No
There future lies with China now.
No.
They are no longer Persians.
Send Jimmy Carter over there to discuss the subject. I’m sure they’ll give him a warm welcome.
I don’t know if they are too far gone now, but I do know that many young Iranians do not like their Islamic government. We did nothing to support them when they tried to rise up, but then again that has been our pattern so only an idiot would trust us now.
not a chance, until such time as Iran purges its dangerous IslamoNazi BS and threats to USA and other countries
Sure, we can be great allies.
All we have to do is all convert to devout shia fundamentalist islam.
Very difficult. According to research I’ve been doing Islam is the religion of 99.4% of Iranians. 90-95% of Iranians are Shi’a and 5-10% are Sunni. Most Sunnis in Iran are Kurds, Larestani people (from Larestan), Turkomen, and Baluchs, living in the northwest, northeast, south, and southeast. We have in the past been supporting the Kurds. But as you can see, they are greatly outnumbered, so our efforts are well short of support by the more popular belief in the region. Way more.
red
Sure:
1) Dump the ayatollah
2) End nuclear enrichment and pursuit of nuclear weapons, open all nuclear sites to outside inspectors
3) Hold free democratic elections
4) Form a secular government that embraces freedom of religion, but does not use religion as the basis for law
5) Allow full and free investment from outside entities
In other words, no.
Trust Muslims? Now that’s a difficult question. Let me get back to you.
I say as long as Islam is present, then no high level alliance is possible.
I want what he’s on.....
Not unless they overthrow the Ayatollah.
Nope.
Yes if there is regime change.
No.
Bush should have coordinated with Israel to take out their nuclear facilities before he left office. He might have gotten hauled in front of a war crimes tribunal in Brussels (sent there by Obama) but it would have been his greatest accomplishment and would have stood as a landmark in courage.
Iran fell out of favor with the U.S. because the Shah of Iran, who was installed by the U.S. government was overthrown by its people. The fallout between the U.S. and Iran had more to do with that history than common interests.
Nope.
Hitler once asked of the Pope and the Vatican, “How many divisions does the Pope have”?
How many good weapons do the “progressive” people of Iran have to use against a totally fascistic Islamic dictatorship? And will they use them in an uprising?
Based on how Obama and Hillary/Kerry betrayed their last attempt to a peaceful protest (The Green or Orange Spring), I don’t think these young people are going to risk torture and death to overthrow the Islamic psychopaths any time soon.
Meanwhile, Back in Qom, the Ayatollah and the Gnomes of Islam plot to destroy Israel, Saudi Arabia and take over Iraq. Their nuclear program is in full swing and a nuclear war of conquest for the Iranian Caliphate is in the works.
More neo-con blather.
Now that we have dumped thousand of American lives and trillions of dollars into the black hole that is the middle east, the author wants us to start the cycle all over again.
Iran isn’t our problem. There is nothing worth having or winning there. While I think it’s all fine and nice and sweet that the young Iranians are all fine and nice and sweet and progressive, why should we care? What’s in it for us? So we get to clasp a sharia snake to our breast rather than a sunni one?
Screw that. I have a better idea: let’s get the hell out of the middle east. We’ve spent the last 100 years trying to discern which bunch of throat-slitting mohammedans is more friendly to American and our interests. Happily after 100 years of screw-ups we have the answer: NONE of them are friendly to our country or our interests.
We no longer have a burning need for oil, so let the Europeans spend their lives and treasure in that quagmire.