…As all know the probability or war has become a certainty & all countries are somehow getting ready for the War…The war with the reason of disarming Iraq & one of Mr. Bush’s anti terrorist programs…
Although most of people all over the world tried to stop US but they couldn’t & ultimately War will happen, ok, It’s the ending of Iraq’s government’s life & soon Iraq will be free…that’ll be nice, won’t it?
Recently I read somewhere that more than 74 percent of people in Iran are agree with this war & even are waiting for it to start; that might be a bit strange for you…We saw a huge number of people in the world demonstrating against war, Although their act as supporting peace was really valuable but I don’t really understand their main reason? Were they trying to do something good for Iraqis? Yeah, people in US & Europe just read about different problems of some Middle East countries or see disgusting scenes of war on TV, they feel sorry for poor people & demonstrate for peace…& at last beginning or not beginning of the war won’t have any essential effects in their life…Perhaps they haven’t thought that for Iraqis, disadvantage of peace in the present situation of Iraq might be much more than War…
Iraqis has also agreed with the war that for sure will have positive effects in their destiny…For we Iranians, this war & the next one that will be against Iran in any ways it wants to be, is just like a great revolution & for sure all Iranians are longing for that…
Anyways…Still I believe that war is not the best way & like any others I like peace, but I must confess that when I think about this situation & our & Iraqis’ future, I just feel happy & calm about this war…I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong & a young girl in Iran can not think right about this matter or the effects won’t be what we are expecting…but finally future will show us the truth…
At last, I just hope this war to have the least killed ones as possible…I’m just waiting to see the day that Iraqis are free & happy & also Iranians…
Iraniangirl'
Welcome to Winds of Change! I have been reading your blog for quite some time and I think you do a great job. Don't be worried about your english, we're all smart enough to know and understand the logic and wisdom behind your comments.
About the war, I think a reason why 74% of Iranians support the war is probably because a similar percentage of people in Iran would like a regime change in their own country. I could be wrong but if you read Michael Ledeen at National Review, he seems to believe the same as well.
Regarding the war, I must quote the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan in today's London Observer:
"Watching the debate on Iraq, I am often perplexed, sometimes frustrated. As a Kurd, I know war is a devastating undertaking and should be questioned. But in the end a fundamental moral argument needs to be made for a war of liberation to save a people from tyranny. Many on the Left ignore the daily reign of terror the Baathist regime inflicts on Iraqis, yet the human rights of Iraqis should also be their cause."
He further writes:
"Regrettably, many are denouncing a war that would liberate Iraq. Like those who shunned us in the Eighties, some of our former friends find the martyrdom of the Iraqi people to be an irritant. They avert their eyes from the grisly truth of our suffering, while claiming concern at the human cost of war."
I think that says it all! I'm going to, as always,link your telling comments on my blog. Thank you.
Iraniangirl'
Welcome to Winds of Change! I have been reading your blog for quite some time and I think you do a great job. Don't be worried about your english, we're all smart enough to know and understand the logic and wisdom behind your comments.
About the war, I think a reason why 74% of Iranians support the war is probably because a similar percentage of people in Iran would like a regime change in their own country. I could be wrong but if you read Michael Ledeen at National Review, he seems to believe the same as well.
Regarding the war, I must quote the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan in today's London Observer:
"Watching the debate on Iraq, I am often perplexed, sometimes frustrated. As a Kurd, I know war is a devastating undertaking and should be questioned. But in the end a fundamental moral argument needs to be made for a war of liberation to save a people from tyranny. Many on the Left ignore the daily reign of terror the Baathist regime inflicts on Iraqis, yet the human rights of Iraqis should also be their cause."
He further writes:
"Regrettably, many are denouncing a war that would liberate Iraq. Like those who shunned us in the Eighties, some of our former friends find the martyrdom of the Iraqi people to be an irritant. They avert their eyes from the grisly truth of our suffering, while claiming concern at the human cost of war."
I think that says it all! I'm going to, as always,link your telling comments on my blog. Thank you.
"I?m just waiting to see the day that Iraqis are free & happy & also Iranians?"
I also wait for that day I see both Iran and Iraq free. May it be soon.
Salam vah hoosh amadeen! Your English is far better tham my Farsi, anyway.
I don't think there is anyone thinks war is the best way. It is regrettable that, right now, it's the only way to defend ourselves (and free the Iraqi people, the Kurds, etc.) All we can do now is hurry up and end it quickly. Hopefully, we won't have to do it again...I'm confident the Iranian people will rise to the challenge on their own and make Iran into a democracy and a nation to be proud of again.
