IRAN AZADI

Religion vs. Idealogy

2005-10-28T18:24:00.000-04:00

I've always said that religion has caused more death than any other reason, but I see now how this statement is flawed.

Ayatollah Sistani, one of Iraq's most senior Shia clerics has decided that Iraqi's should vote on who they want to. Unlike Ahmadinejad who has stated that his recent remarks were the voice of all Iranians, Sistani doesn't believe in the idea of mass brainwashing. Now this is a true holy man, who has told Iraqi's to do what God wants them to do; make choices based on their beliefs.

God has given us the fundemental right to choose to sin, or not to sin. We can choose to be religious or atheist, Muslim, Christian, Jew or whatever we like. I reject claims made by Iran that they are a just country. How can Iran's trailer trash government speak of justice when they think its OK to stone a woman for cheating on her husband, but not OK to watch an American movie.

So Ken is right in his last article. Religion isn't the problem at all. Its the idealogy. Islam's problem is that the extreme fundementalist "rednecks" if you will have taken over the government for their own personal gain. And its time we Iranians, and Muslims as a whole, take back our countries and religion.

"Wipe Israel Off the Map"

2005-10-28T02:21:00.000-04:00

For over 25 years, Iran's leaders have been calling for the destruction of Israel and it's pretty clear what Iran's "president" wants to do. I have no doubt in my mind now that Iran is working on a nuclear bomb. Every day, it becomes more obvious.

Khomeni has stated before that nuclear war with Israel would be worth it because it would be easier to kill 6 million Jews than it would be to kill 75 million Iranians.

And this is supposedly a man of God? I just don't see how millions of people could follow this man blindly and actually think that he is a good man. Religion is supposed to be a guiding light for man. Religion was preached to the masses so that man can better himself, not preach hate agains fellow man.

I just don't understand how someone can say that they are a religious person when they state that they want to kill 6 million other people. Why? Because they look different? Because their noses may be bigger, or their hair curlier? Don't these idiots see that Jews and Iranians are almost the same ethnic background? We're practially cousins for God's sake! I understand that family always fights when they are supposed to love each other, but for a president of a country to say that he wants to wipe another nation off the map is just ludacris.

If anyone has read my articles in the past, they know that I'm not a big fan of Israel, but nothing Israel will ever do will summon me to threaten genocide.

But I remain optimistic. Every day, more freedom is taken away from Iranian citizens. I'm hopeful that one day, Iranians will stand up and say enough is enough! Either we take back our own country, or we risk WWIII with China and Iran. Iran has global ambitions. Their jealousy of Israeli power is obvious, and something must be done to stop these lunatics before the world is blown apart.

From Civility to Massive Death

2005-10-18T19:04:00.000-04:00

I’ve heard most of my life that religion has killed more people in history than anything else has. I believed it for a while, along with all the other propaganda against traditional religion. That statement may be true, but it’s incomplete, and used primarily to condition people to hate religion and embrace atheism. Other words can be used in the place of religion and it’ll have the same meaning. Culture, beliefs, politics, doctrines, manifestos, philosophy, opinions, and views have been responsible for more human on human deaths than anything, but it can be summed up in one word: ideology.

Ideology means all those things, including religion. It’s peoples’ way of life and the clashing with others’ way of life that causes massive death. Now, it’s easy for atheists to say, “If only there wasn’t religion, then there wouldn’t be all this killing in the name of religion.” If religion did not exist there might not be killing in the name of religion, but there would still be killing in the name of ideologies (i.e. the National Socialist movement under Hitler). It’s impossible to say, “If only there wasn’t ideology or culture, then there wouldn’t be all this killing.” Yes, ideology and culture kill, but without them societies wouldn’t function either. It’s a paradox and a great irony. There can be an atheistic society, but they would have their own ideology nonetheless. Where “religion” ends, ideology takes its place. People have the need to believe in something no matter what. They need to have a purpose. Christianity is an ideology, as is Conservatism, as is Liberalism, as is Environmentalism, as is Islam, as is Communism, as is Buddhism, as are all ways of life.

