Those Bad Ol' Iraqis?

[bluesdave]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Where are you people getting that Iranians hate the US?
Everything that I have seen and read states that the average Iranian likes the US. It is only the hard-liners and a small minority that dislikes the West. They happen to be in control of the government, but that is not representative of the average Iranian, not by a long-shot.

What are you basing this on? Polls? As I pointed out to tw, Giuliani is currently leading the polls on who will win the Republican ticket, but who really believes that he will? My guess is that he will not even make the convention next year, let alone be the GOP candidate. Most people in third-world countries (such as Iran and Pakistan), would die to live in the West (the USA is no. 1 choice). If they are asked if they hate the US, they are going to answer no. What idiot would risk jeopardising their chances of emigrating from their third-world homeland to the US, by answering yes? The affirmative answer is only given by the hard-liners.

I do *not* want these countries to hate the USA or the West. I *want* them to see us as friends, but I also realise that if I had had family killed in a bloody war, supported in part by the West, I would have some feelings about this. Also, the regular mosque attendees are being brainwashed by religious fanatics, that the West, headed by the US, is evil. I know that the majority of the congregation will not absorb this nonsense, but some will, and do - otherwise we would not have terrorists, and suicide bombers.

I do not want war. I love peace. I love Australia, and I even love the USA. Next to my home, and a great fishing/holiday location up the coast from where I live, I love New York and most things American.