ISIS is the devil incarnate, they look like devils in their black outfits. Nonetheless, it’s still with mixed feelings seeing the Iranians as the good guys but, they kind of are. If there leaders weren’t idiots threatening Israel, this, imho, could really be water under the bridge. Iranians don’t seem to be bad people, the protests “death to America” is probably staged and a small amount of people. That said, yes, our or if you will, the Administration’s foreign policy blunder was to not at least, voice some support for the protesters about 3 years ago or so in Iran.
It’d been said, at times, your ordinary Iranians long for Western freedoms.
“...it’s still with mixed feelings seeing the Iranians as the good guys but, they kind of are.”
Nope. ISIS and Iran are two rabid dogs fighting over who’s going to control the next Ottoman Empire. Will it be ISIS (Sunni Islam) or will it be Iran (Shia Islam). There are no good guys in this fight. Both are evil and both want to spread Islam - by violence - throughout the entire world. And both want to destroy Israel and us.
The only think I’m rooting for is that all of these bastards kill enough of each other off so that sane people can go about their lives again.
Very interesting that the Shiite Iranians seem to be working cooperatively with the Sunni Iraqis. Need to watch that one like a hawk. Perhaps the Iranians wish to avoid a war with Iraq but are building up good will for access to the Shia holy places of Karbala and Najaf in Iraq. Perhaps Iranian General Sulemanei is a pragmatist rather than an ideologue. Don’t forget that Iran lost one million men in the war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. We lost 1/2 million in WWII with a larger population by way of comparison.
Muslim fundamentalists hold the power in Iran but are not the majority. If Carter had supported the Shah Iran would be a much different country these days.