WWIII is in the making
2006-12-05 17:14:45
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answer #1
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answered by Robert F 7
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Well, when you consider what we ,the West (USA and Britain), has done to Iran over the last 50+ years, you can't blame them from hating us. In other words, it's now payback time for the monster we created. I'm talking about supporting coups and installing dictators ever since the end of WWI. By 1979, they had had enough and became a West-hating theocracy.
I can't speak for the rest of Europe but I would imagine that they don't hate them as much as they do the U.S and the U.K., for historical and economically beneficial reasons.
2006-12-06 01:14:34
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answered by bubblepup 1
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Iran will be attacked by USA more varsity. Israel and Mossad will be used for this actions same that they do in NY 9/11 and in Lebanon killing Rafiq Hariri ( former Prime Minister of Lebanon ).
EU will see USA as a threat especially in FTA issue. Politically, EU will see USA as an enemy not an ally.
EU will go to chances of Iran issue as a gateway to make more profit in Iran's sharemarket.
2006-12-06 02:39:35
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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The US-Iranian relationship is a classical case of tit-for-tat.
The vicious cycle of mistrust and hatred started as far back as 1953 when the CIA and MI6 intelligence officers in Operation Ajax (*see source) launched a covert operation to overthrow the democratic nationalist cabinet of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh from power. After the successful overthrow, the US goverment installed a puppet dictator, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi(the Shah of Iran), as the new monarch of Iran.
For the next 20+years, the Shah of Iran, aided by US military and economic aid held an iron grip on power in Iran until a revolution in 1979 forced him into Exile and a populist theocratic Islamic republic under the rule of Ayatollah was formed in Iran.
In October 1979, a mob of Iranian youths angered by the US's hand in the 1953 coup stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took several American diplomats hostage in what became known as the Iran hostage crisis.
After that, diplomatic relations between the US and Iran officially ended, but the US for the Islamic government in Iran as a threat, so there decided to aid Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussien. The US government saw Saddam as a counterweight to stop Iran's islamic movement from sreading across the entire Middle East.
With the aid gotten from the US, Saddam Hussein launched an attack on Iran(*see source). The Iraq-Iran war lasted for 8 years and resulted in close to a million soldiers dead, but it resulted in a stalemate despite Saddams superior US provided weapons, and
Saddams use of chemical weapons developed from technology purchased from the US.
The discouraging results of the war caused Saddam to invade Kuwait in an attempt to consolidate more oil resources and ultimately led to the 1991 Gulf War and later 2003 Iraq invasion by the US.
From the US's point of view, Iran is a steadily growing Middle Eastern powerhouse that actively aids the Syrian government, Hezbollah and palestinian groups, and performs operations that jeopardize US interests in the region. (The US has major interests in the region since 50% of the worlds oil is produced from that region and a oil embargo could mean $10 per gallon gas prices at US gas stations). The US government doesnot want to see Middle Eastern countries aligned under Iran against US policies with the ability to crash the US economy. Thats why they have employed a divide and conquer policy in the Middle East so far.
From Iran's point of view, the US is seen as an imperialistic country that wanst to dictate policies in the Middle East. They are threatened by the fact that the US government could garner enough support from the international community and attempt to topple the Iranian regime through military intervention. (although the US debacle in Iraq has made that option all but impossible since the US will never be able to get the international support to attack Iran, and the world would not stand for another unilateral military operation by the US in the Middle East).
2006-12-06 01:50:41
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answer #4
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answered by tallest4eva 3
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The sands of time are running out for us to enter into serious negotiation with Iran, respecting them as a sovereign state. They are heading in the direction of becoming a regional super power, but that does not extend to global ambitions. Their desire is to gain hegemony over the middle east.
And that, they will eventually achieve unless Israel does something stupid that turns the entire region into chaos and catastrophe.
2006-12-06 01:56:54
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answered by ElOsoBravo 6
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Iran - US, very bad relationship. They don't even have embassies in thier respective countries.
Iran - EU relationship, better than US, but there are always cracks.
I think that there are a thousand ways which that relationship can be mended.
2006-12-06 01:07:49
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answered by Zabanya 6
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Train Wreck
2006-12-06 01:05:11
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answered by xx_muggles_xx 6
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I think that Iran hates us, will always hate us. I think most Europeans hate Bush, so they too will hate us. He really screwed us as far as his diplomatic policies are concerned. Hell, he's screwed us on pretty much everything. He is the worst leader since Hitler.
2006-12-06 01:10:14
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answer #8
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answered by ? 2
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The two nations are on a collision course. Please read the following article. It is from Iran Focus.http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1395
2006-12-06 01:11:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Bad & getting worse. Bombing their nuke facilities.
2006-12-06 01:40:23
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answered by yupchagee 7
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