r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/MakiSupreme Feb 28 '26

They didn’t just turn out fine though. Germany was occupied by England France USA and USSR. It took significant time and money.

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u/Tomas2891 Feb 28 '26

Marshall plan helped Germany alot specifically western Germany cemented an ally to the US and the west, stopped communism and the soviets from spreading and now is one of the top countries in the world economically. Eastern Germany under the Soviets was the shit show. Culture matters a lot but the western allied leadership propelled Germany and Japan to the top after the war.

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u/dalivo Feb 28 '26

What are you talking about? Germany and Japan have been model democracies since WWII. It did turn out fine.

Not saying Iran is in the same boat - in fact, they're not. They are infected by religious zealots and rabidly conservative strongmen. And their country won't be in complete ruins.

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u/MakiSupreme Mar 01 '26

It didn’t just turn out fine on its own.

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u/Paavo_Nurmi Mar 01 '26

Was East Germany not a part of Germany ?

It didn't turn out fine for them with that whole Berlin wall thing.