Mr. Obama: Don't Betray My People

Facts will force Obama to see sense. The senescent Mr.Carter finds it convenient to forget, or perhaps he has genuinely forgotten, that the second half of his presidency was a scramble to try and recover all the positions lost in the first, including the disastrous attempt to "Entebbe" the Tehran hostages, and a drive to respond to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. At the time, as I well remember, the fashionable left were furious with him; an article in that bastion of right-on thinking, Penthouse magazine, called him "a born-again hawk" for raising American military budgets after the Soviet seizure of Kabul. Now that he has no responsibility for anything, of course, he does not want to be reminded of what having responsibility for the US forced him to do. Especially since he lost to Reagan anyway.

He has betrayed those who are supporting him now.

How much more are you?

His flip flops indicate that he can't be trusted to his own words.

He is faux preacher who conjures those who are listening to him.

We are all into this coming doom to America.

The most dangerous thing is not his openly stated policies, but the Add Ons.

You want to know the add-ons, go to Chicago and you will find out!

Chicago is the hearland of Communism in America.

So there.

I don't think the Islamic threat is very big. All of the Islamic nations are backwards and poor. Iran is the most advanced (unless Indonesia counts), but even if they make or get a few nuclear bombs, what are they going to do with them? At best they would use one or two of them on us or our friends (Israel, Europe, Japan, etc), and then what? Well we would bomb them so hard that they would be snuffed out immediately. We have a LOT more bombs then they do!

People forget or don't know that Indonesia is a Muslim population. But Indonesians don't aggress into other populations and cause problems. Actually the main aggression regarding Arabs is with Israel. They haven't really tried to take over OUR government or the governments of Europeans.

I don't know why we find Israel such an important country to protect. Perhaps our problems in regards to terrorism would be solved if we became terrorists ourselves and bombed ALL of the Middle East, including Israel, into destruction. Then where would the terrorists come from? Since Israel would be destroyed, the remaining Arab-Muslims would no longer have any place to fight about because the holy sites would be uninhabitable due to nuclear radiation and there would be a rise in research interest among them in American universities for exploring new ways of humans to survive in nuclear fallout.

I think Israel would be a stronger country if its expatriate Jews lived there and practiced their religion instead of trying to control and overly influence the powerful nations of gentiles. If Jews wish to help uplift the world or fix it for the better, then they should spend more time in places like Africa and China. But these places aren't as interesting to them because Jews are caucasion and because Christianity came out of Judaism and because "success lives here."

Jews that live outside of Israel are helping to drag Israel down.

Mr Imani is "spot on", as is Mrs Shiver, on Obama's foreign policy. Both columnists have dealt with it like Abrams tanks have dealt with Saddam's T-55 tanks during the First Gulf War. May I add that other nations are opposed to Candidate Obama, too?
For example, Poland's President Kaczynski wouldn't like Obama to get elected (and neither would I) because, like the Czech President and the Czech PM, he believes that Obama would placate Russia and Iran by cancelling the missile shield program. Such cancellation would amount to a heinous betrayal of Poland and the CR. It would amount to an admission that Russia and Iran both have the right to veto American, Polish and Czech decisions and that Eastern Europe has become Russia's turf again. It would endanger all of America's European allies, one of whom (France) has started creating its own missile shield. It would amount to a cancellation of the program that would make an Iranian nuclear arsenal futile (which is what the Czech and Polish Presidents want, as does the Czech PM). It would amount to admission that Poland and the CR can be sold out when a US president so decides.
Obama would also weaken the US military, thus making it unable to defend any of America's allies - Poland, the CR, Israel, SK, etc.

Senator Obama's Patriotism - What it means to this Navy Veteran. I hope you consider the following article: Senator Obama's Patriotism - a Veteran's Perspective
It is found at:
http://zachjonesishome.wordpress.com/senator-obama%e2%80%99s-patriotism-a-veteran%e2%80%99s-perspective/

I was 17 years old when Carter was in office and have lived long enough to understand that his damage cannot be repeated.

A nice addition to the Czarter legacy

Unfortunately, Mr Imani, I believe your plea will fall on deaf ears.
Since Comrade Obama despises this country, just like all those who surround him, he won't have any qualms about betraying Americans. So I doubt Iranians will be too much concern to him.

Matthew Dickinson
Your naivete is breathtaking.