Ideology can kill; all that matters is what side you’re on when it starts. Some sides are more just and work better than others do; some are pure evil. There are millions of cultures and ideologies, and the only way for humanity to get along would be to have one defining culture and ideology. But getting there will mean the elimination of all other cultures and ideologies. That takes a huge amount of persuasion or war and massive death, and in the aftermath there will still be differences of opinion. Life will go on, but not after millions die along the way. Humanity will never have a common culture because not even the smallest form of government, the family, can 100% get along.

My point is - world peace is an unattainable goal. The only thing you can have a positive influence on is your family. Raise them in your culture and ideology, surround yourself with others of like mind, try to be civil with those who aren’t, and prepare for clashes with the rest to begin. That’s what local governments are for. That’s why states were created. That’s why there are different countries. They prevent, to the greatest extent possible, the occurrence of conflict. The alternative isn’t world peace and unity… it’s massive death.

By Ken Bergman

Note to US Forces in Iraq

2005-10-02T18:38:00.000-04:00

Could we please figure out where this prison is and kill everyone of those sadistic nuts? How could they just set up a torture chamber right in the capital?

Its time the CIA started spending a little more money on recruiting. If Iraq is turned into another Islamic Republic, it would be disasterous.

Bassij Militia Wants a Repeat

2005-09-28T16:45:00.000-04:00

The British embassy was attacked by Islamist thugs. All this of course is OK with the Supreme Leader. He doesn't care if a few Brits get hurt and probably enjoyed it when the students called for a repeat of the US embassy sacking.

But if a few thousand students get together and simply ask for their freedom, well then there is hell to pay. And these hypocrits talk about islamic justice.

Iran Embassy Bomb Blasts

2005-09-25T19:32:00.000-04:00

There are not many details but two explosions were heard near the British Embassy in Tehran. Tonight was the sight of demonstrations called on by the Supreme Leader. Of course, when students get together and protest with no explosions or violence, police are ordered to fire upon them. But when paid members of the evil islamic militia beat women in the streets and maim, kill and even steal artwork, no one complains.

While Iran and Syria maim and kill those who stand in their way, we must figure out a plan to take on this evil in the future. I think we have had enough war. I agree with Bush that North Korea, Syria and Iran are run by evil tyrants. I agree that their regimes should be changed. While evil men plot, we must stay one step ahead of them.

In other news, looks like the evil JDL which I always knew to be a terrorist group is going down for good.

Chaos in Basra

2005-09-25T14:54:00.000-04:00

I recently made a statement about British troops and their rescue operation. I want to take this criticism back. Read this article to find out why we need more troops like the British in Basra.

The Face of Evil

2005-09-23T23:52:00.000-04:00

Just look at this pathetic man. Doesn't he just look like he would do something like order the killing of 30,000 of his own people? His eyes insist he was guilty of hanging kids as young as 12 on cranes, from 9 to 5 until the number reached 30,000. When you tell people its OK to have sex with
babies and barnyard animals, there must be something wrong with you.

I'm afraid to ask why people would blindly follow that man. Surely everyone in Iran must know about his numerous massacres. The people cannot be as backward as he was. Here is the poll I want to see in Iran. Of course, the person who took this poll would be executed immediately under the "spirit of the islamic revolution." Simply ask the people if they want the current government or a Democratic Republic. I'm betting over 80 percent of the people in Iran would like to see Khameini hang from a tree.

When you tell people its OK to go into a resturant and kill people because they are a different race or religion than you, its not just terrorism, its genocide. I mean seriously, what kind of a person would give a poor little village kid a plastic key, made in China of course, and tell them that he will go to heaven if he is killed while running through a mine field? What kind of a person would order a theatre full of families to be burned? Do Iranians not realize how evil this man is, or are they evil themselves? I don't think the followers of the revolution are evil, but I do know that they love money.

