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re: Why aren’t we treating North Korea like we are Iran?

Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:09 pm to
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:09 pm to
Yes and he has been dead for over 6 years. What does that have to do with anything now?
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:10 pm to
You think he was doing what he was doing of his own accord, and not as part of a larger “policy” of Iranian leadership? That seems glaringly implausible.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:13 pm to
Sure. But please tell me about all of the Americans killed on American soil by the hands of the Iranians..ya know since we're "being hunted" over here.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
36708 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:14 pm to
Is this what people mean when they say “moving the goalposts?”
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
173582 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:15 pm to
It's a legitimate question. Are they a threat to the civilian population of the United States or not?
Posted by jammajin
Member since Jul 2024
1980 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:17 pm to
We treated and trusted NK the way some would like to treat Iran before NK had a Nuke.

Because of this weak kneed actions they were allowed to obtain a nuke. And threaten the world with it.

And now people want to use NK as the example of why we shouldn’t treat Iran as we are
Posted by rltiger
Metairie
Member since Oct 2004
2431 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:17 pm to
Here are some actions and hits the Iranians have done against Americans..

??November 1979: Iranian students, backed by the regime, seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran — taking 66 Americans hostage in a 444-day standoff .
??April 1983: The Islamic Jihad, an Iran-backed terrorist group, carried out a suicide car bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans.
??October 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a truck bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut.
??March 1984: Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorists kidnapped CIA station chief William Buckley on his way to work in Beirut, ultimately killing him the following year.
??September 1984: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 23 innocent people — including two American service members — in a car bomb attack at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut.
??December 1984: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked Kuwait Airways Flight 221 en route to Pakistan, diverting it to Tehran — where they brutally tortured and killed two American officials.
??June 1985: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 on its way from Athens to Rome, torturing a U.S. Navy diver before shooting him point blank in the head and tossing his body onto the Beirut airport tarmac.
??July 1989: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed U.S. Marine Col. William Higgins after kidnapping him the previous year while serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
??April 1995: Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorists killed eight people — including one American citizen — in a car bomb attack in the Gaza Strip.
??August 1995: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing an American and three other passengers, and wounding more than 100 others.
??February 1996: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber blew up another bus in Jerusalem, killing three Americans and wounding three other Americans.
??March 1996: A suicide bomber linked to the Iran-backed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist groups killed 20 people — including two Americans — in a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv shopping center.
??May 1996: Iran-backed terrorists killed an American-Israeli dual citizen and wounded another American citizen in the West Bank.
??June 1996: Iran-backed Hezbollah Al-Hijaz terrorists killed 19 U.S. Airmen and wounded nearly 500 others in a truck bombing at a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
??September 1997: Iran-backed Hamas suicide bombers blew themselves up at a shopping mall in Jerusalem, killing an American-Israeli dual citizen and wounding seven other American citizens.
??August 1998: Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, facilitated by Iran-backed Hezbollah, simultaneously bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people — including a dozen American citizens.
??August 2001: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up a Jerusalem pizzeria, killing three Americans.
??January 2002: An Iran-backed al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade terrorist killed an American-Israeli dual citizen in the West Bank.
??July 2002: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist killed five Americans in a bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
??June 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas suicide bomber killed 17 people — including an American citizen — on a bus in Jerusalem.
??October 2003: Iran-backed Popular Resistance Committees terrorists killed three U.S. diplomatic personnel in a bombing in Gaza.
??Between 2003 and 2011: Iran-backed militias killed at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq — “roughly one in every six American combat fatalities in Iraq.”
??August 2003: An Iran-backed Hamas terrorist blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing five Americans and wounding one other American.
??August 2006: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed American citizen and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Michael Levin during the Second Lebanon War — the only American to die in the conflict.
??January 2007: A dozen men affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force killed five U.S. soldiers and wounded three others in Karbala, Iraq, after disguising themselves as U.S. soldiers and entering the Provincial Joint Coordination Center.
??March 2007: Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran, likely dying in an Iranian prison.
??July 2014: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed two American citizens serving in the IDF.
??October 2015: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed an American citizen and his wife in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.
??December 2019: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorists killed an American civilian contractor and wounded several U.S. service members in a rocket attack at K1 Air Base in Kirkuk, Iraq.
??January 2020: 109 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq.
??September 2020: U.S. intelligence indicated the Iranian regime was considering a plot to assassinate the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa.
??February 2021: An Iran-backed militia fired a rocket at coalition forces in Erbil, Iraq, wounding a U.S. service member and four U.S. civilian contractors.
??July 2021: Iranian-backed militias wounded two U.S. service members in a series of rocket and drone attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.
??September 2022: An Iranian rocket attack killed an American citizen in Iraqi Kurdistan.
??November 2022: An IRGC captain orchestrated the killing of an American citizen in Baghdad.
??March 2023: An Iranian drone attack killed an American contractor and wounded five U.S. service members and another contractor in a strike on a coalition base in Syria.
??October 2023: Iran-backed Hamas terrorists killed 46 Americans and kidnapped at least 12 Americans in the October 7th massacre.
??December 2023: Iran-backed militias wounded three U.S. service members in an attack on Erbil Air Base in Iraq.
??January 2024: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorists killed three U.S. service members and wounded more than 40 other service members in a drone attack against the Tower 22 military base in Jordan.
??Between October 2023 and November 2024: Iran and its proxies conducted more than 180 attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East, wounding more than 180 U.S. service members and killing three service members.
??November 2024: An Iranian national and IRGC asset was charged for plotting to assassinate President Trump.
??June 2025: Iran-backed militias attacked at least three U.S. bases in Syria and two U.S. bases in Iraq.
Posted by High Life
Member since Dec 2014
3820 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:20 pm to
Because china wont allow it
Posted by Sizzle_DAWG
Sanford Stadium
Member since Jan 2024
2232 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:35 pm to
Because they actually have a nuke. Dumbass, lol.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
55439 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 7:51 pm to
Boom! Impressive list!
Posted by Leopold
Columbia
Member since Sep 2013
2298 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:41 pm to
Seriously?!

Posted by AubieinNC2009
Mountain NC
Member since Dec 2018
7312 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:52 pm to
quote:


They actually have a nuclear arsenal


There is your answer. Since they have nukes you have to treat it easier than someone without them.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
44411 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

They actually have a nuclear arsenal,



I’m not sure how any country can look at our foreign policy and not make obtaining a nuclear weapon their number one priority.
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
2895 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:26 pm to
is that what you want jethro? i'm good with that!
Posted by Fanatics
Member since Nov 2025
430 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:06 pm to
Nk doesn't sell oil outside the petrodollar. Venezuela and Iran did
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128773 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:08 pm to
Yeah. And why not Burkina Faso, too!!!
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41011 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:37 pm to
NK hates us and SK but they don’t want to kill all of the West. They don’t have a religious zest.

Also Chy-na is their daddy, Iran doesn’t have a daddy.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
26797 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:39 pm to
quote:

. But they have only really attacked us in retaliation strikes


Ummm. No.
They attacked us in Iraq.
They attacked us in Afghanistan.
We probably have more wounded from Iranian IEDs than wounded from any other Middle Eastern government.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41011 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

It's a legitimate question. Are they a threat to the civilian population of the United States or not?


Not at the moment.

The minute they can attack the US, they will do so. Their religious bent pretty much requires it.

So do we sit back and take the first punch, or do we first take away their punching ability?
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
17351 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 11:03 pm to
We were getting ready to before Trump calmed them down a little bit.
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