Getting closer...
Posted on 06/28/2005 10:06:14 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
LoL
Sure--any Iranian who has a computer loves America. That isn't very many of them though. I've heard some first hand reports which support my point.
Just heard one the other day where some reporter interviewed people at random in Tehran's streets... Men and women. All of them told him that they agreed with Iran's decision to build the a-bomb--thought it was a good idea, and that Iran ought to have the a-bomb.
And they weren't talking about peaceful nuclear power plants, either. They were talking about a-bombs.
okie dokie!
I don't get the delusion that people have here that Iranians are in love with us...
Some probably are, but the vast majority just isn't.
His mind is made up, don't go bringing facts into it and confusing him.
That's why I said it. Most westerners lump them in with Arabs, which pisses them off.
LOL
Getting closer...
Talk is cheap, they need to stand up and overthrow those bums.
I didn't realize this new guy was so young and that he is not a cleric, which normally would work in his favour
however I read a column by someone in the Toronto Star who attended a dinner party of Iranian intellectuals and academic types who were all thoroughly bummed and talking about leaving
I believe those are Afghan women.
And you would know that how?
there was something else interesting about what this columinist said
now in my own opinion, Rafsanjani is a big hypocrite, he is a hardliner in moderate clothes, a cleric worth millions of dollars, money he has either outright stolen or used his position to make obscene profits, and he has been deemed to be one of the power brokers in Iran all along
this new guy is saying he is going to stop all that and "redistribute" the wealth - [now if Rafsanjani was the guy calling the shots and he thinks this election was stolen from him, how does he act or was the whole Rafsanjani candidacy just a ploy to get this other guy elected?]
and then I had a very happy thought - could there in fact be a division in the Mullahtocracy, the old guys like Rafsanjani who haven't delivered on any of the promises of the revolution of 1979 and grown fat and rich and the younger guys, who actually put their ass on the line in the revolution, like this mayor of Tehran, and are tired of the broken promises vis a vis the economy and employment, the bread and butter issues......
the best thing for the rest of the world would be to have the hardliners fighting amongst themselves then the pro democracy types could take advantage of it, if there is in fact a division
because I would bet that the old mullahs are the ones controlling Hezbollah, the revolutionary guards even the Intelligence services, so who will they be loyal to now, this guy or the old guys? interesting to see what happens on the Guardian council, will it be purged of Rafsanjani's people?
what a minute, you think Iranians are free to speak their minds on a public street, hello, there are police and spies everywhere and any pro American sentiment could land your butt in a jail......are you kidding me
it's not as bad as North Korea but would you take anything a North Korean said about Kim Jong-Il seriously......
blue burqha
they wear black in Iran
You may be right, but the idea is that there are probably many women in the ME who want to see change.
"The U.S. should apologize to Iran."
""The people of the U.S. live like us,"
"Almost everyone interviewed said that for relations between the two countries to improve, the United States would have to treat Iran as an equal, not as a second-class country."
"...they view the United States as an effective vehicle to force change in regimes unwilling to yield power."
Yep, they love us, live just like us, want us to respect them and look to us to change their world for them...
"I believe those are Afghan women."
I think you're right. Most Iranian women have managed to let some of their hair show over the years.
Women in Iran, (usually older women) if they choose to, wear the chador. It doesn't cover the face. Rarely do women cover their entire face.
Most younger women choose to wear the hijab or headscarf and a manteau over their slacks or jeans.
Yep!
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