"We want to be involved in the process of choosing the person who is going to lead Iran into the future," Trump said.
"We don't have to go back every five years and do this again and again ... Somebody that's going to be great for the people, great for the country
The US should be pushing for democratic elections. We don't like foreign non-interference in our own elections.
Foreign interference in US elections for Trump from the likes of Internet Research Agency (Putin, Prigozhin) and SCL Group / Cambridge Analytica (Bannon, Mercer, Nix, Oakes) is offensive.
Even "democratic elections" give a heavy thumb to those organizing the elections. If the US is helping design and implement the process, it means we're helping pick the winner.
I suppose we're just as likely to leave it entirely up to them, and then act surprised that the most organized group is some al Qaeda offshoot, who proceeds to set up and then win a "democratic" election.
The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention (OSAPG) defines mirror politics as a "common strategy to create divisions by fabricating events whereby a person accuses others of what he or she does or wants to do", and includes it as a factor in their Analysis Framework
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The US should be pushing for democratic elections. We don't like foreign non-interference in our own elections.
Foreign interference in US elections for Trump from the likes of Internet Research Agency (Putin, Prigozhin) and SCL Group / Cambridge Analytica (Bannon, Mercer, Nix, Oakes) is offensive.
Even "democratic elections" give a heavy thumb to those organizing the elections. If the US is helping design and implement the process, it means we're helping pick the winner.
I suppose we're just as likely to leave it entirely up to them, and then act surprised that the most organized group is some al Qaeda offshoot, who proceeds to set up and then win a "democratic" election.
Hypocrisy is a core element of their game and it baffles me that so many go along, even promote it. How do we address this?
Accusation in a mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror