Dissident Iranians And A Simplistic Lack Of Spine

I happened across an article in which it is mentioned that there are a lot of young Iranians that don’t support Ahmadinejad, but would rally around the regime if attacked.

What’s really news about that?

One young person interviewed says Americans see things black and white, that our view of Iran is too simple:

“It’s a very black-and-white, a very simplistic view,”

— Shahryar Eivazzadeh
(Source: Yahoo! News via Associated Press)

Guess what Shahryar? It is a very simplistic issue. You either support your government or you don’t.

If you do, you are in the same boat as your racist, ridiculous and radical terrorist sponsoring president.

Stand By Your Man Even If He’s A Racist Genocidal Maniac

Americans aren’t going to care whether or not you want to engage the rest of the world in any kind of dialogue. We astutely assume that if you support him, you would rather commit genocide against Jews and perhaps invade Iraq again, and perhaps continue to train, fund, and shelter terrorists.

What comes through is the radical Israel exterminating and apocalyptic ranting of your leader. If that is representative of all Iranians, then you will all share in a fate that leads you to.

If on the other hand, you don’t agree with him, do something about it.

I for one have been listening to Iranians complain since they took Americans hostage and held them back in President Carter’s administration. I haven’t seen them do a whole lot to change their image. In fact, they have been supporting radical leaders, radical regimes and baby-killing terrorists ever since.

Iranians Want Equal Treatment For Their Weak Morality

It is Iranians who are simplistic when they think we Americans don’t see the myriad issues involved. It is Iranians who are simplistic when they think they deserve to negotiate on equal terms with the US when they have shown themselves to be not much more than a violent mob and threaten the genocide of another people, namely Israel.

You aren’t even worthy to sit at a negotiation table with Americans, based on moral equivalency. But I dislike moral equivalency with a passion. Let’s make it simple, which maybe Iranians can understand…

Iranian Dissidents Like To Talk, Do Not Act

Iranians are showing cowardice. They’re afraid to stand up to their radical extremist leaders. They aren’t worthy of American sympathy.

Unlike we Americans who threw off our own opressive government and stood up for ourselves —just as we have for others the world over—you Iranians are showing that you have absolutely no spine.

You say you want to be different, yet you cower behind and rally around a madman. You revolt and change from one radical oppressive regime to another.

You’ll get no sympathy from Americans at all. We tend to like those who aren’t afraid to stand up for what they believe in.

No Such Thing As Innocent Iranians

You’re in the same category as all those “innocent Iraqis” that people claim have died in the war in their country. I personally don’t know that there are many—or any.

You see, I recall how Iraqis were equally spineless and supported their government when it invaded Kuwait. I recall how little girls were raped, killed, dismembered, and their parts shipped to family members. I recall the murder and atrocities the Iraqis committed.

I also recall, as I said, that Iraqis did nothing to overthrow their government. Only the Kurds in Iraq can be said to have any spine. All of these Sunni insurgents fighting their government now, where were they? Why weren’t they fighting against their corrupt government?

Oh yeah, they were busy murdering Shiites and oppressing Kurds.

You Have To Earn Respect

If Iranians want to treat with the US on equal terms they have to earn it. The fact there’s a lot of you inside a common border who have agreed upon a common government doesn’t make you our equal.

You have to stand for something noble.

You have to act like a nation of enlightened people, not barbarians who think shooting AK-47’s in the air is the supreme statement of self-aggrandizing worth.

If you don’t agree with Ahmadinejad, you have to seperate yourselves from him.

So long as Iranians choose to support a govenment who espouses the genocide of a nation, and you accede to the rule by that government, not a single Iranian is worth sitting at a negotiating table with an American on equal terms.

First, you have to earn the worth and esteem that you Iranian dissidents seem to think you’re entitled to.

You have to fight for it.

Time To Put Up, Or Shut Up

So, when you throw off a corrupt and oppressive government, then we’ll talk about things. When you show that you view all people the same, and show you are willing to fight corrupt fellow muslims as much as you would Westerners or Jews or Iraqis, then we can sit down as equals.

Until then, I have a couple quarters for you so you can go call someone who cares to hear your whining and ranting, because I don’t.

See, I’m not so simplistic that I don’t see your Iranian government supporting Hamas and Hezbollah. I see that by standing up for Ahmadinejad and your corrupt government, you condone the murder of innocent women and children around the world. I see that you are racists.

Stand up for yourselves. That’s how you earn American respect.

We respect the heck out of the Afghanis. They fight for what they believe in. You should try it.

Americans Aren’t Simplistic, But Some Things Are Simple

Overthrow your government and institute one worthy of respect by all the world. We did it. You haven’t. That’s why we see things simply, but make no mistake, we are not simplistic.

That’s your point of view. You’re discounting our ability to see how Iran fuels terrorism and discontent around the world. You think we can’t see how you oppress your women and relegate them to a life as little more than slaves.

We discount concerns that you’ll rally around your president if we have to do something to prevent your nation from being a threat to the entire Middle East.

You see, we Americans aren’t afraid of you, your religion, jihad, or anything else.

Would you like to know why? Because we’ve proven ourselves, time and time again on the battlefield and in humanitarian situations around the world. We have some things you lack.

We affectionately call it a spine, backbone; we call it honor and kindness.

You Get What You Give

You want us to treat you like a respectful, honorable people? Then act like it.

Again, show us that you’re not those things which your government says to the world that you are. Throw off your murderous, terrorist sponsoring regime and give women a chance at respect and a life of their own choosing. Show us you can get along with Israel. Show us you don’t want nuclear weapons, and invite IAEA inspectors in.

If you don’t show us these things? Then what?

I don’t care if you and your president both go up in the same nuclear mushroom cloud you’re inviting into your country.