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Originally Posted by moeloubani
That's fair, they didn't like their government but if you haven't realized the majority of people in the US don't like THEIR government either. Does that give another country the right to start saying they're going to come in and put someone of their choosing as head of the country? OH PLEASE...
Also they are called Persians because for all of the history of the country it was called Persia up until 1935 which is still pretty recent. It has NOTHING to do with them not liking their government.
Just because people don't like their government it doesn't mean that the government needs to be overthrown. The point is there are elections, someone is voted in and they become head of the government only through those democratic means. It only becomes a bad government when they don't side with the US, then they are 'terrorists'.
Look at Hamas in Palestine, for years people called for a fair and free election in Palestine and when it happened, Hamas won. So what does the US and Israel do? They declare Hamas a terrorist organization and give the election to someone of their choosing. How is that democracy? The whole idea of it is a joke, the people don't decide anything and when the people do decide they ALWAYS decide for their best interests which often happens to be not the best interest of the US.
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how on earth you came up with all this as a retort for my comment is beyond me. i've never advocated overthrowing anything, when the fuck did i ever say that? never is when. and i certainly do not need a fucking history lesson on persia/iran.
i was told the reason for calling themselves persians by every single one i met, not by a canadian, not an american, not a politician, not the wikipedia, not the fucking television. i have no reason to believe you over them. NONE. they were all very wonderful people and respected me and my views as they reflected theirs in conversation.
you gfyers just look for reasons to try and *correct* other's view & align them to your's.
and if you think i am going to think any person yapping in this thread is an authority on the middle east, you are truly drinking your own kool-aid.