Well, you're right about Khomeini and his followers doing a lot of damage to the country of Iran. And let's put blame on Pres. Carter, too.
"The BS you here about the Irania people..."
"There are small number of highly educated intellectuals who are oppressed by the revolution who love America."
You're 180 degrees off. Absoultely wrong. Try asking your average person on the street or cab driver in Tehran what he thinks. They'll tell you how wrong you are. I could spend the next week sending you article after article from different sources showing you you're wrong. How about dredging up some proof to back up your assertion? The only sources backing up your opinion will be from the regime, not the people.
btw - you a friend of wtc?
Are you an Iranian? What do you think about this Machiavelli quote?
I was in Tehran when the Shah fell and Khomeni took over. You are dead on about Carter's role in the fall of the Shah. Our human rights policy helped tie the Shah's hands in his response to the growing revolution, which was hijacked by the mullahs.
Although there was plenty of corruption and malfeasance under the Shah, Iran was one of the more progressive Islamic societies. In 1978 there were more women in the Iranian parliment than in the US Congress. You could buy pork, Playboy, and alcohol. There were more than 50,000 Iranian students in US colleges, more than any other country in the world. I believe there is still a very strong pro-US sentiment in Iran and most of the people want to come out of the dark ages forced on them by the mullahs and return to the 21st century. If the US is successful in Iraq, the mullahs in Iran will fall.