I've talked to ordinary Iranians, and I've found that they'll shy away from ANY criticsim of the USA. Their atitude is that the USA is Paradise, and Iran is Hell. Their rulers haven't done ANYTHING right; when I mention economic indicators, they go off on a tangent. It's hard to get them to focus on any single question. The US and Cuba? Castros' a clown. The US and Iraq? Later. It's maddening. Can anyone help me understand this total devotion to the USA? I've heard of cultural cringe, but this is ridiculous!
2006-09-27 10:58:09 · 10 answers · asked by Kamal P 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
it seems iranians are freedom loving people and want change but are afraid to speak out too much. Also you gotta remember just 27 years ago, they had a democracy before the islamic revolution of 1979 in which the students took hostages for over a year and the ayatollahs came into power, AND then on top of that, after they booted the shah out of their country they took all his money and started a PRIVATE army which is not run by the iranian government. So you have 3-4 main sources of power in iran and nobody really knows who runs what.....
2006-09-27 11:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by lordbling55 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, many of the Iranians in the United States at the moment were forced to leave Iran after the Islamic Revolution. Mass detentions, even executions, and significant religious persecution abounded. If I had to live my life in fear every day of being arrested and killed, then yeah, I'd love our country more than Iran too.
2006-09-27 11:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by Owen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bush Administration is NOT America. The government is NOT the country. The Iranian people like our nation, NOT our rulers.
2006-09-27 11:10:34 · answer #3 · answered by docextremeways 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the human being inside is being devoped there just now learning there leaders kept them ignorant and poor , thats what they new, now there learning there was apromised land and has always been wrong. Now everything is this dream that you kind of new yet you could never proveit, once again ower freedom is underattect with teching the dos and the donts when i for one dont want they job of teaching one out of 2 people in this world all kinds everywhere my freedom of ever being myself is pretty much over the problems my goverment dumps on me is not fair there attitude is put on a dress silly and life will be easyer .i like wearing pants that makes me the bad guy?
2006-09-27 11:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Iranian President wants to debate with President bush on TV. Bush must accept to do it.
2006-09-27 11:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iran knows very little about the outside world, the government censors all media heavily, and bans western music or video.
2006-09-27 11:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Iranians are nationalists. They can't accept criticism.
But....it's not like the Bush Administration is any better, lol.
2006-09-27 10:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by Tofu Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you know ; it may be just because of you have talked to just Iranian youth people. Yes many of them think so and looking for a way for imigiration to U.S. That's because of many reasons that we and you caused them!
2006-09-27 11:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Peace@Iran 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the best news I've heard in months.
2006-09-27 11:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would answer, if I had a clue, to what you are referring to.
2006-09-27 11:01:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