American Hegemony Is Not Guaranteed

[JerseyMike]

 

This is not true. Iran is helping arm and fund Shia Militias. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia is helping to fund and arm the Sunni Militias, with US money! If anybody wants to get the scoop Iran's influence in Iraq, pay attention to CNN reporter Michael Ware, a crazy-fuck Australian who has been in Iraq from day one. he has a lot of insight/

 

That being said, an attack on iran would be a bigger mistake than invading Iraq. In fact, the best and wisest course of action for US policy in Iraq would be to work with the Iranian government, since they have much more influence than the US does. Many of the exiled Iraqis that have come back to their country with the help of the US government to run the Iraqi government and ministries spent their exiles in Iran and have very close ties to the government, and in some cases, are directly influenced by the Iranians.

 

The mis-education of Americans, particularly among American politicians, on Iran is mind-boggling.

 

1) Why Iran wants to arm itself with nuclear capabilities: Neighbors to the north, India and Pakistan are both nuclear powers. Their eastern border is Afghanistan, where there are coalition forces fighting everyday and their closest neighbor, Iraq, well, we know how thats going. Throw on top of that the fact that every time a US politician talks about eradicating the terrorists, they mention Iran. Wouldn't you be a little on edge?

 

2) President Iwontbothereventryingtospellit of Iran is the Middle Easts version of GW Bush. In Iran, the Supreme Clerics decide who is worthy to run for office and then the people are allowed to make their choice. So you can't really tell much about the people's sentiment in Iran based on who is elected to office. Instead, the sentiment is gaged by voter turnout. In the recent elections, 20% of the population voted, most of them rural farmers who are highly religious. Sound familiar? Yes, apparently Iran has "Red States" too!

 

3) The large sector of Iran's population are young, educated, pro-Western , pro-democratic people and there is a growing reformist underground building in Iran that includes great poets, writers and filmmakers. If we set out to destroy the country as we did with Iraq, that would only strengthen the extreme-right religious, Anti-West faction.

 

4) Remember when Iran was a burgeoning Democracy? It didn't last too long because the CIA overthrew that government and installed the brutal regime that was so bad, the people revolted and installed the basis for the government we have in Iran now. Good move.

[bobbob1313]

In the recent elections, 20% of the population voted, most of them rural farmers who are highly religious. Sound familiar? Yes, apparently Iran has "Red States" too!

 

That doesn't sound familiar at all.

[Good Old Neon]

i'll pay somebody $5 to photoshop that into a pudgier, balder guy in an EMT uniform holding a jar of stem cells in front of a Canadian flag w/ 'WWTHDWD?' underneath it.

 

 

I'll put $2.50 towards that fund, just don't forget the huge penis.

[Good Old Neon]

Holy wow, you just debunked christianity!

 

Lighten up little fella, that wasn’t intended to debunk anything.

[JUDE]

I'll put $2.50 towards that fund, just don't forget the huge penis.

 

On the lamb?

 

What kind of sicko are you?

[Good Old Neon]

On the lamb?

 

What kind of sicko are you?

 

 

But seriously...no.

[bjorn_skurj]

This is not true. Iran is helping arm and fund Shia Militias. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia is helping to fund and arm the Sunni Militias, with US money! If anybody wants to get the scoop Iran's influence in Iraq, pay attention to CNN reporter Michael Ware, a crazy-fuck Australian who has been in Iraq from day one. he has a lot of insight

Yes. Ware is an awesome reporter.