A Fairer Iranian Options Thread

[WMS]

Option 1 combined with an attempt to kick-start the revolution there - remember kids, the Iranian people spontaneously lit candles and had rallies in support of the United States after 9/11. Unlike those f***ers in Pakistan or Palestine who cheered it on...

[WMS]

Option 1 combined with an attempt to kick-start the revolution there - remember kids, the Iranian people spontaneously lit candles and had rallies in support of the United States after 9/11. Unlike those f***ers in Pakistan or Palestine who cheered it on...

That generation doesn't know the United States very well after 25 years of isolation, and because they have a different oppressor closer to home are under the mistaken impression that the american empire is, relatively speaking, their buddy.

*sighs*

If the American Left ever wonders why they have such trouble winning elections...

[WMS]

Option 1 combined with an attempt to kick-start the revolution there - remember kids, the Iranian people spontaneously lit candles and had rallies in support of the United States after 9/11. Unlike those f***ers in Pakistan or Palestine who cheered it on...

That generation doesn't know the United States very well after 25 years of isolation, and because they have a different oppressor closer to home are under the mistaken impression that the american empire is, relatively speaking, their buddy.

*sighs*
If the American Left ever wonders why they have such trouble winning elections...

To be fair, WMS, opebo is rather less sane than your typical leftist (which says a lot, quite frankly).

Good point. Let me change "Left" to "Left-Wing"

As WMS has said, it makes  a hell of a lot of sense to finance refomrers on the ground.

Thanks for the support and if there is one thing we Americans are good at, it's exploting internal divisions in other countries

[WMS]

Option 1 combined with an attempt to kick-start the revolution there - remember kids, the Iranian people spontaneously lit candles and had rallies in support of the United States after 9/11. Unlike those f***ers in Pakistan or Palestine who cheered it on...

That generation doesn't know the United States very well after 25 years of isolation, and because they have a different oppressor closer to home are under the mistaken impression that the american empire is, relatively speaking, their buddy.

*sighs*
If the American Left ever wonders why they have such trouble winning elections...

To be fair, WMS, opebo is rather less sane than your typical leftist (which says a lot, quite frankly).

Good point. Let me change "Left" to "Left-Wing"

As WMS has said, it makes  a hell of a lot of sense to finance refomrers on the ground.

Thanks for the support and if there is one thing we Americans are good at, it's exploting internal divisions in other countries

Opebo's statement's somewhat callous, but probably includes quite a bit of truth, you know? Unlike the "celebrate" part. Nobody worth mentioning "celebrated" ... though not everybody was overwhelmed with grief, obviously. But then, that's just as true in Europe, South America, etc.

We've been ready to bury the hatchet with the Iranians for a long time now, and so are most of their people, but the mullahs running Iran aren't. And I stand by "celebrate" - I was paying a LOT of attention to non-American reactions to 9/11 at the time, and the Palestinians cheered, along with a lot of the Pakistanis. I also remember Arafat getting really worried about how that looked and him publicly donating blood for 9/11 victims, too. I give credit where credit is due - Cuba, Libya, and Syria all condemned the attack. But I remember who celebrated, too...