Matthew Dickinson - I don't know where to start with you! First, what a vile and hateful thing to suggest that we (presumably you mean the US)should bomb all the countries in the middle-east! Are you so wrapped up in yourself that you cannot see that you are advocating the MURDER of hundreds of millions of people? That's PEOPLE! You know, men and women, boys and girls, infants and elderly, regular people. You remind me of a sarcastic slogan from the Vietnam era "Kill 'em all - let God sort 'em out". The thing is, that slogan was never intended to be taken seriously, and never was except by a few misogynists and psychos! Are you one of those psychos?

Second point - you seem indifferent to mass murder on any scale by anyone. Your comments indicate you do not seem particularly concerned if Iran manages to murder several million Israelis or Europeans. You are either so uninformed or so indifferent that you ignore the core philosophy of the Islamists that it's good if a hundred of yours die if only you take one of theirs with you. MAD does not work in that environment! They'll nuke Israel even if they know there will be a massive counterstrike! And your assertion they are no threat to the US is specious; even YOU could figure out how to smuggle a nuke into San Pedro harbor in Los Angeles and detonate it on a timer. This cannot be stopped if you have the full resources of a government behind the plot. This is the Mad Mullas' stated intent!

PS: Your antisemitism is showing!

America, learn your lesson from Ahmed Chalabi.

My stand on Ahmadinejad is very simple. He is a idiot, a dangerous one at that. He is def. an idiot when he talks about bombing Israel.

However a couple of observations on Amil Imani:

(1) To me, it looks like you don't know Iran. Iran doesn't support Taliban. Iran supported the Northern forces that overthrew Taliban. Northern forces is the current ally of NATA on Afghanistan and thus Iran is in peace with it's neighbour.

(2) Sounds like you don't like Islam - never seen a statement like this from a muslim: "The prophet of Allah, as soon as he gathered enough power, found it expedient to plunder the Jews' properties, kill the men and take the women and children as slaves to exploit or sell."

As years go by, assuming that the US survives Obama, objective studies of history will accurately note that Jimmy Carter was the most naive, incompetent, politically and strategically stupid president in history. His foreign policies have created years of suffering for millions in the Middle East, not to mention the long term economic effects cause by radical Islam here in the west. The man is a living, breathing national disgrace and embarrassment.

Iranian students have been protesting against the rule of the mullah's without any recognition from the main stream media for quite some time now. Anyone who thinks they know the solution would do well to debate them on what action needs to be taken to defeat the rule of the mullah's. Many proud Persians have posted videos on Youtube, documenting their struggle to gain freedom for the islamofascists. Want to understand what's going on; best to educate yourself from the people who've lived with the reality of oppression through tyranny.

Correction from my previous post - Many proud Persians have posted videos on Youtube, documenting their struggle to gain freedom "FROM" (not for- big difference) the islamofascists.

"I don't know why we find Israel such an important country to protect"

Because it's one of the very few countries in the mid-east that is a Democracy. Now that The Bush Doctrine is in place hopefully Iraq and Afghanistan will follow.

I have to say Matthew Dickinson... you are one of the reasons why I greatly admire Pastor John Hagee. Perhaps one day 9/11 troofer Pat Buchanan will listen to Pastor Hagee to learn a little about the Christian religion?

Jeffry

Wow, do you have any idea what you are talking about? First, Bill Clinton was not forced out, he served two terms, that is the limit. You do understand that don't you? Second, do a little research into the war on poverty and see how many billions have been spent trying to eliminate inner city poverty all to no avail.

Dear Mr. Dickenson,

Jews are the canary in the coal mine.

If they go, be scared. They won't be the last.

Most people know that.

Dickson: Are you a Christian?

Jeffry - I thought Obama fired you, since we (thankfully) have not heard from you in over a week! Oh well. Go ahead and spew your communist vomit. A good Conservative will clean it up.

I doubt Mattew Dickenson is serious. I think he is left leaning and just being sarcastic. The implication being that since American Thinker is conservative leaning and therefore is patronized by hate filled war mongers and the like. (You can fill in with your own list of apellations the left loves to use to label everyone they hate.)

