While last week’s P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran has raised hopes for an international rapprochement, neither the US nor Iran seems to be all the way there yet. That, perhaps, is unsurprising, as the two have been at each others’ throats for nearly four decades.
US officials today are saying the “anti-American” comments by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are “disturbing.” Khamenei insisted that Iran’s policy toward “American arrogance” would not suddenly change overnight just because of the nuclear deal.
Ironically, even as US officials complain about Khamenei’s comments, their own leadership is doing the exact same thing, with President Obama once again declaring today that he won’t be “letting Iran off the hook” and will continue to press them on policy changes.
If anything, the US comments have overall been more objectionable in the week since the deal, since Defense Secretary Ash Carter has repeatedly threatened to unilaterally attack Iran since then. Iran’s comments, by contrast, seem quite tame.
Not surprising at all! When Obama still says that all options are on the table, Ash Carter says we won't stop Israel from attacking Iran and provides $3.7b worth of arms to Israel to make his point. Ash Carter also said that our military plans against Iran will remain unchanged!! So are expecting the Supreme leader of Iran says "we are so scared and we don't know what we're going to do! We better kiss up to US and Israel"!!!
Scrap steel — Mangled bodies
Having known what it's like to fight a losing battle, having served three years in the Vietnam War, I would hope that Ash Carter be not such a glory hound as to turn so many of our troops into ash. Because, just for starters, within 24 hours of such an attack everything owned by the U.S. government within 500 miles of Iran would be turned into scrap steel and mangled bodies.
IRANIANS DISTURBED BY US'S ANTI-IRANIAN COMMENTS.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
When Bush regime, with his Neo fascism-political system and American militarism took the office of "power" wanting to rule the world, the systems plan was to conquer Middle East and Central Asia where the American oil companies hand in hand with Saudis-wahabbism started the occupation of Afghanistan, after 14 years of sanctions, a system of stealing Iraqi people's wealth programmed by UN, in cooperation with Europe Neo liberals and Neo fascism these regimes started the Iraq war where the entire idea resulted in destroying Iraq and occupying the country for another decade. Late in 2000 they realized that Iran is not Iraq and Iran sanctions is not working the way they had hoped for, once again their idea in U.S.- EU warmongering had failed where Israel started the 2006 war in Lebanon for allied to invade Lebanon by sea and for Israel to continue its marching toward Syrian borders, Israel was defeated by the Lebanese people so the plan was stopped.
USA nor the Europeans far rights democrats or fascism never respected people of Middle East nor for that matter any other nations rights to exist under their terms of dignity, the European have recently showed their intentions when they started the Libya war, when USG and EU in cooperation destroyed yet another country intentionally, when they again and intentionally destroyed Syria while these Neo liberals and Neo fascism are cooperating. Now they see their defeats in the hands of those who few years ago were their "friends and allies", look: Hillary Clinton words in regard to Libya are the following: we come, we conquered and he did. Asking for respect when the policies of USG and EU are based on slavery, based on frauds, based on deceptive motives where the stealing people's wealth in Middle East has been the primary agendas by these regimes in power, U.S. Simply not going to happen, especially when all that resulted in creating yet another cop de Etta as ISIS the barbarians against people's of Middle East demand for democracy. It's simply a hypocrisy when Obama thinks that people in Middle East been at wars for hundred of years and is yet another and intentional insult toward people of Middle East when this man and others think that they are civilized but people of Middle East are not, when they think that Americans are superior and for EU to become the supremecy system when USG helps Neo fascism taking over part of Europe. This is A kind of "civilization" that going backward in time, is not progressing by any means, which is the reasons for people not respecting these ideas anyone.
Look: European regimes don't have anything to offer to the world anymore, nor the American capitalism with world domination as its ideology, from Sweden to rest of what's known to be a social democracy or for the sake of the wording democracy, it existed up to yer or two before Afghanistan being occupied where even the swedes are involved in occupying Afghanistan, since 1990, after that the system is collapsing and "lefties" policies….. In Europe is ighly questionable, Greece left is the answer, or changes, austerity, that make people in Europe suffering is yet another. Respect? what respect.
Lets see lets look at what America has done TOO Iran since the beginning of WWII, Iran was Neutral, the US and USSR invaded it! When Iran had democratic elections and the US didn't like the policies the Government made, wanting to have its own oil as a national resource and not there source of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company you know them as BP these days, the US through the CIA, the CIA's FIRST covert Operation, overthrew the elected government and installed a Despotic Dictator, who ruled through his secret police the CIA trained Saavik who would Disappear people never to be seen again! When the Iranians again gained control of their country, the US waged war on them shooting down civilian airliners on recognised flight paths! Providing Chemical and Biological weapons to Sadaam Hussien in Iraq to wage war on Iran, Waging economic warfare on Iran! Whilst Iran did make mistakes big ones the Embassy hostages, should never have been held, there had been long term provocation! we also shouldn't forget that Iran initially tried to have their Nuclear processing done OUT OF COUNTRY, they paid France to build Processing and Reprocessing facilities in France, France took the money built the plants and then refused to process ore to rods as the agreement stipulated, this was at the behest of the US and Israel, so Iran was required to go down the processing pathway on its own! Just think Iran would have happily NOT had a Processing industry but for the US, Israel and France! There would not be the any problems in this matter at all! Then we have had the sanctions and all because the afore mentioned refusal to abide by a deal! So when we think Why do the Iranians so dislike the American Government, maybe it is how the American Government has treated Iran since the beginning of WWII!
Exactly what I was going to write, and let's add a little perspective to it. The Iranian Revolution occurred in 1979, thirty-six years ago. The U.S. went to war against Britain in 1812, thirty-six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence … and it was a war that the U.S. wasn't ready for and that Britain really didn't want. Let's exercise a little moral imagination, put ourselves in the shoes of the Iranians, and realize that they feel the same way toward us thirty-six years after their revolution as we did toward Britain thirty-six years after ours.