The people of Iran won't be for the war if they see 70% of Iraq's population killed by gas, bio, or nuclear weapons. If Saddam can, he will kill any city or village that sides with the americans or turns against his regime. That is why he put "Chemical Ali" in charge of his forces. (he is the general that gassed the Kurds) It doesn't mater if most of Saddam's army surrenders. What matters is the weapons of mass destruction.
The one thing that both the Iraq and N Korea crises prove is that it is folly to leave a war unfinished. We should have finished the Korean war with nuclear weapons 50 years ago, and we should have finished the Gulf war 12 years ago. Again, the lesson is - ALWAYS FINISH THE WAR.
War will not liberate the Iranian people. The Iraqis now know this, too. They see it with their own eyes. The US and UK forces are occupying their country because it is in the interest of the rich nation states to do so. Did you not notice that UK and US soldiers never lifted a finger when looting took place in Baghdad -- except when the Ministry of Oil was attacked. That they defended.
Please wake up and realize that it is only the ordinary people of Iran (and Iraq, and every other country in the world) that can liberate themselves. Why exchange one tyrant for another, who just uses sweeter words (like "liberty" and "democracy") to voice his commands?
Democracy according to Bush means executing minors and mentally handicapped people, attacking other countries without a UN mandate, and tolerating that over half the US population has no medical insurance (causing the child mortality rate to be at third world levels in parts of the US).
Democracy according to Marx, Lenin, Trotsky and their comrades means that the working class, that is, the vast majority of the people, get to decide what happens. It's as easy as that, and there can be no more civilized and "libertarian" form of government than that.
Read some: http://www.marxists.org/archive.
And if you disagree with all this, please ask yourself why capitalism and liberal democracy have been unable, for over 150 years, to provide even a small majority of the world's population with elementary things like food, shelter, schools, medical care and possibilities for personal development.
I could go on much longer. But hey, it's midnight here in Holland.
"Please wake up and realize that it is only the ordinary people of Iran (and Iraq, and every other country in the world) that can liberate themselves. Why exchange one tyrant for another, who just uses sweeter words (like "liberty" and "democracy") to voice his commands?"
So you think the people of Iraq aren't liberated? Do they not yet have freedom of speech? Freedom of the press? Freedom of religion? Freedom to peacefully assemble?
Did they have any of those freedoms under Saddam Hussein?
"Democracy according to Marx, Lenin, Trotsky and their comrades means that the working class, that is, the vast majority of the people, get to decide what happens. It's as easy as that, and there can be no more civilized and "libertarian" form of government than that."
Whoa! Wait a second! I am a Libertarian! I can absolutely guarantee you that Marxism has absolutely NOTHING to do with libertarianism!
http://www.lp.org/organization/history/
"Libertarians believe the answer to America's political problems is the same commitment to freedom that earned America its greatness: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom that marks this country above all others; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade as prescribed by America's founders."
"And if you disagree with all this, please ask yourself why capitalism and liberal democracy have been unable, for over 150 years, to provide even a small majority of the world's population with elementary things like food, shelter, schools, medical care and possibilities for personal development."
Capitalism and liberal democracy have done more than any other system (especially Marxism!) to provide the world's populations with "elementary things like food, shelter, schools, medical care and possibilities for personal development."
Mark Bahner (Libertarian)
salam/hello:-
i dont see happyness in iraq? see what i have obsorve that u.s.a want oil and gas from iran and iraq. u.s.a aim is to take the oil and gas and even u.k is doing that. and coming to iran see iran is a great country by the blessing of almight allah(god). and every iranian say in allah(god) we trust.so i think u.s.a and u.k should not interfer in the iranian business i mean the country. and i know that u.s.a having atom bom's (neuclear boms) around 6000 so first u.s.a should distroy it so then u.s.a can say to other to not to make neuclear boms. see what i have obsorve that is suddam and osama bin.. both off them are the agents of u.s.a and u.s.a aim is to get the oil and gas and money from muslims and every muslims trust allah only allah and see u.s.a does not killed saddam and osama and still u.s.a is huntering osama. and keeping saddam as under the custody of u.s.a and not hanging him till death that all...that why saddam and osama are the agents of u.s.a so i think u.s.a should be finished. because u.s.a is the only evil in the world who is giving birth to evils like saddam and osama. see allah(god) will see the sutiation and one time will come the evil have to suffer for all the sin so u.s.a is going to get the thinks back for what u.s.a had done.