It’s SO easy for someone like me, who was born and raised in Canada, to be anti-war and anti-foreign intervention. That’s what we were taught in school: that both of these things are, without exception, BAD.
We all have biases we cannot deny. I had to go out of my way to understand how Iranians in Iran, or those who lived there for many years, see things. Always remember that people who have lived through oppression and terrorism will see things differently than those who haven’t.
I wouldn’t be an ally to Iranians if I didn’t try to listen to them, align myself with them, and amplify their voices.