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How I went from chanting ‘Death to America’ to ‘God Bless America’
Fox News ^ | July 7, 2024 | Hormoz Shariat

Posted on 07/08/2024 10:13:17 AM PDT by SJackson

My heart hurts when I hear the hatred some Americans have for their own country

I was born in Iran, and as a young student I joined the masses of protesters in the streets of Tehran in 1979 shouting "Death to America." But I have grown to love America and what this blessed nation stands for.

In 1982 I became a dual citizen and began studying at the University of Southern California. Over the past four decades,, my love for the U.S. has grown.

My heart is grieved when natural-born citizens hate America and blame her for the world’s problems. My heart hurts when I hear the hatred some Americans have for their own country, shouting "Death to America" and burning the American flag on university campuses.

So, how has an Iranian grown to love America? Those are easy answers.

I love America because it is the land of religious freedom...This nation is where my life was transformed by Christian faith.

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I love America because it is the land of opportunities...you can dream and work to make your dreams come true ...snip...

I love America because it has enabled me to serve the tired, huddled masses in Iran yearning to be free.

...snip...

I love America because it has a history of helping nations around the world.

...snip...

I love America because it has blessed the world with its technology.

...snip...

I love America because it is the land of political freedom.

...snip...

I love America because it is the land of hope.

God bless America.

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1 posted on 07/08/2024 10:13:17 AM PDT by SJackson
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Another good read

My grandfather taught me to love America. This 4th of July, it’s a lesson we all need to learn

2 posted on 07/08/2024 10:16:31 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do)
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To: SJackson

Stories like this one remind me to keep my mind open, and that in the right circumstances, many people can change for the better, and stay that way.


3 posted on 07/08/2024 10:20:22 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: SJackson

My grandfather taught me


That is the key point. Have we taught anyone?

If we don’t teach, they don’t know and someone else will teach them something different.

skulls full of mush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRpybXUtW2s (Rush Limbaugh)


4 posted on 07/08/2024 10:23:30 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“Tough times create strong men, strong men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak mean create tough times.”

guess where we are today!


5 posted on 07/08/2024 10:26:44 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can't be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: PeterPrinciple

This video is in the growing Rumble database to watch And share for those of you that don’t want to use youtube/google products

Rush Limbaugh on His “Skulls Full of Mush” Phrase
https://rumble.com/v561j3h-rush-limbaugh-on-his-skulls-full-of-mush-phrase.html


6 posted on 07/08/2024 10:28:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: SJackson

The Iranians got the very government their young people rioted for back in 1979. Now they have had their fill of it.
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it, GOOD AND HARD!


7 posted on 07/08/2024 10:28:34 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: SJackson
My heart is grieved when natural-born citizens hate America and blame her for the world’s problems.

There are two kinds of such "natural-born citizens": those who've never been anywhere else and have no idea what they're talking about, and those who know better but choose to lie about it.
8 posted on 07/08/2024 10:31:59 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Jaysin

“Tough times create strong men, strong men create easy times, easy times create weak men, weak mean create tough times.”

guess where we are today!


tough times is the cure. How many are rootin for that?


9 posted on 07/08/2024 10:34:58 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“The Iranians got the very government their young people rioted for back in 1979”

No they didn’t. It was a coalition of groups, Komeini’s followers and goons among them, but many simple “democrats” (philosophically), many aetheists, many Marxists, many Leftists, and many “nationalists”. What so many in that coalition did not know was how much Koemeini and his group were using them all and would quickly move to be dismissed of them, once they took power. And Koemeini and his group did dismiss them, by murder, by assassination and once they got power by imprisoning them, killing them in prison or leaving them to die in prison. In short order the ignorant in the coalition were no longer able to be part of the power structure.

In 2009, when Obama was President, there was the largest anti-government demonstration ever held in Iran, larger than the protests against the Shah, and it was against the Komeini government. Obama did nothing becase he wanted to make history with his nuclear deal with the Mullahs of Tehran.

Like the CCP in China, the Mullahs in Tehran hijacked natural Iranian nationalism and enslaved it to their theocratic agenda.

That was never the hope or intent of many that joined the coalition against the Shah.


10 posted on 07/08/2024 10:47:34 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: SJackson

I wonder how he feels when the US bombs Iran? Remember, they play the long game.


11 posted on 07/08/2024 11:20:08 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: Wuli

The Shah would not have fallen had not Jimmy Carter abandoned him.

Worst President ever... well, almost.


12 posted on 07/08/2024 11:56:42 AM PDT by karnage
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To: karnage

“Worst President ever... well, almost.”

There have been so many. Let’s just say one of the worst.


13 posted on 07/08/2024 12:01:21 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: SJackson
Taqiyah?
14 posted on 07/08/2024 12:12:25 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: SJackson

We’re grateful that you like us. Now, leave Islam, so we can be sure you’ll continue to like us.


15 posted on 07/08/2024 1:19:37 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: SJackson

Islam is a religion of hate, greed, conquest, and murder.

Jesus said the find peace in him.


16 posted on 07/08/2024 2:33:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Gender dysphoria is now a federally protected mental illness.)
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To: Wuli

I saw the video of Komeini landing in Tehran . His followers went into fits of hysterics and if he touched the hand of one that person went into thrashing and rolling around on the ground like a person demon possessed.
They stormed the US embassy taking ambassadors hostage for over a year. His followers took shredded secret documents from the embassy and girls, now in burkas slowly worked to put them back together.
They got what they wanted. No tears from me over this.


17 posted on 07/08/2024 2:44:52 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“I saw the video of Komeini landing in Tehran . His followers went into fits of hysterics and if he touched the hand of one that person went into thrashing and rolling around on the ground like a person demon possessed.
They stormed the US embassy taking ambassadors hostage for over a year. His followers took shredded secret documents from the embassy and girls, now in burkas slowly worked to put them back together.”...”They got what they wanted. No tears from me over this.”

Yes, Komeini’s real followers got what THEY deserved.

My only point is and was that Komeini and his followers were part of a coalition that included other political groups who, as much as they wanted the Shah removed were not seeking the theocratic dictatorship Koremini delivered.


18 posted on 07/10/2024 8:46:20 AM PDT by Wuli
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