Mr. Pages, as usual, just regurjitates what the nyt tells him to. Carter was arguably the worst president in this countries history. I still don't see how, as a white male, I have caused any people of color to suffer. Nobody has ever GIVEN me anything and I have taken nothing from anyone. I have worked and earned all I have achieved. By the way, the problems in the inner city are ALL directly caused by the ill-advised, ill-concieved treachery of the democratic party. I believe the dems want minorities exactly where they are, beholden to the dems. In short, the dems have enslaved the minorities.
Furthermore Jeffrey, Bill Clinton went into the White House as the Gov of Ark. making..what? 75K a year? and eight years later comes out with $300 million? Where did that come from? Oh yeah.. he gave the keys of our armory to the Chinese, Thanks Bill!

Why is it that some topics/essays draw the attention of sleeper-cell liberals more than others?
Jeffry...oh my...where do I begin? When you use the words "Carter" and "best president" in the same thought other than "he preceded the best president" you stamp your IQ in bold numbers on your forehead...with one digit. You tell on your idiocy again by saying that Bill Clinton was "forced out". Honestly...you can't be that dumb. Clinton (amazingly) was allowed to finish his constitutionally limited two terms to their finish.
Your lack of understanding with the most commonly understood political facts makes me weep for you.
That being said...Israel is our ally and a good one at that. I understand those tearing them down would much prefer that we kept our "alliances" with France and Germany robust since every time an investigation is done on a foreign dictator who's threatening the world, those two countries are caught with their hands in the cookie jar providing support to them.
Middle Eastern Faux-Islamo countries are not a threat?!? Do you not even try to have ANY credibility in your posts?
Contrary to what B. Hussein Obama thinks, this IS a Christian nation...and as such, our ties to Isreal do and MUST run deep. Don't like it? Tough. Them's the facts.

Anon,

I suppose you know more about my country of birth. Well, that is great, glad to know that. First and foremost, we must realize that Iran is an occupied nation. It is occupied by bloodthirsty Mullahs who are not Iranians. Being Iranian is defined by a state of mind, not by a place of residence. The barbaric Islamist mullahs and their mercenaries presently ruling Iran are not Iranians. They are Islamofascists who have betrayed their magnificent heritage and have enlisted themselves in the service of a most oppressive, discriminating, and demeaning ideology. Even Khomeini said this on numerous occasions, "let Iran burns to ashes as long as Islam survives."

I guess you do not know much about the Mullahs. They are in bed with any terrorist groups that hates America and Israel. The Islamic Republic is a haven for Al Qaeda terrorists and Ben Laden's sons have been living in Iran since they were kicked out of Afghanistan.

And how presumptuous of you to call me a Muslim. Please do not insult me by calling me a Muslim. I left this barbaric dogma of hate long time ago. We Iranians became Muslims by default and not by choice. As soon as I found out about the terrorist nature of Islam, not only I left this cult, but have written hundreds of articles, encouraging other Muslims to leave this slaveholder.

Throughout centuries, Iranians continued to prevent Islam from making inroads into their cultural identity and divesting them of their heritage. Knowing their culture well, they influenced events and paved the way for posterity to turn the tide. From the beginning, three lines of resistance had become distinct: administrative manipulation, political resistance, and intellectual nonconformity.

Iranians are proud spiritual descendants of King Cyrus the Great, the author of the first charter of human rights. Some of Cyrus' children live in the patch of land called Iran. The overwhelming majority--free humans with human beliefs--live in every country, city, and village of the earth.

Almost three decades after the tragic Islamic Revolution of 1979, the suffocating rule of Islam casts its death-bearing pall over Iranians. A proud people with enviable heritage is being systematically purged of its sense of identity and forced to think and behave like the barbaric and intolerant Muslims.

Iranians who had always treated women with equality, for instance, have seen them reduced by the stone-age clergy to sub-human status of Islamic teaching. Any attempt by the women of Iran to counter the misogynist rule of Muhammad's mullahs is mercilessly suppressed. Women are beaten, imprisoned, raped and killed just as men are slaughtered without due process or mercy.

We Iranians in spirit--free people of the world--greatly cherish liberty, where the mind is imbued with enlightenment, and every individual by the virtue of being born human is afforded measured freedom. It is within the open expanse of liberty that each and every person can be at his or her best. And when the individual person is at his best, humanity is at its best.

Jeffry? Raygen? Ok. So blacks "die" in American inner cities from "lack of human dignity"? Holy crap! Could it have anything to do with tribal gang-bangers shooting each other as they compete to enslave their "people" on dope?

And...

