tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5903948190815094163.post917760257816466147..comments2023-11-18T01:01:39.761-08:00Comments on exile in happy valley: Should Iran Even Take Us Back?Comrade Hermit (Nicky Reid)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15143429283240217518noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5903948190815094163.post-60848930161277279402021-02-20T09:09:12.798-08:002021-02-20T09:09:12.798-08:00I am an Iranian-American. I read the part of your...I am an Iranian-American. I read the part of your article related to Iran. I agree with most of what you say about USA's policies and the detrimental/criminal effects that it has around the globe. However, I am flabbergasted that in condemning US policy most of the leftist/progressives resort to presenting the regimes such as Iranian regime as "popular," "righteous," and benevolent. Where do you get your information that Iran is after peaceful nuclear program? On what basis do you suppose sanctions are hurting Iranian people not Iranian regime? Has it occurred to you that if sanctions are so detrimental to people of Iran, shouldn't be incumbent upon Iranian regime to put away its nuclear program and costly adventurism in the region so that its people can have a better life and progress? Sanctions never work, in fact, to Iranian regime sanction is a godsend the same way as Khomeini described Iran/Iraq war as a godsend for Islamic Republic(Islamic Republic, not Iran and not Iranian or Iraqi people for sure). Did you know that in development of an economy %95 of development is homegrown development and foreign aid/investment and foreign policy accounts for less than five percent at best? So, if the sanctions are hurting, it is almost %100 domestic issue with a "big country"(in economic sense) such as Iran. Did you know that sanctions is a godsend for the regime to blame every criminal act and corruption, and mismanagement that it has spawned itself upon sanctions? Why would a carbon rich and solar rich country want the most expensive source of energy(atomic energy) in the first place? How about human rights abuses against the secular forces, leftists, progressives, women, ethnic minorities,...? It is sad that in criticizing US actions around the world we resort to turning a blind eye up to the point of cleansing a brutal, criminal regime. It behooves us, in defense of human rights, and solidarity with suffering people, that while criticizing US action, we don't go overboard in turning a blind eye to other protagonists. Enemy of my enemy is not always my friend.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343509913732957651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5903948190815094163.post-87654395156627240212021-02-16T23:20:47.320-08:002021-02-16T23:20:47.320-08:00Although I thoroughly agree with your emotional re...Although I thoroughly agree with your emotional response to Biden's half assed attempt to get away with a weak necessary rebuttal to Trump's psychotic nonsense, it seems that the USA must subject itself to a good deal more of the punishment of nature's response to humanity's outrageous behavior, to not responding correctly to the obvious three simultaneous disciplines of a pandemic, of global warming,and a final totally disastrous nuclear war. Obviously, if world human civilization does not stop its vicious internal ingrained habit of prejudices, crazy greeds, and psychotic disregards of ecological good sense, it is determined to commit suicide on a massive scale we are only beginning to experience currently. A decade or two at most of the refusal of all humanity to join together for an intelligent and decent worldwide civilization is a certainty to send what is left of humanity to live like underground rats for the better part of a thousand years if they are lucky. Jan Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752070994697464993noreply@blogger.com