Its obvoius that all we did in 79 was switch kings. The one we have now is just more cruel and backward. Only kings claim they ge their power from God, the way "Ghomehini" did in 79. He was nothing more than a more backward Pat Robertson, except for he was able to convince enough of his breed to help him take over an entire nation. If the British and Americans were not so incompetent in the first place, we would have never had the pleasure of being rulled by the hypocrite murderous regime in Iran.

Public enemy number one is currently gearing up for war. I will soon have a detailed post on Iranian military power, but until then, think about this. Anyone who would order thousands of their own people to be executed would not blink twice about nuking millions of people he considers the enemy. As of now, I don't think military action would be a good idea. But I would not trust followers of a sheep fucker with a nuke. We will be FORCED to take out all Iranian nuclear facilities right before that day comes, so I hope by then the people of Iran will be brave enough to take matters into their own hands. Let those cowards try what they did in 88.

I wonder if our current rulers know how evil they are. I wonder if there really is a devil, and these people are really under his control? I wonder if the current islamic king really thinks he gets his power is granted to him by God. But when the day comes that somebody puts finally puts an M-16 to his head and blows his fucking brains out, he will know who's side God was on.

My Little Furlough In New York

2005-09-19T00:25:00.000-04:00

I apologize for the absense on my blog. I appreciate the traffic I have been receiving, although it would be better to have more comments. For reasons I will explain, I will not comment on anything that happened in New York. Although there is much I want to say about Katrina and our government inefficiency, as well as my country's terrorist "President". A man who used to torture and execute people for years in Tehran's prison for political prisoners.

Its as if the trashiest, most redneck backward people in our country were suddenly put into power in 79. If Iran had trailer parks, the country's elite would be the trailer trash. We have a saying for people like this in Iran. We call them "Dahati". To tide you over, I have a post from Ken Bergman I'm sure you will find interesting.

The Game of Risk

I was staring at a map of the Middle East today just to refresh my memory of exactly where certain nations and regions are and whom they border with. This map displays each nation with a different color and each region with a different shade of the national color. There was the tiny sliver of Israel surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and you can easily wave to Saudi Arabia across the Red Sea from Elat. And there was Iran, surrounded by American-controlled Iraq to the west and American-controlled Afghanistan to the east, along with American “friendly” nations like Pakistan and Turkey. Looking at these colors and realizing the current political layout, I couldn’t help but think back to when I’d play the board game Risk.

If you want to know how the world really works, play the game Risk. When I played that game as a teenager, my mindset wasn’t on securing my territory, keeping strategic positions, or having a deterring army, but letting someone else have a continent so it would be a fair game. I was always overrun every time I let that happen. I appeased others too often, and as a result I was taken over. This world is governed by the aggressive use of force and preying on other’s weaknesses. This game is the perfect analogy for our world. It’s probably why this game was created; the creator knew how this world works. You must be stronger than the enemy to deter them, but you also must be more brutal than the enemy to defeat them. Not all civilizations act civil, and civilized people are weak compared to barbarians. This game revolves around not only strategy, but also self-preservation and the will to make the necessary actions to keep you in the game.

Sometimes people team up to take over someone else’s country when that someone gets too powerful, then turn on each other as the game progresses. This is true of situations like the U.S. teaming up with the USSR to defeat Hitler, and then we had the Cold War with the USSR. We had to team up with radical Muslims to defeat the USSR in Afghanistan, then the Muslims unleashed the terror attacks against us and we in turn crushed them. We had to team up with Saddam to try to defeat Iran, then Saddam turned on the region to control the oil supplies with our weapons, killing hundreds of thousands, and we had to go to war with him twice. We are currently teamed up with regimes like the Saudis of Saudi Arabia and Musharraf of Pakistan to defeat radical Muslims, however sometime in the future they will probably turn on us or others with our training and weapons. It always happens, just like the game of Risk.

