Your article appears to confirm my view of the majority of Iranians being pro-American.
A poll secretly commissioned by a parliamentary committee in 2002 found that nearly two-thirds of Iranians supported détènte.
Americans are constantly greeted by Iranians on the streets with handshakes, kisses, and hugs. Declarations of warmth toward the American people are just as common.
And then you say I read the same thing here......that one of the reasons was as you describe above. However, another reason given was that they liked he would take a hard line with the US. How can 2/3rds support better relations with the US (detente), and the majority support a harder line with the US? Your article and your conclusion appear to state the opposite.
Besides, they may love Americans and hate Bush.........foreigners always seem to make that distinction between Americans and their gov't.
Freudian slip? Did you mean our government, or have you already moved to Canada?
Read the two articles I mentioned.......you might not be so convinced of your position.
I'm convinced that most Iranians would prefer to be aligned with the US than opposed to it, would prefer to practice the level or Islam that they choose rather than the one that is forced upon them by their crusty old leadership, and would prefer an election where every candidate were allowed to run rather than only those approved by the mullahs. I don't need "article" to convince me of those three things, the last two are just common sense.
What do you think - the average Iranian feels he is incapable of friendship with Americans, is incapable of determining for himself how to practice his religion and is incapable of selecting his own candidate?
On the contrary, those crusty old men think they are achieving Iran's manifest destiny just as our crusty old men think that's what they're doing for America. I would wager a bet that neither is doing what they think they are doing.
The difference is our crusty old men were chosen by us. Their crusty old men are disliked by their population. If they weren't disliked, they wouldn't have to ban 99% of the candidates (put two and two together for once)!
Of course, you are wrong..........as you have been from day one about me.........in fact, you don't have a clue where I am.
I could go back and find it, but didn't you advocate letting Iran enter the nuclear weapons club and attempt to convince them to moderate their extremist views through greater interaction with them?
Of course we can't dance with them in public, it's illegal. We can't suggest an open discussion of views which differ from the mullah's views in their nation, they have no free press. |
