If it’s true that Iranian president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was one of the captors of Americans in 1979, do you think it’ll become a big problem between the two countries and escalate the already bad relations between the two? I’m afraid it will, even if Rafsanjani had won, the tension was going to be there, but now in my view, it’s even more.
I read the article you mentioned and I also had a look on the survey which showed that 80% think the relations between the two countries will be harmed by the election of the new president.
I don't see how the election of this president, supposedly involved in the famous embassy takeover, will worsen the relation between USA and Iran which has always been at the edge of explosion. The main goal of US gouvernement is to change the regime regardless which president is in power but it is not going to be easy...
Well I think th US has to learn how to respect when a country elects democratically its president.
For the captor story I believe it is a lie. And even if it was not a lie, the US has to understand that at the time of the revolution the people did what was right for the country. Getting rid of the Shah who was imposed by the CIA. Like all revolutions there are incidents here and there.
The US has to learn how to be honnest in its international policy.
You made a good point mdlazreg, but don't you think it's going to be even harder for the area if the EU stood by the US in this and toughens its stand on Iran? That’s what worries me… Salaam,
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Well, again I do not know what the future will hold for the region. But one thing is sure is that the side of justice will win at the end.
I think Iran is a strong country and the elections came to prove that the people do support their elected governement. The EU and the US are already toughening their stant against Iran since 1979, yet this did not do anything. So the only left options are an economical embargo but this is impossible because Iran is a country with hell a lot of oil and it seems that the sea next to it is full of reserves not yet discovered... so this option is really not an option. The other option is the military option but as you can see even with huge power the US is going to be defaited in both Iraq and Afganistan, because it is an asymetrical war where the winner is the determined one but the americains soldiers really do not have a cause and they are demoralized, the Iraqis and Afganis do have a cause and hence they will win at the end.... This reality seems to be understood very well now by the US and a military action will never be taken against Iran because it is really not worth it and the US does not have neither the will nor the power to go for it.
In short, congratulations for the Iraniens people, my advice to the elected president would be to play smart and be pragmatic instead of idiological.
Hello mdlazreq, You made good point here, but what I was actually getting to and what worries me more, is that Israel will use the US and EU unhappiness with Iran and hit it, just like they did in Iraq. But like you said, I believe Iran is not Iraq, and if Israel went ahead a did that, the consequences could be bad for Israel and the entire region.
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