Now let’s take a closer look at the players on our board. Where Israel is concerned, they are completely surrounded by hostile neighbors. Let’s be clear, if Israel did not have nuclear weapons, it would not exist. However, they are acting as I did as a teenager with their withdrawal from the Gaza settlements. The desire for peace is Israel’s weakness being preyed upon by its enemies. It’s obvious that Gaza is of strategic importance, and Israel lost it. This is where Israel’s enemies will gather their strength, along with the West Bank as stated by the PA. In time, they will be able to cut Israel in half, and a house divided cannot stand. As soon as an Iran has nuclear capabilities, Israel’s enemies will be on equal footing. Destroying Israel is of greater importance to these Muslims than the amount of Muslims Israel will be able to kill as they go down swinging, so say Iranian leaders. They may not even have to resort to annihilating Israel; their frog is already simmering in the pot. Nevertheless, once Israel is gone the different factions of militant Islamic groups will be at each other’s throats for control of what’s left over.

Iran is in the same situation as Israel. They too are surrounded by hostile neighbors, namely America. If there were ever a full on assault against Iran, they’d get it from all fronts. With the discontent of the Iranian people towards their leaders, they wouldn’t stand a chance. We know this won’t happen though, because diplomacy triumphs in the western world - a weakness the Iranians are taking full advantage of. The difference between Israel and Iran is that Israel is deterring its enemies while Iran’s enemies are deterring themselves. In the meantime, Iranian leaders are growing in power and capabilities, and soon they will actually be able to deter their enemies. Iran’s only weakness is its divide from within. Iran, like Israel, can fall under internal unrest. It did not take many dissenters to overthrow the Shah, nor will it take many to overthrow the Ayatollah.

We cannot leave America out of this discussion. America has the strength and ability to defeat any specific enemy, but its divide from within prevents its leaders from using the force necessary to defeat and deter its enemies. That is America’s weakness. There are two sides in any war. One side will win, and you will be on one side or the other. For example, if you say Iran should be able to develop nuclear capabilities, you are on Iran’s side. If you say America should take out Iran before it becomes a greater threat, then you are on America’s side. If your reasons for saying Iran should be able to get nukes aren’t pro-Iran (you think it’s only fair that if we have them so should they), how would the outcome be any different if you were pro-Iran? I gave away positions when I played Risk to be fair, and I lost. So will America. While America is distracted by internal problems, its enemies can grow and conspire. Also, America may be able to defeat any enemy, but it cannot defeat all its enemies at once. The other players will team up against the most powerful player eventually; it always happens.

Then there is always a player who protects their borders heavily and seems to remain dormant most of the game. What becomes obvious is that they’re building themselves up for the final battle. Once all the other countries are weak from trying to defeat each other, this power will make their move. They have a large enough army to march across the board, and they’ll usually win. The Romans tried it, Alexander tried it, the Muslims tried it, Hitler tried it, but they all fell eventually. Currently the one country that has the ability and manpower to do this very thing though is China.

The most powerful player will eventually make the move to control the board, but at the same time will not be able to protect certain positions leaving vulnerability. That is the game of Risk. Inevitably, someone will make that drastic move that determines who wins the game. Who will take that risk? Who do you want to see win?

~Ken Bergma

New Iranian Cabinet Filled With Terrorists

2005-08-31T03:04:00.000-04:00

Some may find it hard to believe that about 2500 years ago, Iran was the first country to declare universal human rights. But the backwards rulers of today's Iran are building a dam designed to wipe out Iran's surprising past. Iran's new rulers are more backwards than Cyrus the Great, who lived more than 500 years before the death of Jesus.

And then came Islam, forced upon us by the Arabs once the power and influcence of the Zoroastrian religion declined. Every year since then, Iran has become more backwards. We are ruled by people who think that its OK to kill teenagers that disagree with you, but its not OK for women to be out of their homes without covering their entire bodies. Its OK to send out 10 year olds to fight the Iraqi army, but its not OK to hold up a bloody T shirt of a student beaten by Government forces. Its OK to hang people from street posts, but its not OK to have sex before marriage. In fact, you could be executed for prostitution or adultry, but if you pay a mullah a fee, you could get a "temporary marriage license" for a few hours and do as you wish. No wonder five million Iranians are heroine addicts. We almost have as many addicts as Israel has citizens! But that's OK, because the goal of fanatic Islam is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.

