For once we might even agree. I have a couple of friends who are Iranian and are now living in America. One came here just before the Shah was thrown out years ago. She tells me Iran was once very friendly to America, women went to the beautiful beaches wearing bikini bathing suits and so on. The Shah of Iran was well into hunting and invited numerous Americans to hunt sheep in Iran. Yes it was a great country and its people got along with Americans. All true.

BUT then the religious overthrow came. The LEADERS of Iran, the Mullahs, decided to throw their own people back on 800 years into the dark ages. The religious leaders took over and decided to hate America and have pushed that narrative of hate ever since.

But back to what I was saying. The people of Iran may very well love Americans and want to live the Western ways but that isn't going to happen is it while the LEADERS of Iran dominate the people. It isn't the people of Iran our Left Wing leaning Socialist government is sucking up to but the religious leaders who DO hate America and have threatened to blow us off the planet with nuclear bombs. How do you on the Left forget that part. The people of Iran have no say in the matter do they?

Dennis

Any idea why innocent Palestinians are jailed in Israel without charges or trials for years .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/21/more-than-8000-palestinians-in-israeli-jails-rights-groups-saD

Both sides. Must release all hostages and prisoners !!!

Even thousands of Israelis are protesting Netanyahu.

“”” Tens of thousands of Israelis have rallied against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding a Gaza hostage deal.
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The Israeli people havd already recognizy that Netanyahu is using the “ hostages “ as an excuse for the taking of land not Israel’s . You should also .

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68754109

Although I didn't major in Poly Sci during my college days, I do have enough credits for a major (my school would not grant double majors at the time). One of my classes was "Politics of the Middle East", taught by a female Persian professor. She insisted she was Persian, not Iranian. She advocated, through her text, that the U.S. should have supported the Shah, primarily through "gunboat diplomacy". Although complicated, the Shah should have dispatched SAVAK to Paris and kill Khomeini. Logic was that keep killing heads of Shi'a and few folks would want to step in. Yes, I'm very much aware of SAVAK's reputation, but what the Shah faced was just as fearful.