Gee, I know that may fit into your worldview, but have you ever tried asking real, live Iranians what they think of all that crap? My sis-in-law is Iranian, was no lover of the Shah, but she hates Jimmy Carter–and no, she doesn’t live in the US. Iranians, on the whole, are pretty America-friendly. Don’t mix up the regime with the population, esp. in a case where the most popular candidates aren’t allowed to run.

I am in no way for military intervention in Iran, but for heaven’s sakes: take off the bleeding heart hair shirt and get the facts.

Don’t any of you know about the terror attacks the CIA and British MI5 did on Iranian citizens, blaming them on their leader so they would overthrow him, thus giving the US and Britain control of their oil fields?

Our hostages were taken due to 20 plus years of them living under a hated leader which THE USA AND BRITAIN installed.

If Iran came here and attacked us, blamed it on our leader, made us live under a [more] horrible leader for many years. Made us live in terrible conditions. Wouldn’t we be just a little ticked off and want to do something to any Iranians who came here eventually, after we’d have enough of our horrible lives?

This is just another story trying to ratchet up the support for the USA to go bomb Iran.

Learn why Iran hates us so much, and you won’t be so quick to want to go bomb them. Heck, if I was an Iranian I would probably hate the USA too for what they did to their people back in 1953.

Given the “leadership” at all levels of the federal government, I can imagine that it’ll take a very long time.

‘In his recent speech, the commander of Iran’s suicide units hinted that the theocratic state might also make use of long-term “sleeper cells” in the West for these operations.

“Those who are familiar with this form of warfare know that once the order for operations is given, it will be impossible to control or contain it, because the operational forces at in an irregular way and under their own command. Their operations may continue for years. So the American people must know that their own rulers will be responsible for the consequences of any rash action by [U.S. President George W.] Bush”, General Jaafari said.

In an earlier interview with Parto-Sokhan, Jaafari announced that more than 50,000 individuals had been enlisted in the Iranian military garrison opened to recruit and train volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking operations”.

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According to the hard-line weekly, Jaafari told a recent meeting of suicide volunteers, “We have many martyrdom-seeking forces. Each of them is the equivalent of a nuclear bomb and they are not at all afraid of death”.

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“The Imam [Khomeini] said years ago that Israel must be wiped off the face of the Earth, but so far practical steps have not been taken to achieve this”, the garrison commander said. “Our garrison must spot, recruit, organise and train martyrdom-seeking persons to be able to materialise this objective. Any delay in fulfilling the strategy of the Imam and the Supreme Leader in this regard will not be to the advantage of Islam or the revolution”.

“The United States should know that we have nuclear weapons, but they are in the hearts of our suicide bombers”, Jaafari added.’

http://fleetingperusal.blogspot.com/2007/08/mistaken-identity.html