mgod wrote on Wed, 09 July 2008 09:48 |
JDNelson wrote on Wed, 09 July 2008 09:29 | Dan, I hear what you're saying, but remember when the Iranian "students" seized our embassy in '79? Jimmy Carter was president, and he was hardly a warmonger. Those folks have a serious chip on their shoulders...
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Yes they do. So do some of us.
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Contrast the Middle East grudge-driven mindset with that of Vietnam. The U.S. carpet bombed and napalmed them(!) But the Vietnamese communists have basically let bygones be bygones and now they are eager for business deals, etc. A rather adult rational attitude IMO.
I mean the Japanese would have more to hate us for for A-bombing 'em. But they've moved on, as rational adults do.
The beef that Iranian militants have with the U.S. relates to basic skullduggery the CIA undertook to put their desired guy in charge decades ago. Big friggin' whoop. Get over it!
What I'm thinking is, even with Obama as president, I doubt that the Iranian regime's attitude is going to change.