nuray wrote:i was not comparing the shah to ahmadinejad. i was trying to explain that america... wanted and helped iran to enrich uranium to have nuclear energy for electricity from the time of the shah and now are against iran having it and accusing iran of building a nuclear weapon...
- i still believe that england and/or america are the ones responsible for removing the shah and replacing him with khomeini. they saw that iran was making progress under reza shah, and they didn't want iran to become a superpower. since there were already accusations that reza shah was corrupting the country, steeling money, etc., it wasn't difficult to bring back khomeini who was in exile at the time and was already pretty well known.
- and you're right, america helped iran under the shah's rule and are now against iran, but that's because the shah was an ally of the US. IRI is not. however, this is not the only time america has done something like this. they helped the afghans, osama bin laden, and the mujahidin against the soviets, but are now against them. they helped saddam against IRI during the Iran-Iraq war, and then turned against him.
- i don't know of any proof of Iran having nuclear weapons, but i rather the rest of the world keep a close eye on iran anyway. it doesn't make sense to say we are a peaceful nation and our nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and then threaten to wipe israel off the map. i hope that the next US president (whoever it is) engages in peace talks with iran so that there's at least a chance to a peaceful resolution. it is not in persian or kurdish blood to hate jews. kourosh (cyrus the great) freed the jewish captives in babylon. he is mentioned in the torah 23 times by name. there is a great history and culture of jews in persia and kurdistan. it's a shame what's going on right now.
here's an interesting link about israel/iran conflict...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/ ... index.html