Originally posted by ~Caligula~
wouldn`t it be wise to think about what is the goal of that foreign nation?
Which nation do you mean? USA?
It would be another point of view if the Iraq war has not happened.
But now the iranians saw the difference between the official goals of the foreign country USA (democraty, human rights, peace, security, justice, wealth, at least stable living conditions) and the real effects (chaos at the brink of a civil war, ethnical and religious killings, suicide bombings every day).
As Mr. Putin said to Mr. Bush in 2006 in a conference "We dont want the kind of democracy as we see actually in Iraq".
Originally posted by ~Caligula~
coz as it stands right now,it is the iranians treatening israel openly with mass murder.
Give me a quote, where a member of the Council of the Guardians said that Iran would attack Israel and mass murder the people living there. A clear quote and not an interpretated "translation" of western propaganda.
I can understand that for you israel is the centre of the world but Iran has other much more dangerous enemies and Israel is really not so important.
1st place are the sunnite arabs and their sunnite terrorgroups - like Taliban and Al Kaida. They define the iranians as subhumans who have to be killed - very much like Hitler said about homoxeuals, jews, gipsies and communists in the Nazi-time. Just read some statements of this creature Al Zarkawi about how to eliminate all shi ites, because they are subhumans who have no right to live.
Then also the sunnite Pakistan, which is a direct neighbor of Iran and not only has nukes but also an instable government. Its the main supporter of the Talibans and responsible for the fact that they are getting stronger again in the pashtuni provinces in Afghanistan.
The last thing Iran would do is attacking Israel with military force. Israel is very useful for Iran, because it keeps the arabs busy. If Israel will be eliminated Iran would have to face the arabs alone.
Then to your question:
"and while we`re at it,why don`t they fight the mullahs while it`s not too late?"
Unlike Israel or the arab countries Iran was not created after WW1 or WW2. Iran is an 2500 year old country. It never has been a colony like the arabs after WW1. Yes - it was conquered some times during its rich history - for example by Alexander the Macedon, the Arabs, the Mongols - but it never stopped to exist. In all this time structures of families have developed. These old structures were ruling Iran and are ruling Iran still until today.
And the main interest is to gain power and become more rich and not to conquer or destroy foreign territory or people.
And its not so easy to say "Fight THE mullahs" because there are not THE mullahs.
Iran is ruled by families, many of them being influential no matter who ruled Iran - the Shahs of the Quadjars, the pahlevis or the mullahregime.
Ahmadinedjad, who comes from a poor family tried to place members of his family in important positions, but he failed in the last elections in 2006. His innerpolitical power in Iran is breaking apart.
If there is no stabilizing effect - like a foreign attack - he will fail soon.
One last thing - some people seem to forget easily:
Iran has also a tradition in trying to create a democracy by its own. During WW1 the Iranians created a parliament.
And in the 50ties a great iranian nearly managed to bring Iran to Democracy.
Prime Minister Mossadegh, a descendant of the old Quadjar dynasty which Shahs ruled Iran for centuries, deposed the Pahlevi Shah Reza and sent him to italian exile. It was an unbloody revolution.
Instead of declaring him as a new Shah (which he could easily, because of he was a member of the Quadjar-line) or a dictator he tried to make a democracy.
Check per google for the keyword "Operation Ajax" who destroyed the iranian democracy.
So the iranians of today really wish that Iran finally becomes a democracy. But a democracy made by iranians in Iran and not bombed by foreigners and installed by a puppet regime.
