On The Money
Apparently it’s an issue. Iranians gripe about sanctions.
Topics: Iran
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:57 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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October 26th, 2007 at 1:16 am
“This will be another step by (U.S. President George W.) Bush toward igniting war in the region,” Mansour Rasti, 28, a graduate student in political science, said of the new sanctions.
Political science, eh? In Iran, no less. That’s like becoming a historian in Cuba. Or a TV announcer in Venezuela.
Marzieh Aghai, a 37-year-old government bureaucrat, said she would support her country no matter what. “They (the Americans) don’t know the Guards. We are proud of them.”
Hmmmmmm! If someone here in the States said that, they’d be chastised for jingoism. In Iran, not so much, eh?
October 26th, 2007 at 3:12 am
I don’t quite understand this supposed separation between a people and their government. History is rife with instances of those who finally turned on their leaders. If a government is leading its people towards disaster because of its dealings with another country, at what point do they take responsibility for their own lives and either get away or fight to put a stop to it?
No one wants to see the death of innocents, but can adults really claim innocence in the conduct of their government? Are those who sit and say “who am I to stick my neck out” innocent? What about the innocents of another nation who are being threatened or attacked? That woman who is so proud of her Guards, who are attacking and killing Americans, is she an innocent?
Somebody ought to send them a good history of Sherman’s march, and why it happened.