Bill Clinton was "forced out"? Of what? Federal employee's body cavities?

Jeffry, I'm begging you to get a vasectomy. Please. Do it now.

Matthew is a wonderful though a little bit immature guy, Mr. Obama's kind, --naïve, brilliant and stupid. It does not matter for him if Iran or any other country drops couple of nukes on us. What about if it is all your family among dead, Matthew? I know what I am talking about because a lot of my relatives fought in WWII and many never came home. So, I am open to start a dialog with you, naïve and stupid Matthew, but only after you acquire the same experience.

M. Dickinson and J. Pages

Dear Mr. Amani: an excellent thought provoking artical.

It is unfortunate that it had to attract the attention of two morons above who can only reiterate the babblings of the MSM.

In some respects I'm surprised they can read or write.

In any event the information (read that propaganda) they do recieve from these sources is further debased within the mush between their ears. And, we get to enjoy the fruits of the resulting "literary" endeavors. How can we be so fortunate.

Enough Said.

PC is Thought Control
LEE

Agh, why does the moderator keep removing Jeffry Pages posts?! Those are hilarious!

Dear Liberal Trolls:

Have you ever wondered why immigrants who come from oppressed nations usually become conservatives? Think now... but don't burn out a bearing doing it.

@bubblehead

I don't care if I am an antisemite. The more friendly I am toward Jews, the more they want to live here. I live in America. If more people hated them like they do in Saudi Arabia and Hitler's Germany and other places they've been persecuted then they would be happy to move to Israel, and then Israel would be stronger, and with it so would the nations, such as our country.

Jeffery Pages, I must admit that when I noticed that you had not posted anything in the last few days I was praying that you were receiving the psychological help you so sorely need because you are filled with hate. Actually, you now seem to have a few fellow-travelers (Matthew Dickinson and Jeugenen)that you can commune with in your anti-Jewish and anti-American rants. I will only bother to answer one of your points in this post because frankly most of what you post is delusional! Maybe you do not realize this but most inner-cities have been under the control of Democrats for years. Mayor Daley of Chicago is one case that comes to mind. So, for my purposes I will highlight Chicago. Recently, Chicago has had a problem with multiple murders bloodying their city streets. Chicago's illustrious mayor seems to think the answer to this problem is to let the bad guys have guns but to keep firearms out of the hands of the city's law-abiding citizens. Now lets focus on Chicago's poverty problems! I believe that even the Chicago Tribune (not a conservative news organization) has written about Tony Resco's sweet deal with the city to build low-income housing units. As reported in the Tribune these units were not up to building codes and were uninhabitable. Your savior, Obama, was a friend of Tony Resco and worked as a lawyer on some of these projects. I would not call this change we can believe in but politics as usual in the city of Chicago. Our federal government has been pouring taxpayer's money into the inner-cities ever since Lyndon Johnson's "war on poverty" and it has not helped to alleviate anything! I would like to know what our "exit-strategy" is in the war on poverty. I guess we just keep pouring billions of dollars down into the cesspool of big city politician's pockets (democrats). Unfortunately when 70% of inner-city babies are born to un-wed mothers statics tell us that the mothers will spend the next ten years in poverty. I ask you Jeffery Pages has it ever crossed your psyche that just maybe marriage and family is the answer to poverty, not more big government programs? Oh, I forgot it is not politically correct to speak about marriage and family because that means that people need to take personal responsibility for their actions. This might put the blame on the person instead of making victims out of them.

Why would Iran nuke us? None of the holy sites of Islam, Christianity and Judaism are in America. They would more likely nuke Israel. But that should be Israel's problem to sort out. If more of its Jews went to Israel maybe they could use their intelligence to strengthen their country so that it can become autonomous. In the Bible God says he wants Israel to be a separate nation. He doesn't say, "convince the powerful nations of the world to protect us from your enemies because you will never be too strong to defend yourself." The Jews even have whole holidays about celebrating military victories, such as Hanukkah. But Jews outside of Israel are so irreligious and removed from their tradition, they are so like gentiles, that they don't even observe Hanukkah.

They come up with all kinds of creative tactics to subdue their enemies. One new one they're trying is to create Israeli porn where Jewish women and Arabic men have sex with each other.

http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2345

They hope that this will alleviate violence and tensions between their neighbors. Maybe it will, however they need to do more than this if they want to survive nuclear attacks by nations like Iran, America and Great Britain. They shouldn't try to be friends with gentile nations. Their experience in history has shown that they always eventually turn on them.

