Amir Moosavi
@amir-moosavi.bsky.social
Reluctant reverse commuter teaching about Persian and Arabic lits and some other things. I just finished writing a book and it comes out in June: https://www.sup.org/books/dust-never-settles
The Islamic Republic has been on the US hit list since 1980 and has maintains the worst self PR in the world. Combine that with a vitriolic Iranian diaspora and Israeli propaganda machine and you get a different beast
June 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Islamic Republic has been on the US hit list since 1980 and has maintains the worst self PR in the world. Combine that with a vitriolic Iranian diaspora and Israeli propaganda machine and you get a different beast
It was probably worse, like everyone here is saying. We were still in peak 9/11 insanity and I think Bush had higher approval ratings than Trump now. But the longer lead up to the conflict also differs. Saddam had been enemy #1 since 1990 and could only be replaced by bin Laden..
June 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It was probably worse, like everyone here is saying. We were still in peak 9/11 insanity and I think Bush had higher approval ratings than Trump now. But the longer lead up to the conflict also differs. Saddam had been enemy #1 since 1990 and could only be replaced by bin Laden..
But you're already there! Plus you'll feel really redundant after you read it 105 more times during the copyedits and proofs.
May 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
But you're already there! Plus you'll feel really redundant after you read it 105 more times during the copyedits and proofs.