Most people have no idea as to the why of the war on terror. The question “why do they hate us” flies around more than bullets inFallujah . In this post you will learn exactly why Iran hates our guts and want us crawl into a hole somewhere and die.
Iran
As every patriotic american knows, Iran is an unholy dictatoship whose only goals are to kill jesus, nuke heaven, and feast upon the souls of the pure. of course, everyone outside of the asylum, the white house, and/or the O’reilly factor knows that Iran has a long and nasty history with the US. (P.s. I’m not trying to be anti-american here, I simply belive than when searching for the source of a problem, the first course of action should be self examination.)
Timeline of US iranian relations
1856:US diplomatic relations established with Persia(iran).
The realationship is largly uneventful for decades.
1952:British/American intelligence organize protests to depose Mohammed Mosaddeq the prime minister of Iran, reenstating the Shah, who was basically a puppet king.
1979:Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini gains power, begins refering to america as “great satan” Hostage taken because Shah allowed into the US for cancer treatment. Massive sanctions against Iran, US was at time Iran’s largest commercial partner.
1981:iran-iraq war, sadaam supported by US, half the western world. US supplies iraq w/anthrax ect. over 1 million Iranians die, 400,000 iraqis die.
1983:beriut barracks bombing, hezbolla, iranian backed terrorists, held reponsible.
1986:Iran-contra scandal. US sells weapons to iran to pay for funding of nicuraguan rebels.
1988:Iranian air flight 655 tradedy. US cruiser destroys iranian civilian flight carrying 290 people from six countries. US pays families, never apologizes to iran or admits responsability.
1990′s:troubled talks, little happens as result.
2000′s:Bush refers to iran as axis of evil, nuclear weapons accusation unfounded by administrations own intelligence reports.
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Currently, iran and the US regulary trade insults regarding iran’s nuclear program. Don’t expect this to end anytime soon, as talks with iran are nearly impossible under the bush administration. As always, reseach for yourself on this, i’m not the one who should decide what you think.
sources:
BBC
Modern Iran (book)
Foregin affairs magazine
New york times
Reagan presidential library
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I like Iran. Why can’t we just be friends????
This post was not only informative, but absolutely hilarious. The U.S. stereotypes of Iran and Iraq are so pathetic, no wonder a lot of people in the world think we’re ignorant.