If Israel was intelligent, they would develop their transportation systems, such as their airports, such that they allow massive evacuation very quickly of their entire Jewish population. This system would be designed to avoid the loss of life of a massive attack. But it would be better if the airplanes all left in different directions -- to all kinds of places, rather than just the comfortable ones such as New York. Then the idea would be to return as soon as possible, although with nuclear radiation that can take a while. However I doubt seriously that Israel has a mass evacuation plan, although on 9/11 they did get warnings about the terrorist attacks such as through the instant messaging system Odigo.

I'm not trying to curse Israel. I'm trying to strengthen Israel by encouraging the destruction of their outside Jews. I am anti-semite outside of Israel and I would convert to Judaism if I moved to Israel.

You will have to eat your words for 1000 years think of me when you fill your gas tank. next target 20 silver american dollars per barrel

Wow!
First as to the article itself; I fear Mr. Obama is far more ill-informed and self absorbed than Carter is today, which is hard to imagine.

What we have spent in blood and treasure and the toll paid by the rest of the world for the Carter idiocies will pale in comparison to what Obama's delusions will cost.

These are far more dangerous times. Acme-Jihad may be an idiot but I do not doubt his sincerity when at every opportunity he proclaims his desire to destroy us and our allies. He is pushing his nuclear aspirations undaunted by world pressure while at the same time you see his proxies pushing his agenda on the ground in Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, and elsewhere.

Whether he is just the mouth piece or actually wields power it is not difficult to see Iranian fingerprints in trouble around the globe. Yet, according to Mr. Obama he is no threat to us at all.

Reading the comments of some here (Dickenson and Jeugenen) is frightening. Evidently we missed the boat in the 40s we must have been on the wrong side. It seems all of the problems of the world can be laid at the feet of the Jews. Why use the term 'neo-con or neo -liberal or speak of 'expatriate Jews' why not use the proper term in the manner you really mean it; Juden! Why not to help us all see what you see by requiring them to wear a yellow Star of David on their outer clothing, it is so much easier to see a danger when it is clearly marked...

On the one hand, if you believe that by abandoning Israel the Islamic Fascists will leave the rest of us alone you have little knowledge of history or understanding of tyrants. On the other who will you hate when all of the Jews are gone?

I never expected to see such bile openly expressed in my life time.

well I can't wait for obama to become president. He will bring such disappointment that if the country surrvives his four year term, no one will ever vote for another useless shell like him for at least another three decades! and by that time most of us reading this article are gone to eternal sleep.!

Mr. Amani thanks for a great article. Wish we could hear from true Iranians more often. Again thanks Sir

Bravo Mr Amani. PLEASE contribute again.

Excellent. My heart is warmed to hear a patriot make a stand against tyranny. I'd love to be able to tell the Iranian patriots that American patriots stand with them.

Again, bravo.

JH

great post. Democrats are bad in both domestic and foreign policy areas.

Mr Imani, your plea falls on deaf ears. Obama has the same concern towards your people as that of the residents of the housing projects he left in misery in exchange for a vehicle to power.

He and Carter are the typical smug liberal. What they think is not open to debate. In fact, opposing viewpoints are sneered at and are not even given the dignity of a passing thought; those that hold opposing opinions are simply beneath contempt. They believe the power of their intentions alone will transform reality.

Mr. Obama already has the scenario in his head as to how the world's leaders are going to react to his persuasion. When it does not go as expected, the next Republican who is forced to clean up the mess will be denigrated as the cause of the problem, rest assured.

Bravo, Mr. Imani!

I was around when so many of your compatriots had to flee your wonderful country and culture. I have worked with many of them and heard their stories and shared their hospitality. They are a freedom-loving and individualistic people, full of humor and tolerance.

After all the time that has past, it is depressing to know how little we Americans understand and appreciate Persian culture and how much you have lost. Bush and McCain honor and understand this when they say that we honor the Iranian people, but not its leadership. Does Obama understand this? Sadly, I think not.

I hope we will hear from you often.

Matthew Dickinson, may I gently ask how old you are?

