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Submitted by Peter Herz (Taiwan), Jun 28, 2012 at 01:56

Maybe a lot of grass-roots Iranians love the USA (maybe they knew more about what the score really was back in 1953 than the bulk of intellectuals? Just a thought); but I'm still for keeping out of Iran's affairs, and still unwilling to back a war against Iran (unless, or course, they hit us or an ally first).

It's a country where the alternatives seem to be either the mullah-ocracy or the Mojahaddni-e-Khalq ("first revolutionary fighters into the 'Nest of Spies'!" back in 1979), both of which hate the USA with every fiber of their being. Let Iran follow its own trajectory. Remove from them any excuse for the regimes failures. Who knows? Maybe the USA will return an embassy to a very different Iran. But, please, let the Iranian people make their own call. We've made enough enemies trying to save a very foolish world from its numerous follies, whether Marxist-Leninist or Islamic.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
No consequence [58 words]Silver SJul 6, 2012 04:19197032
I'll believe it when I see it [154 words]Peter HerzJun 28, 2012 01:56196776
3Post mullah pro American exuberance will have a short shelflife much like Iraqi/Afghan gratitude for liberation from tyranny [318 words]ShishirJun 16, 2012 14:23196395
A Conflicted Iran [504 words]M. ToveyJun 19, 2012 11:25196395
1Why you want Iranians ditch Islam ? [147 words]AAAJun 19, 2012 11:28196395
3Thanks AAA! [13 words]EdwardJun 20, 2012 15:28196395
Iran Will NOT Be Forced to Ditch Islam By the West - Russia Has Their Back [663 words]M. ToveyJun 20, 2012 15:51196395
2Hezbullah is a terror organization [167 words]saraJun 20, 2012 19:53196395
1Thanks to you too !!! [33 words]AAAJun 22, 2012 22:52196395
Interesting comments Tovey [204 words]AAAJun 24, 2012 14:07196395
expressions of love [162 words]mythJun 16, 2012 08:29196391
Conflicts of Iranian Anxieties the Iranian People Will Never Solve Alone. [573 words]M. ToveyJun 15, 2012 16:21196381

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