The reform movement in Iran is over. There never really was a reform movement. The entire movement was a joke, a puppet government, allowed to win by the regime. Now that the reform movement has been squashed, the new Iranian cabinet has been filled with anti dissident hard liners and terrorists.

Iran's new Interior Minister ordered a massacre of dissidents.

Our Islamic King grabs more power and orders more assassinations outside of the country. Our new defense minister was the commander of the 1,500-man strong "expeditionary force" in Lebanon. The same force responsible for attack on US Marines which killed 241 people.

You can argue that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, but what about Iranian freedom. Who fights for us? How dare our leaders tell us that the women of our country WANT Islamic dress. Is that why there have been reports of teenage girls setting themselves on fire rather than wear their hajib? How there they recruit suicide bombers from the country's poor and young? This is why I strongly believe that we are in the beginning stages of another revolution. All we need is a push from the west. God help the mullah's when the students of Iran are armed.

The Mullahs and Their Bomb

2005-08-30T10:14:00.000-04:00

Evil forces destroy, torture and kill. They shout words of hatred against other races and urge their followers to kill anyone who is different. The evil men running Iran are plotting and building. They are rushing to build a nuclear bomb because they realize the bomb building from within.

Iran's Government has gone from one small group of elitists to another group of more fanatic elitists. The current hypocrits had the audacity to rename our landmarks after the persian word for "freedom", although we have far less freedom now. Iran's new president has passed a law designed to keep the people happy, while the EU wastes time and money.

We cannot rely on outsiders to control our fanatical government. If we want freedom, we have to fight for it ourselves. We can do this outside of Iran or from within. There are sevearl thousands of Iranian bloggers. Some have been jailed, others will surely be murdered. The Godless mullahcracy of Iran has assassinated more of its own people than any other country. They may jail us if we are in Iran, or try and kill us if we are outside, but they will never silence all of us.

The time has come to arm the student movement in Iran. When will the world's leaders realize that time is running out. An invasion is out of the question. Iran will fall from within. Its just a matter a time. I know that. You know that. And the mullah's know that, which is why they NEED their bomb.

The Seperation of Iraq

2005-08-29T23:09:00.000-04:00

The new Iraqi Charter has paved the way for sectarianism and holy war. We are giving Shia's, Sunni's and Kurds an incentive to further seperate. Iraq has had enough seperation and racism in its past. Either create a small state for the Kurds, and another for the Arabs or one state for all Iraqi's. Nationalism can be enough of a call to war, but to seperate Iraq's people by their denomination of Islam is absurd.

Besides the system of federalism laid down for the Iraqi people, the rest of the charter is very politically correct. Its kind of like we are trying to give every single group what they want, and by doing that, we are taking away from the Sunni's. The charter does state that militia's are banned, but try disarming that guy with the rocket launcher. At least one AK in every home? A different"people" and government in the north and south? And throw in oil money to boot! In Texas, they call them fightin words.

Iranian Bloggers

2005-08-29T09:00:00.000-04:00

Students jailed for writing what they feel or think? This is a crime?
Here is a regime dictating what you can or cannot do, and the students
who write what they feel and beleive is a crime? I promise you this.
This won't go on for too long. However, I beleive that this has to be
done by the people for it to stick. Otherwise we will have another
Iraqi situation on our hands. Although I understand that it is needed,
I feel like the stage is being set for a true revolution in Iran.
There has to be more that we can do. Vision is set forth and carried
out by frustration.

Karate Explosion

What if There Was Oil in Uganda?

2005-08-28T15:08:00.000-04:00

Its hard to believe that in Africa, 40,000 children walk miles to sleep in the relative safety of towns to avoid abduction by rebel troops. Why don't we send a few hundred troops there? Where is the UN?