Wether it is Obama or anyone else leading our respective countries, our psuedo Democracies are the tools of special interest groups.All Democracies must have the processes of Initiative, Recall and Referenda for the citizens to keep control on self serving politicians and various interest groups.Democracy will be victorious in this forthcoming battle against Islam and Sharia law if the full Democratic rights are activated in all present so called Democracies.I don't fully trust the machinery of either  parties.George Washington feared that Democracy would be usurped by parties.

Don't bomb Iran, Bush warns Israel
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/02/2008-07-02_dont_bomb_iran_bush_warns_israel-1.html

http://digg.com/political_opinion/A_Decent_Respect_for_the_Opinions_of_Mankind_Iran_Literacy

Amil, I'm a Democrat liberal through and through, yet this issue is making me think long and hard for what my decision will be in November.

I am pleased with the "Change" that Obama has made in distancing himself from his Farrakhan admiring pastor. Although I have to agree with some conservatives who ask why it took him 20 years to figure out that his Pastor's political views are skewed from that of mainstream Americans.

I deeply regret what happened to the Iranian nation and the awful abuse of Human Rights that they have endured for the last generation. It's a real human tragedy.

I would like to raise my voice together with you and the people of Iran and tell Barak Obama that his ideas about dealing with Iran are naive on their surface. He must rethink his plans.

Learning how to slurp chai through a sugar cube and eating Gaz (persian Nougat) with Ahmadinejad will not stop the Mullah's fanatical thinking.

In fact, what will happen is that the Gaz will stick to Obama's teeth and as he raises his cheeks to swallow it, all of Iran think he is smiling with Mahmood.

It will send the wrong message to the suffering Iranians, to all Americans and to the world.

Hudafez and happy 4th July.

(By the way, I love Gaz and everyone should try it - just don't eat it with Ahmadinejad).

Actually Obama is just like a Mullah - he is willing to associate/use anyone to position himself. Like a Mullah he is about power and control. HIS.

thank you Amil, as an Iranian I am so proud of you for working so hard and so single handedly to make the point that an entire nation ( Iranian people) has been trying to make during these last 29 years.

You and I know that our people have been struggling so hard, since day one of the imposing of this medieval regime by Americans and their allies. They have been truly and on a daily basis fighting with this bunch of brutal creatures that are governing their beautiful country.

You and I also know the amount of suffering of our people and the extent of the atrocities of this bloody regime. You and I know how millions of our people have perished so untimely and so in vain and because of the wrong policies of Carter and his administration.

But isn't it amazing that Americans are either so unaware of the situation in Iran (as we see in some of the comments) or so indifferent to the pain of a nation who has supposedly been a close friend of the United State for decades? THE close friend!?

Mr. Bush has so many times and so kindly talked about our people and our culture, praising Iranians for their struggles against the Islamic Regime. But have you ever seen any exposure of what goes on in Iran in the American media? Have you seen/read/heard anything about the plight of our people in the western media truly reflecting the extent of their resistance? How many more people should be arrested, imprisoned, tortured, lashed out, stoned to death, executed for the Americans and the world to offer their support in a meaningful way?

The bottom line is, they messed up our country (with the help of some of our own people), they caused the death of millions of our people, and the destruction of much of the infrastructures of our country, and the migration of millions of our people. As immigrants, we lost our country, our hope, our dignity, and our respect, every day thinking that miraculously they will realize one day that they should rectify their mistakes and come to our help. Their actions proved us wrong. Politics, apparently, doesn't work that way.

You and I should realize that in this fight, we are alone, our people are alone and Mr. Carter won't ever admit that he was wrong and won't ever apologize for his mistakes and Mr. Obama won't learn the good lesson!

The only problem that the entire world, including the United States, has with the Islamic Regime, is their nucleor ambitions, that is all. If the Islamic Regime announces that they will stop the enrichment, the entire world will give an eye to be at their service and they don't even hide it. Human rights and the life of people and the future of our sacred land is not an issue for them.

But you know it and I know it, that sooner or later the world will realize that the only way out of this mess for them is a secular Iran, nothing else will work. Iran's influence in the region is phenomenal, believe it or not.

Sooner or later the world is made to understand that a healthy, happy peaceful Middle east is only possible when Iranian people trash this bloody regime into the trashcan of history. They will do it with or without America's help.

Thank you so much Amil for raising people's awareness about Iran. Every time I read your articles, I raise my head and think " he is my compatriot, with people like him Iran will rise again from the ashes ", bravo Amil.

