This morning when I woke up, I immediately turned on the TV to watch the latest BBC world news report on the British naval personnel who were captured yesterday morning, but I ended up watching a totally different program first, journey is my favorite travel show. He finished this program by saying "Our country is not to be explained, but to be experienced and felt. I really think you can say that about
But experiencing it lately means feeling a lot of pain.
Have you ever had a time when nothing is going well for you? Yesterday’s capture of the British Navy personnel by
I still don’t understand what happened yesterday. But since yesterday I have been trying to figure out why
A couple of things came to my mind:
Another idea is that perhaps
1) We Iranians cannot read maps very well and got confused about where our territorial waters are.
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3) Iranians like to deal with multiple problems at the same time: a new UN resolution is just not enough for us to deal with when we can handle so many more crises at the same time.
4) The new Iranian Navy exercise in the waters off Bushehr province went berserk.
5) We know Margaret Beckett, the Foreign Secretary will say "We have asked for a full explanation on what has happened and we are leaving them in no doubt that we want the immediate and safe return of our personnel and their equipment."
6) Our president needed a reason for not traveling to the
What do you guys think?
14 comments:
and you don't have the slightest doubt that they were not within Iranian Waters...
Vince P,
Listen, Iran will not destroy the Anglo-Saxon west. It's ludicrous.
You write:
"Are the Iranian people going to sit by passively while this plan is executed?"
What would you have the Iranian people do? Rise up in yet another ill-fated revolution; embark on yet another bloody war? See more of their relatives imprisoned, killed, executed? (Not just by the regime: there was an 8 year war here in recent memory.)
You really should visit Iran. The reality on the ground here would shock you. You would find a country overwhelmingly filled with moderates.
Iran is not Nazi Germany. Get a grip everyone!
This is a mere military action. We would hardly get enough information so to be able to discuss it. And it is not like [the] invading an embassy so to be so anxious about. It doesn't go to war like some commenters demand. I honestly am not urged by the event.
I only know about Uncle Napoleon, but it might not be much far from the truth? Iranians are dim and British must be vicious.
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Vince! We try to ask them! Believe me, we do!
(I meant "some commenters" on the BBC Web site)
Vince... Yes, I can see the results of having a controlled government unwind in Iraq. You don't own your govenment or control it. Politics are shaped at decade scale or more, not per few years. The point reached now has been building up for decades. The people are ultimately not part of the decision making process. Owning a government is a practical illusion, to which many fall. You get your few choices, and are happy, but to control things you have to be the choice.
Vince, so we can conclude that the clandestine actions US government has taken were in your control. The conflict in question is the result of such actions. Essentially, your population has been ineffectual in controlling and owning your government. It seems that in the end you are dissatisfied with your own government and ultimately with the people, who have let the situation arise.
If you, the people own and control the government, isn't it then justified to blame the people of all what the government undertakes ? It clearly seems you have made serious mistakes.
I'm not Iranian myself. I live in a state where we are free to choose from multiple effectual political parties. I know the US isn't really a two-party system, but laws protect the parties and make it hard for third options to ever be practical.
I undestand change in Iran will take time. There are huge amount of people born in the 80s, and they eventually will be in governing positions. I don't think they will see, in many senses, the US government today as an good example.
And Bush and co. aren't intersted in seeing the Rapture? Jeez get a grip. This is posturing plain and simple. Iran wants to show it is strong before the UN hands down more sanctions. They also want a bargaining chip in getting back their captured agents in Iraq. This isn't some plan to destroy the west. Thats the last thing anyone wants to do. Our oil money keeps the middle east afloat.
The sad thing is that governments all over the world so closely control the psychology of their populous that they can pull almost anything out of the blue and have it fly with at least some portion of the public. Iraq is a good example of this. There were no justifications for our brutal imperialistic invasion three years ago, but a semi-large portion of our population bought into the idea, at least at one point in time.
I doubt Iran is much different. The truth of course is that the US and Britain have indeed had their hand in shaping Iran's current anti-western behavior. In many ways said behavior is understandable and justified, since the west has caused untold suffering in the region for many decades (operation Ajax anyone?) However feeding in this cycle of destruction isn't going to do good for anyone. The politicians are simply crowing to justify their own power, and probably to expand their base of support. Acting tough is sometimes very popular with the common civilian society. But it can also lead to horrible things...
Both sides, western and Iranian, are guilty of the same behavior. Thus we get this stupid cat and mouse game that has been played since the revolution.
ihr habt doch den knall nicht gehört im iran. wacht endlich auf und schickt die arschlöcher in eurer regierung in die wüste...
Firstly if you actually listen to the whole speech of Dr Abbasi, you will realise that his talks about destroying Anglo-Saxon race is only a response to the crap some US strategists and officials had said about destroying the roots of Iranian nation.
Shia Islam is not going to sit ideally while pagan aggressors (infidels) invade our lands step by step and kill our people. We will remove all those who do not belong to the region from the region or die trying so, further we will dispel the illusion of liberalism and democracy.
American imperialists have visions for the future, so do we!
We will continue our Islamic revolution and will establish an Islamic utopia. If ever aggressors attack Iran, even if all the nationalists, democrats, liberals, communists and others refuse to defend this country and its religion, in the name of Allah(swt)Shia presence alone will be sufficient to drive the beast back.
و عدو الهم مستطعتم من قوه
Anonymous Shia Utopian,
It's funny to me how all utopian visions involve the blood of millions. You are not unique in thinking that by killing enough people, you can achieve the perfect society. Here's a news flash: it doesn't work. Utopia is just another word for hell.
It is said that all ideologies will come and will have a chance to rule over people, God would not hasten his plan so that in the end people may say: “we never got a chance to rule the earth if we had we would have brought justice too.”. Patience! Even Zionist have got their chance.
By the year 2030, a few years less or more, we will make a city in Iran fully functioning by systems compatible with Islam, this will be a prototype and its blueprints for the future of all earth. First starting with Iran and gradually outward, advertising it globally and wining the hearts and minds in a world where people have become tired.
If west can not tolerate such movement then there will be more and more blood.
Trust me, anon, You are closer to creating the first truly secular population Iran has ever seen. Congratulations on your success.
Achieving your dream means a never-ending stream of blood and not that of westerners: That of your own people who will never be perfect enough for your distopian dreams.
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