Why is it that we rather spend $550 million on Israeli settlers so that they can move out of land that never belonged to them in the first place, instead of spending half of that on starving children in Africa?

Well, from June 1993 to September 1994 they did have what they described as a "confidence-building mechanism" Jesus, no wonder the neo cons want to do away with the UN!

Its just all sad really. There is no oil in Uganda, so there is no reason to send troops there. Why spend billions on a war if there is no money to be made? Why the **** are the Chinese building roads in Afghanistan? Why do you think they were attacked? Think about it. These people, they don't have jobs. And a lot of them consider killing Americans a full time job, because they get PAID.

And by the way, I just want to remind Bush that Bin Laden is in Afghanistan, which has no oil, or grass on their golf course. Doesn't he get it? These people are poor! Let them build their own roads. Stop taking advantage of them. And in return they may be a lot nicer to us.

Pure Evil

2005-08-26T14:24:00.000-04:00

Before the 1979 revolution, Khomeini preached about a free and democratic Iran without corruption. Without fear of the Savak dragging you to jail in the middle of the night. As modern as the Shah may have been, he too was guilty of Human Rights abuses. But back then, even the most democratic nation in the world had a civil rights issue on their hands.

The Mullahs promised free water, free gas, subsidized industry, abundant jobs and a social state. The little people all came hoping for a more free Iran. The slogans of the revolution were independence, Freedom, and Islamic Republic. These hypocrits even had the audacity to rename a famous landmark in the capital to the freedom tower after the revolution.

How dare they insult our intelligence. In Iran, you could be punished to death for holding up a bloody T shirt. Just reminding the clerics of their abuses pisses them off so badly that they would actually kidnap you in the middle of the night, throw you in jail, throw your face in shit, and then beat you until you confess.

They actually tell you that "the truth will set you free", but beat you until you have no choice but to confess. These mullahs are the most evil you can find anywhere. Khameni is nothing more than an illiterate undereducated King of Iran. This man and his clan are the most backward Iranians in the whole country. If there were trailers in Iran, these people would be the trailer trash.

Yet they live rather well. And every single one of them is a corrupt millionaire with the mindset of an Islamic Pat Robertson. Yet the parade around as liberators, yet deep down inside they know they are all hypocrits, worse than communists, worse than the Shah, and in some ways worse than Saddam.

They are just a small minority that happened to trick an entire country into allowing them to take power. And like all things, what goes up must go back down. Its just a matter of time before the Islamic government in Tehran fails. But I hope its before the current king is dead.

And here is a personal note to our grand supreme Islamic Leader; whatever happened to "Thou Shalt Not Murder".

Calling All Bloggers

2005-08-26T13:00:00.000-04:00

I've noticed that there are dozens, maybe hundreds of Iranian bloggers that have been jailed. Below are a few websites I have found. In the next few days, I would like for us to find and document as many bloggers and political prisoners that we can. Finding out the date of their arrest will also be great. I'm working on a definitive list of all political prisoners in Iran. If you know of someone, please don't hesitate to contact me.

http://www.iabolish.com/campaigns/campaign.php?id=omid
http://www.iabolish.com/campaigns/campaign.php?id=Motjaba

Common Sense

2005-08-24T14:46:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to post something I first said a long time ago, but I feel the need to repeat after a conversation with a right wing blogger. This blogger thinks that Muslims pray to a different God than he does. He points out the name of this God is Allah.

So I asked him a question that confuses everyone when I ask. What is the French word for God? I don't know the answer to this myself, but I have a feeling the French or Germans, or anybody who doesn't speak English, does not say GOD.

Allah is not a seperate GOD. Its the ARABIC WORD for God. When will people realize this?

IRAN AZADI

Worth Fighting For

2005-08-24T12:08:00.000-04:00

Life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. These simple words are reason enough to love the United States. If all the worldâ€™s governments were to realize this, Fundamentalism would fade and war would be extinct. The core of religious fundamentalism is parallel to the belief of divine right. The same absurd lie used by Kings of past to rule and oppress their own people is being used by these fanatics today. As if beheading innocent civilians and brutally murdering your own people was the will of God.

