Iran. There are smaller ones to drive around on the way, but I suppose you could go over them too if you really wanted to. >
  
  By overseas I mean another country. Any country.
  I was also being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I was being sarcastic. >
  
  No, I am sarcastic >
  
  I’M BATMAN >
  
  How to Lose Friends and Influence Nobody >
  
  Iran is the perfect example of why a government should never have the power to execute its citizens. >
  
  Islam Shi'ism* >
  
  Looking at the KSA, Sunni Islam doesn't look any better. >
  
  Not every Muslim is a shithead and not ever country with Islam as the state religion is even a dystopian theocracy.
  I'll be the first to say that Abrahamic monotheism is a mind virus that may as well be a weapon against humanity but I think it's silly to think Islam is any worse than Christianity. >
  
  Point is that all of these religions are fucked up. The difference is that some countries got rid of that already and some not.