Hello Amil Imani

Excellent article and follow-up.

I don't know how many people are aware of the fact that King Cyrus the Great, was the author of the first charter of human rights.

Maybe Obama should go back to his history lessons before he runs for presidency.

Fantastic article.

As for Matthew Dickinson who preaches the expulsion of Jews from America, I wonder where his ancestors came from.
I bet the Indians would have him expelled tout de suit.

Raam Israel

I'm sorry that I said we should nuke the Middle East. They were not serious statements. I know that our administration, which this website supports 100%, has considered using small nukes on Iran and other countries -- Donald Rumsfeld had said such things -- but I thought what I was saying was too preposterous to be taken seriously, and when I added the point about Arabs, in the future, studying to learn how to live in radiated conditions, so that they could still overtake Israel, I mean that as humor. Of course Jews would also be studying to learn how to live in nuclear fallout too so that they could rebuild the temple for the fifth time while, and how to practice their religion and pray at the wailing wall while wearing radiation suits.

"Actually the main aggression regarding Arabs is with Israel. They haven't really tried to take over OUR government or the governments of Europeans.

Posted by: Matthew Dickinson | July 3, 2008 03:48 AM"

You need to brush up your history. The Khazars (then a Jewish nation in the Caucasian region) stopped or at least acted as a buffer between the Byzantine Empire and the on rushing Muslim invasion of Europe from the North and the Battle of Tours in France stopped the Arab invasion in the South. Other than those two events, Europe would be totally in Muslim hands. Muslims multiply like rabbits and much of Europe is under the influence of Muslims already.

You also state the Iranians have not tried to over-take American government, but the attack on our embassy (U.S. sovereign land) is a direct attack of U.S. government.

If you don't know what you are talking about it is best not to show ignorance and listen.

For more information about the persecution of Baha'is, go to glennfrancosimmons@blogspot.com. I also speak about the persecution of Christians in Iran, as well as other faiths.

If Obama is elected, I hope he can follow the lead of President Reagan and speak out against the Iranian persecution of religious minorities, especially the Baha'is who could be on the verge of being exterminated, but I doubt that he will do anything since he wants to meet with the Little Hitler, i.e. the "president" of the Islamic "Republic" of Iran.

Ah, Matthew. You seem like a polite young person. :)
I'm not sure what blogs you frequent, but tell me this: if one of us of the conservative persuasion dropped in to chat there, would we receive a smidgen of the respect that you have been afforded here?
Think about it.
You've been soaking up a lot of poison wherever you've been. If you think we haven't heard these ideas you've been sharing with us, you would be mistaken. A little advice from a former liberal: For everything you hear, look up the opposite viewpoint and weigh it carefully. Read history that is written by credible historians. If you're honest and have a good heart, and after a little more life experience, you'll come to a deeper and truer understanding.

Shirin, I hear your despair. The media has done a horrible job on Iran, as they have on just about everything else. Our universities, also. There is so much to know about Iran and its history and people. I know that Bush wishes he could help liberate Iran, as he did Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, he has run out of political capital and support. He did his best to continue and correct what happened during his father's administration. Too bad he could not also rectify Carter's horrible blunder. And then there's the tragedy of North Korea...
Question for Bush haters out there, on a scale of hope: Is Afghanistan better off now than it was under the Taliban? Is Iraq better off now than it was under Saddam?
And... Iran? My hope is that someday, we will again have a democratic Persia. What a fantastic world partner that would be!

Mr. Amil Imani, thank you very much for your contributions. I have been impressed by the Persian culture. It has provided us with many scientific and mathematical foundations.

Obama's Jimmy Carter Disaster

By Guest Author: Samuel Slater Bakhtavar (07/04/08)

During the 1970's, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had acceded to the monarchist governmental leadership role present throughout Iran's history, implemented economic, educational and social reforms. In 1978, in the midst of democratic reforms, the Shah and the Iranian people celebrated 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy. Thereafter, the Carter Administration, awkwardly wielding a contorted rhetoric of "human rights" thoughtlessly encouraged the overthrow of the Shah and thereby hastened the arrival of an exiled and obscure cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, and with him the Islamic Republic of Iran.

