 Will the U.S. attack Iran?
Don't listen to the so-called liberals and
intellectuals who claim the war has begun or will start soon
Payman A.
February 7, 2005
iranian.com
No! Why would that happen? Open up your minds and
stop listening to the so-called roshanfekr intellectuals.
You have to take
into account several factors. However I'll start with what
Iran should be worried about, and a brief history of Iran.
As I
have said in "Don't
blame Islam" the Iranian
regime is not to blame for everything. Actually it's just
the continuation of a saddening, depressing, and angering Iranian
history.
Over 2,700 years ago in the aged and timeless country
of Iran lived a scattered group of people called the Medes. The
Assyrians
kept
invading Media because the Medes had no strong leader. The Medes
selected a king, and all was well in Media. That was the last time
the Iranians would vote for a leader without being tricked until
Mossadegh came along.
Aside from that all of the true leaders of
Iran have come through power through war, trickery, and deceit.
When we worked together recently to stop National Geographic's
renaming of the Persian Gulf to Arabian Gulf we succeeded. This
is a good example of what we can do if we work together.
Iran has
almost always been strong and united when it has had strong
leaders. Examples are Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Shapur I and Shapur
II, Shah Ismail, Shah Abbas, Nadir Shah Afshar, Karim Khan
Zand,
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, the Pahlavis, and yes even this current
regime. In Iran's case a strong government has been a dictatorship.
However if you take a good look at Iranian history,
you'll notice that when we didn't have dictators, we were a bunch
of states ruled by regional kings, and living was tough. This
is what the Iranian people should be worried about.
Iranians
have made great strides in improving their literacy rates and
their knowledge
and if we continue educating ourselves at such a rate,
we'll be capable of sustaining a democracy and not being tricked
into
a dictatorship. As Thomas Jefferson said, expecting a democracy
with
an ignorant people is something that never was, never is,
and never
will happen.
There are definitely a lot of traitors out there,
among them Iranian groups that feed information about Iran's nuclear
program
to other countries. The groups that encourage war against the
nation
are traitors. A careless, unorganized way of trying to liberate
Iran will be unsuccessful. It'll just lead to another faction
that'll seize power or it will split Iran into several different
nations.
That leads me to another danger to Iran.
Secessionist groups are
perhaps the most khaa'en of the Iranian
people. We have to make sure that secessionist movements do not
work or even begin. The Iranian government and majority Persians'
prejudice
and negligence toward other races and ethnic groups fuels the
drive for secession from Iran in some areas of the country. Seceding
states will be small and weak. They're easy pickings for expansionist
nations.
Iran has already lost enough land due to Qajar wars.
Losing
more land will make our country weaker. Imagine a U.S. where
the intellectualist Northeast and West Coast decide to break
away from
the rest of the Union. America is very diverse, but there are
no signs of separatist movements because of that. The Iranian
people should be united and support each other instead of tricking,
shortchanging,
and deceiving their fellow citizens. But there are several things
Iranians should be proud of. Iran
has never been colonized, even when most of the world was under
colonial
control. Iranians are among the most patriotic and nationalistic
of all people. Iran has been invaded, but Iranians have always
managed to become free again.
If Iranians put their heads together
and cooperate,
Iran will move out of this backward state. When we worked together
recently to stop National Geographic's renaming of the Persian
Gulf to Arabian Gulf we succeeded. This is a good example of
what we can do if we work together. Now let's get to the false
war.
There are several reasons why an attack on Iran
seems plausible, and several reasons, which make it unlikely.
We
claim that Iran possesses nukes or will produce them, and
that's why Iran may be attacked. That seems a plausible
reason
to be worried
about an attack on Iran. However it would be foolish of
us Iranian-Americans to think so. This is why Iran won't be
attacked because of
that reason: England, Germany, and France are cooperating
with Iran on this threat.
Iran agreed to freeze uranium
enrichment
temporarily.
Why should we attack if our allies overseas are currently
handling
the situation pretty well? Furthermore, we've already
alienated our allies and the U.N. enough. Going to war would
just
make the situation worse, and bring us closer to a World
War III.
Don't listen to the so-called liberals and intellectuals
who claim the war has begun or will start soon. A lot
of these folk are
frustrated that Bush was reelected to the presidency.
Claiming another war is inevitable is just a way of letting
out
their extreme disappointment
about losing.
 Another reason an attack on Iran
seems likely is due to the theocracy and its hate of
America. But, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are a
threat to U.S security even more than Iran is. If they're
not being
attacked or invaded why should we think Iran will be
invaded? These two countries are our allies, but they
harbor many
terrorists and
haters of America.
In Pakistan a substantial amount of
the population is anti-American and Islamic fundamentalism
is
everywhere. These
maniacs can easily kill the president of Pakistan,
and Islamic fundamentalists could take over the government.
I don't see
a threat of a
U.S. attack in Pakistan. Saudi Arabia's government
has
been linked to funding terrorists but there isn't an
ongoing conflict
there also. The above-mentioned reason is among the
reasons why America won't attack Iran.
The most important explanation for why Iran won't be
invaded is pretty simple. The U.S. military is overextended.
Where would
America get the necessary soldiers needed to invade
Iran? There would
have to be a lot more soldiers for an Iranian invasion.
And no, the
draft will not be revived, because the public outcry
would be tremendous. Even if we could get around all
these obstacles,
the invasion and
maintenance of stability in Iran in addition to Iraq
and Afghanistan would be very difficult, to say the
least.
We already face an enormous deficit that keeps
growing. Maintaining soldiers in these countries simultaneously,
would drain our
economy, make the deficit grow to an unheard of size,
and divert money
from what really matters to us Americans: health
care, social security,
education, keeping the streets safe, etc. Put all
this together and you can see a mass impeachment trial coming
up.
You may argue that the nuclear sites would be
bombed and nothing else would occur. Some of the nuclear sites
are
located in
densely populated areas. A bombing would lead to
many
human casualties.
The human casualties and the bombing itself would
lead to a diplomatic disaster. The little trust our allies
have left
in us would be
destroyed.
Don't you think it would be a shame to bomb the nuclear
sites at the expense of our allies' trust and more
hatred toward
us around the globe? The loss of our allies' trust
and the human casualties should be two huge deterrents
of
a bombing.
Here is what us Iranian Americans should
do. We should try to get our voices heard more often and
get people
to realize
we
exist.
We should tell our representatives in Congress
about our feelings toward
an invasion or bombing. We should say that the
love of Iranians toward Americans will be destroyed if
an invasion
or bombing
occurs. We've
been living in the shadows too long. We should
try to run for governmental positions to truly make our
views
heard.
Iranian-Americans
should
teach other Americans about their heritage and
clear up the many misconceptions associated with the seven-letter
word
Iranian.
If people understand who we are, they'll
begin to look past our false disguise and accept us.
No longer
will
be widely
portrayed
as Arabs, terrorists,
or unimportant. No longer will great Iranian poets and scientists
like Al-Razi, Ibn-Sina, Khayyam, and Rumi be
called Arabs. We
should inform others about
Iranian poets and scientists and their works.  People should know
about our great heritage.
Even though these achievements occurred in the past they helped create
modern Western Civilization. The Greeks' discoveries happened a
long time ago
as well, but they are still important and are viewed with a lot more
respect than Iranian discoveries. Iranians have been overlooked
and underrated
enough. A people numbering 70 million should not be ignored, especially
if much tinier European populations are admired so much. Imagine
the possibilities
if
we were to be viewed as an equal race and not as a stupid and savage
one.
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Will the U.S. attack Iran?
