Have you noticed? This week in the news, the Bush (mis)administration is once again thumping the war drums. They're putting forward the same kind of lies and bullshit that coerced the nation to a tacit assent to the war in Iraq. "Iran is supplying weapons to al-Qaida in Iraq!" "Sheik So-And-So is hiding in Tehran!" "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making nuclear weapons!" Yeah, the sky is falling, the Soviets are coming, and we know where Saddam's hiding his WMD (they're in Baghdad, and north and south and east and west of it somewhere). Thank God we've got Democrats in Congress now to stem the tide.
Be real. The Iranians haven't been terribly happy with the US since Eisenhower caved to the Brits (who were telling him that Mossadegh was a commie) and joined them in Operation Ajax, handing Pahlavi a lovely little tyranny on a platter. Eventually, the peasants revolted, culminating in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and leading Iran to become the nation it is now.
All anybody wants in this lifetime is self-determination. Why is it that our government seems to be so intent on telling everyone else how to live? Doesn't that make the US a dictator? Please, Nancy, keep us out of Iran. We have enough terrorists as it is ... invading Iran will only serve to make more.
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