Given the pathetic failures of the USM in the ME since the biggest false flag we know as the 9/11 LIE, Iran's progress has been exceptional. I remember being called a citizen of "The Great Satan" and hating it. How could we know that our own gov't would self sabotage and blame someone else? The Ayatollah was right, after all! Operating policies based on lies for 20 years is like building a house on sand.
It's astounding to me that the U.S. can't realize that Iran would be a more geostrategically beneficial ally than Israel could ever be. Or maybe a foreign policy dominated by Zionist interests does recognize that fact and that is one of the reasons why there is unending pressure on Iran.
It is great to hear about Iran's wonderful achievements since 1979. It seemed at the time that perhaps only religion could provide the unifying motivation to overthrow the Shah. However, every Iranian I know that left Iran is highly educated, and says it is because the Islamic government tries to stifle and control their personal and moral life, not their intellectual life. Everyone they know wants to leave. That is the problem with theocracies. What you attribute to Islam, I attribute to the innate intelligence of Persians. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan during 1970's were secular countries allowing freedom of religion (a much better model) before being destroyed by the empire. The empire doesn't discriminate against theocracies. It destroys all countries threatening the tail that wags the dog, Israel.
But perhaps from a Hegelian standpoint it takes one group of religious fanatics, Islamists, to oppose another group of religious fanatics, Israeli Jewish Zionists. Hopefully, someday we will be rid of all of them, "insha’Allah".
I suspect that the "highly educated" Westoxicated types you know who left Iran, like the "highly educated" Capitalistoxicated gusanos who left Cuba, are rich, privileged (ahem) individuals who follow the satanic Western value system of putting individual greed ahead of all other values. When they and their type ran Iran, most people were deliberately kept poor and uneducated, as in pre-revolutionary Cuba. The Iranian successes discussed in this article happened despite the gusano "brain drain," because the Islamic authorities have authentic values with an actual metaphysical basis and care about their people - unlike the atheist/satanic Western elites and the dupes who flee to the West to emulate them.
I'm just reporting what Iranians tell me. None of them are religious, so don't like the morality and thought police ramming their beliefs down their throat. That's the problem with the "establishment of religion" (Clause in Constitution). But the proof is in the pudding, and the results in Iran are impressive. BTW, not everyone who is non-religious is an atheist or satanic. Many people are spiritual and have a direct connection to the creator, as I believe they practice in Sufism or other mystical forms of religion. Let's call a truce as we will never agree on this.
OK, I probably agree with you 95%. I like the American 1st Amendment (for America) and just wish we would live up to it. But it fits a society geared to worldly individualism, whereas Islam (and Iran) are pursuing a collective spiritual project. I want them to do their thing well, just like I want the US to do its thing well. Vive la difference.
Given the pathetic failures of the USM in the ME since the biggest false flag we know as the 9/11 LIE, Iran's progress has been exceptional. I remember being called a citizen of "The Great Satan" and hating it. How could we know that our own gov't would self sabotage and blame someone else? The Ayatollah was right, after all! Operating policies based on lies for 20 years is like building a house on sand.
It's astounding to me that the U.S. can't realize that Iran would be a more geostrategically beneficial ally than Israel could ever be. Or maybe a foreign policy dominated by Zionist interests does recognize that fact and that is one of the reasons why there is unending pressure on Iran.
It is great to hear about Iran's wonderful achievements since 1979. It seemed at the time that perhaps only religion could provide the unifying motivation to overthrow the Shah. However, every Iranian I know that left Iran is highly educated, and says it is because the Islamic government tries to stifle and control their personal and moral life, not their intellectual life. Everyone they know wants to leave. That is the problem with theocracies. What you attribute to Islam, I attribute to the innate intelligence of Persians. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan during 1970's were secular countries allowing freedom of religion (a much better model) before being destroyed by the empire. The empire doesn't discriminate against theocracies. It destroys all countries threatening the tail that wags the dog, Israel.
But perhaps from a Hegelian standpoint it takes one group of religious fanatics, Islamists, to oppose another group of religious fanatics, Israeli Jewish Zionists. Hopefully, someday we will be rid of all of them, "insha’Allah".
I suspect that the "highly educated" Westoxicated types you know who left Iran, like the "highly educated" Capitalistoxicated gusanos who left Cuba, are rich, privileged (ahem) individuals who follow the satanic Western value system of putting individual greed ahead of all other values. When they and their type ran Iran, most people were deliberately kept poor and uneducated, as in pre-revolutionary Cuba. The Iranian successes discussed in this article happened despite the gusano "brain drain," because the Islamic authorities have authentic values with an actual metaphysical basis and care about their people - unlike the atheist/satanic Western elites and the dupes who flee to the West to emulate them.
Hey Kevin,
I'm just reporting what Iranians tell me. None of them are religious, so don't like the morality and thought police ramming their beliefs down their throat. That's the problem with the "establishment of religion" (Clause in Constitution). But the proof is in the pudding, and the results in Iran are impressive. BTW, not everyone who is non-religious is an atheist or satanic. Many people are spiritual and have a direct connection to the creator, as I believe they practice in Sufism or other mystical forms of religion. Let's call a truce as we will never agree on this.
Peace out!
OK, I probably agree with you 95%. I like the American 1st Amendment (for America) and just wish we would live up to it. But it fits a society geared to worldly individualism, whereas Islam (and Iran) are pursuing a collective spiritual project. I want them to do their thing well, just like I want the US to do its thing well. Vive la difference.
Good article Kevin. Very informative historical information. Thanks for your good journalism.