Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1505681)

I saw this on another thread here yesterday.

I still maintain my original comment..."fetch me my catapult" :O:

Originally Posted by SteamWake (Post 1505640)

Somone needs to explain to them that the cold war era is over. Most of this is so 60's.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/sci...-tech/#slide=1

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin (Post 1505719)

Originally Posted by Castout (Post 1507435)

Imo Iran is alright North Korea is another story.:hmmm:

I've a feeling they will befriend US sooner or later . . . . .
They're not as bad as some people would imagine.


Their urban young are idealistic, patriotic, modern and friendly to the west!
Great things could come to Iran if their elite are willing to change bit by bit.

Originally Posted by Happy Times (Post 1507437)

I have a lot of sympathy for those youth but the educated urban young are not he majority.
If they were, Iran would be the natural friend to the west in the region.
Persia was lost when the Arabs invaded and destroyed Zoroastrianism and the great culture it represented.

Originally Posted by Castout (Post 1507448)

The rural population also don't hold any grudge or animosity towards the west in general.

In my opinion relation between US and Iran will get warmer in the short or medium future.

Give it ten years to see if this opinion is true or otherwise :D

Iran population is unlike Iraq really. Iraqis had been subjugated through intimidation by Saddam dictatorship for decades and lost the ability for critical thinking. Iran's population is in far better situation.:DL

I have opinion why Iran is doing what it is doing or raving what it is raving and .....(I better keep this opinion to myself)...the signs are good I just want to say that