President Carter's misguided approach to raising human rights (catered to fundamentalists and communists) in the context of US-Iran relations, led to the Shah's fall. Iran then became a theocratic abyss, whose radical fundamentalists tolerated far more abuse and torture of political prisoners than the Shah ever had, and supported a stream of terrorist acts and causes. The individuals who comprise Iran's theocracy are now the worlds, as well as the vast majority of the Iranian people's greatest enemies.

Now, Barack Obama has said that he is inclined to meet with the internationally controversial Iranian President at the right time after due preparation and advance work by US diplomats. Contrary to mainstream media views, the President of Iran is virtually powerless. Any candidate for the presidency of Iran must first be vetted by a hard-line group of twelve clerics who are controlled by the un-elected Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. During the recent election for President of Iran the members of the Guardian Council disqualified over ninety-eight percent of the candidates, including all female candidates and virtually every single reformist. Hence, although Iran has elections, these elections are simply fodder for the mainstream media, providing straw figures to distract foreign politicians like Barack Obama.

Many of Barack Obama's national security policies are sideways backward-looking and retreads from the Carter Administration. Obama supports direct negotiations with the Iranian theocracy, opposes support for pro-Democracy Iranian groups, and advocates open lines of relation with the most corrupt members of the regime. All this works to legitimize the dictatorship.

The signature moves of Obama are to be too noble for mere politics, but the team of foreign policy security advisers that his administration looks likely to field is the constellation of advisors and policy staff that will render him just another "high-toned liberal" doomed to failure. The Obama team is composed of a combination of the young and inexperienced, a retreads of the usual suspects, characteristic of the Carter and Clinton Administrations, lofted up from poorly grounded gray matter of liberal universities and think tanks. The team members may be united by with good intentions; but without appropriate grounding, they are likely on the road to disappointment and failure.

Among the few prominent figures are Zbigniew Brzezinski who was President Carter's National Security Advisor and a veteran of multiple failures in Iran; Lt. General Merrill McPeak, designer of untimely Air Force retrenchment and stillborn change during the Clinton Administration; Gregory Craig, aide to Ted Kennedy and an exuberantly creative Clinton partisan who defended his President at the impeachment; and Susan Rice, the black hole of talk and inaction.

President Bush has consistently reached out to Iranian people, a nation that Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute dubbed the "most pro-American in the entire region, if not the world", and Thomas Friedman of the New York Times called "the ultimate red state.", while the un-elected anti-American government wields a miniscule 15-20% support.

Although we are unsure whether Obama merits to be judged by the company he keeps, his advisors appear to adhere only to the obvious immature foreign policy proffered by Jimmy Carter. In Iran, the Carter Administration helped bring down one of the United States greatest allies and infiltrated modern terrorism. The lack of intellectual and moral clarity about global threats and how America and the freedom seeking people of the people of Iran and other mid-east nations should respond will make them incapable of acting on the crucial deeper game.

Samuel Slater Bakhtavar

Slater Bakhtavar is president and founder of Republican Youth of America, a frequent commentator and respected analyst on foreign policy issues, an attorney with a post-doctoral degree in International law and pursuing his M.B.A

http://www.americandaily.com/article/22541

Dear Amil:

You have certainly stirred up a great controversial rhetoric as usual. We appreciate you as always! There is certainly a great deal of information to be gleaned from both you and your readers. Our major news media is so lacking in real info which is why I see naivete amongst the young. For those who know their Carter history and the tragedy befallen the Persian people because of him, I keep you and your people in my prayer that Iran will be able to overcome this evil it lives under without war. Obama has virtually no experience in diplomacy and was a total failure as a lawyer and community activist in Chicago. He could not even handle trials or complete an assignment, ergo the one building he helped to try to get asbestos out of is still full of it! In his book he brags about himself and gives no credit to the other people who started the law suit and worked so hard, while he just came on board for a short time and left as he had not the courage to keep up the fight. Politics was a better place for his ambitions. He most often votes "present" on all issues and neither "yeah" nor "nay." He cannot see the good from the bad and knows only his own ambitions changing his loyalties from black to white and back again with a phony swagger and smile. There is a lot of Kool Aide being drunk here in America right now...sadly! We need someone who will stand with the Iranian people who want freedom from their current tyranny. That won't come from the "left" in this country. I am an "Independent" but even I can see that! We must save Iran, Israel, and hopefully one day even Lebanon will come back to its former glory. The Islamic militants and Mullahs must go. They cannot be negotiated with! Keep up the good fight!!!!!