Muslims around the world must recognize the lunacy of their leaders and reject the backwardness of fundamentalism. For those who wish to control you are blindly leading you to believe that God would condone such murder. Thugs such as al-Zarqawi arenâ€™t fighting for anyoneâ€™s freedom. They fight for power and control of millions, which they secretly refer to as useful idiots. God created the laws of the universe, and gave us the rules to which we should live by. He left the rest up to his people to figure out. Forgive those who misguidedly try to liberate you, but realize that freedom is the greatest gift one can give another, and its God's gift to us.

The death of Arafat brings optimism to the Middle East. Call Israel what you will, but she is the most liberal nation in this very important region. There will never be peace as long as there are tyrants because only a democracy is able to make. All eyes will be on the Palestinian people the next several months, for only they have the power and must be held accountable for the type of government they choose. A free and democratic Palestine is the only hope for peace; not a fascist or theocratic state.

The same fanatics have been successfully controlling my native country of Iran for 25 years. An entire generation of Iranian youth has been forced into religious submission by an evil so clever, so great that it's hard to believe they get away with it by excusing their actions as God's will. The Iranian government once said it would be "worth it" to fight a nuclear war with Israel because it would be easier to wipe Israel's 6 million Jews from the map than to nuke all 70 million Iranians. When will we as Iranians realize the intentions of our leaders?

Guns and bombs will never make peace. Peace takes a willing people, and I know whole heartedly that the majority of the Muslim world is willing to rise up and take what's theirs. Bush's biggest mistake would be to foolishly invade Iran because the responsibility of regime change is on the people. We learned this from Iraq. Why invade another country who is feverishly working on a nuke just so that it could defend itself from the US, when you could simply support a few dissident groups for the fraction of the money?

Several excellent Iranian language satellite TV stations in southern California broadcast directly into millions of Iranian homes every day. These stations are run by wealthy Iranians and are not seen as a government mouthpiece. However, these stations lack the resources to stay on the air for more than a few hours a day. For the price of one high tech bomb, the American government could invest in bringing freedom to yet another nation without even firing a single shot.

What we need in Iran is a great leader to emerge, not another invasion. I admit the shame I sometimes feel of being Iranian. But not because of the nuclear ambitions of my country or the insanity of its government, but because of the vast majority who stand idly by and watch the paint dry. To my fellow Iranians, I beg of you to pour into the streets. Never forget that freedom isnâ€™t just worth fighting for, but the only thing worth dying for. If only one million of Tehranâ€™s 12 were to march to Baharestan Square, there would be no need for bloodshed. Khameini and his cronies would spoil their pants, and then catch the next flight to Paris, guaranteed.

Only one question remains; are we willing to sacrifice for the future of our people? The Bush administration could help answer this question, but the majority of the responsibility remains with the Iranian people.

Forever in Iraq

2005-08-23T17:04:00.000-04:00

And we know that. I hope. Seriuosly, we will have some sort of military base in Iraq forever. Pulling out the troops now would also be a mistake. As long as the middle east remains one bloc of undemocratic countries, there will be reason for arms.So the answer to that question everyone wants to know is forever. We will always keep some sort of military installation in Iraq. Because that's how we do things. We fight our wars in other countries.

Should Iran Face Sanctions?

2005-08-23T17:01:00.000-04:00

The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a resolution demanding that Iran suspend all nuclear activities, or face UN Sanctions. How come Israel has never been threatened with sanctions for the 500 plus nuclear arsenal?

However much I hate the current government of Iran, I do believe that they have a right to use nuclear power. Oil is dirty and anyone who knows anything about Tehran knows how dirty the air can get. Iran is not a 3rd world country. We should not be denied the right to advance our technology.

The audacity of another country to tell us that we don't "need" nuclear power. The US didn't need to invade Iraq, but they did it anyway. Israel didn't need to give incentives for settlers to move into captured lands, but they did it anyway. Even though its against international law...