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From: cirrus@citlink.net
"Sam Sloan" wrote in message
news:416404e6.71936203@ca.news.verio.net...
> Americans have a lot of antipathy towards Iran because of the hostage
> crisis which ended in 1981
Those of us with long memories certainly do. The Ayatollah Khomeini and the
hostage-taking "students" utterly humiliated Jimmy Carter and the American
people for over a year. It was a severe blow to American prestige in the
world and no doubt served to encourage the Islamists a great deal.
and because anti-American rhetoric coming
> out of Iran. However, rhetoric is just rhetoric.
Not when it pumps up people who kill us, it isn't.
Until 1979, Iran was
> the staunchest ally the US had anywhere in the world.
That doesn't mean much in a world in which today's allies are tomorrow's
enemies, and vice versa.
The political
> upheaval in Iran caused the hostage crisis, which has cemented the
> anti-Iranian views of many Americans, even though that crisis ended
> relatively quickly and without any loss of life.
They humiliated us for over a year because of the weakness of the American
president. To allow any group to get away with something as heinous as what
the Iranians did in Tehran is like painting a big sign on your ass that says
"kick me." It was unforgivable.
> Edwards spoke openly about attacking Iran. Iran has never attacked or
> threatened anyone. Iran poses no threat, none what ever, to any other
> country.
Nonsense. We don't need Edwards in the VP slot, but we sure shouldn't kid
ourselves about Iran. They remain a serious threat to our national security
and certainly deserve their well-earned status as part of the "axis of
evil."
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