Posted on 06/08/2008 9:30:11 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Iranians Turn Away from Their Own Ruler, and to the US --
On a recent afternoon, while riding a rickety bus down Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran's main thoroughfare, I overheard two women discussing the grim state of Iranian politics. One of them had reached a rather desperate conclusion. "Let the Americans come," she said loudly. "Let them sort things out for us once and for all." Everyone in the women's section of the bus absorbed this casually, and her friend nodded in assent.
Although their leaders still call America the "Great Satan," ordinary Iranians' affection for the United States seems to be thriving these days, at least in the bustling capital. This rekindled regard is evident in people's conversations, their insatiable demand for U.S. products and culture, and their fascination with the U.S. presidential campaign. One can't do reliable polling about Iranians' views under their theocratic government, of course, but these shifts were still striking to me as a longtime visitor -- not least because liking the United States is also a way for Iranians to register their frustration with their own firebrand president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
It might startle some Americans to realize that Iran has one of the most pro-American populations in the Middle East. Iranians have adored America for nearly three decades, a sentiment rooted in nostalgia for Iran's golden days, before the worst of the shah's repression and the 1979 Islamic revolution. But today's affection is new, in a sense, or at least different.
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“Let the Americans come,” she said loudly. “Let them sort things out for us once and for all.”
You know, you could substitute the word “Americans” for Chicoms, Cubans, North Koreans, or islamos and you could do a pretty good impersonation of an average LibTard.
“Please allow us to introduce ourselves, we’re a nation of wealth and taste...”
Save yourselves.
Be careful for what you wish for...you may or may not approve of the results.
They have seen what has happened with Iraq.
What is the old saying? “Let he who would be free strike the first blow.”
Tempting as Imperialism is, it is a burden that doesn’t fit well on American shoulders. We are too nice, too open and too honest to run an empire well. To be am Empire one must wallow in blood from time to time—we are not up to it. We were part of an empire once and we didn’t like it.
Let the Shah’s son rule and get rid of the political power of the mullahs. Religious people do not make good rulers in history (look at Cromwell in England).
C.W.
If they think Hollywood is good then they still want to chop off our heads.
“Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and means...”
If they love us, let them overthrow the evil mullahs!
R. Emmett Tyrell wrote something in Am Spec awhile back called ‘the Strategy of the Bar-room Brawler’. Essentially it came down to not trying to change the society, but just busting up the current tyrannical government. It might be worth a few (a lot?) of bombs to take out the government bldgs (& mullahs), military installations & maybe some mosques. Then the Iranian people could have another go. I certainly would agree that we wouldn’t want to send troops at this point.
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