When this starts showing up in the neighborhoods, you'll know its end of Iranian civilization, as we know it. :)
Posted on 10/26/2001 11:10:20 PM PDT by kattracks
I hope you're right and I wish we could get some hard numbers on the percentage of Iranians that think the way these rioters apparently think. Personally, I don't think it's sufficient to bring about change. We certainly didn't see that many Iranians demonstrating against the regime during the 80s and 90s -- inside or outside Iran. And it's not encouraging that so many Moslems worldwide oppose what we're doing in Afghanistan and the Middle East, and positively hate our guts. But, from a seed grows an oak. So . . . Here's hoping that something new and totally uncharacteristic is taking place in Iran! :-)
I will forever be grateful to him.
We talked a bit about Iran. He was from Tehran and I had lived in Ahwaz but had visited Tehran several times. Pretty scary place, Tehran is, for a girl born and bred in flat Oklahoma. Those mountains we drove up and down on terrified me. rofl!
The majority of the Iranians are not our enemies but our friends. Just as bloody bill was most probably a communist sleeper and a communist, he didn't speak for the majority of the U.S. people who believe in a Republican form of government and NOT the communist dictatorship that bloody bill envisioned, wanted, drooled over, and got hard thinking about. I still don't know how he got elected that 2nd time. Maybe it needs to be studied so that we can try to prevent any future demonrats from voter/election fraud in the future.
When this starts showing up in the neighborhoods, you'll know its end of Iranian civilization, as we know it. :)
Sounds like a reasonable post to me... can you be a little more specific in your rebuttal? Americans are pro-America, and want to be wealthy. Iranians are pro-Iran, and want to be wealthy. That's typical human self-interest, and harnessing that drive is the main reason that American Freedom has made this the best nation on the face of the earth.
How does that make one's life worthless?
So you're saying what? The current Teheran government is an occupying force? (Isn't that the term Ashrawi and the Palies like to use for their 'oppressors?') The Israeli government is a fundamentalist authoritarian regime? You don't really know how to draw political comparisons, do you?
Try reading history. Lots of it. Then you can safely venture out into the deep end of the pool, so to speak.
The Israelis have a right to existence. They occupied this land long before 1948. The Palestians are just another Arab hate group. They should just go back to their real homeland (Jordan).
Working with Iran could be extremely beneficial to our interests at this time.
I don't believe I stated at anytime during my post that Iranians had no right to live. Thanks for noting this point, Teacher317.
Excellent typo. :)
You'd guess wrong on two points, I_Had_Enough:
1. They are definitely worth living -- don't recall that I said anything close to that and stated such in my post to Teacher317. A relationship with a revitalized Iran could be quite beneficial to the entire Western World at this point. It is, however, important, to note driving forces in relationships with countries. We have made some serious mistakes in our foreign policy in the past by not noting AND understanding underlying national interests.
2. I'm not a mister -- I'm a Mrs. for about 24 years. ;-D
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