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[SeanEdwards]

It is high time we made ammends for the transgressions of the past. Then perhaps our calls to spread democracy won't ring so hollow.

Attempts have been made to accept responsibility and make ammends. The Iranian regime rejected them. Probably because it served their purposes to maintain their national view of the U.S. as the "Great Satan". Much as it serves the Bush administration to assert that the Iranian government is a terrorist regime.

Here's an excerpt of a speech made by Madeline Albright regarding Iran:

"But that common ground has sometimes been shaken by other factors. In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Massadegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.

Moreover, during the next quarter century, the United States and the West gave sustained backing to the Shah's regime. Although it did much to develop the country economically, the Shah's government also brutally repressed political dissent.

As President Clinton has said, the United States must bear its fair share of responsibility for the problems that have arisen in U.S.-Iranian relations. Even in more recent years, aspects of U.S. policy towards Iraq, during its conflict with Iran appear now to have been regrettably shortsighted, especially in light our subsequent experiences with Saddam Hussein."

Iran responded to this overture by electing Ahmanutjob, who immediately started making threats against Israel, and taking a hardline stance against the U.S.

There's plenty of blame to go around for everyone.

 

[moostraks]

Attempts have been made to accept responsibility and make ammends. The Iranian regime rejected them. Probably because it served their purposes to maintain their national view of the U.S. as the "Great Satan". Much as it serves the Bush administration to assert that the Iranian government is a terrorist regime.

Here's an excerpt of a speech made by Madeline Albright regarding Iran:

"But that common ground has sometimes been shaken by other factors. In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister, Mohammed Massadegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.

Moreover, during the next quarter century, the United States and the West gave sustained backing to the Shah's regime. Although it did much to develop the country economically, the Shah's government also brutally repressed political dissent.

As President Clinton has said, the United States must bear its fair share of responsibility for the problems that have arisen in U.S.-Iranian relations. Even in more recent years, aspects of U.S. policy towards Iraq, during its conflict with Iran appear now to have been regrettably shortsighted, especially in light our subsequent experiences with Saddam Hussein."

Iran responded to this overture by electing Ahmanutjob, who immediately started making threats against Israel, and taking a hardline stance against the U.S.

There's plenty of blame to go around for everyone.

Uhh...what you are quoting and grousing at me for is from someone else's blog I posted for Kraig. Guess you did not realize it because you were too busy looking for content to tear apart. You stated your stance and we know where your allegiancy lies. I posted something from someone else's view (albeit another american). Would love to hear from someone Iranian who lived this animosity what their view is. Find someone else to scold....might want to go to this person's blog and wrestle views with him....

 

[Zulf]

That is correct. He has failed to live up to his pre-election promises, is critized by people in his and other parties for his confrontational tactics with the west, and is quite unpopular with the younger population of Iran that makes up the majority.

Not really.

Two out of three (i.e. 66%) of Iranians say that Iran is generally going in the right direction.

Seventy-two percent (72%) of Americans say Bush has done a terrible job as president.

Sixty-six percent approved “of the way President Dr. Ahmadinejad is handling his job as president, while 22 percent disapproved.

Among low-income respondents, 75 percent approved of President Dr. Ahmadinejad’s performance.


http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/apr08/Iran_Apr08_rpt.pdf

 

[moostraks]

Not really.

Two out of three (i.e. 66%) of Iranians say that Iran is generally going in the right direction.

Seventy-two percent (72%) of Americans say Bush has done a terrible job as president.

Sixty-six percent approved “of the way President Dr. Ahmadinejad is handling his job as president, while 22 percent disapproved.

Among low-income respondents, 75 percent approved of President Dr. Ahmadinejad’s performance.


http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/apr08/Iran_Apr08_rpt.pdf

Thanks for the link. I must have seen the same information the other poster has because it rang a bell, henceforth my points towards Ahmadinejad deserving more credit from his people. My research was dated though and based on something I read later part of last year. So previous poster and I must have been seeing dated material....Good catch!