PrintAugust 11, 2007
Battered America: Our Abusive Relationship with the Mullahs
The dynamics of the relationship between the United States and the Iran's mullahs resembles that of an abused wife and a batterer husband. Domestic violence comes as a form of bullying, as a means that is easier than other methods. There are different reasons why spouses stay in physically abusive marriages. Some women stay because they fear the community's reaction, some hope that their husbands will change, some stay out of fear of the husband's violent reaction, some stay because of low-esteem, and some stay because they can't find a way out. The United States must find a way out of this dishonorable cycle. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran's dossier of terrorism against the United States includes: taking 52 American hostages in Tehran for 444 days, attacks on U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 killing sixty three people including seventeen American servicemen; second U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut in 1984 killing 24 people, two of whom...(Read Full Article)
