HaloFreakX said:
This is there OWN problem. What CAN the US do? This is there "war."
You need to learn a bit of history I think. here's a quick run down for you
1951; The Prime Minister of Iran (democratically elected) decides to nationalize Irans oil, to stop the country's wealth being taken by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (later became BP) This upsets lots of white people, who think they should own Irans oil.
Britain tried to take Iran to court over it, and lost. Naturally this upset Britain so, they team up with the US government and the newly formed CIA
1953; US overthrows Iranian democracy and installs a pro US dictator, Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
(The coup was carried out by the US administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower in a covert action advocated by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles under the supervision of his brother Allen Dulles, the Director of Central Intelligence.[16] The coup was organized by the United States' CIA and the United Kingdom's MI6, two spy agencies that aided royalists and mutinous Iranian army officers.)
for 25 years, the Shah of Iran rules with an iron fist, murdering anyone who questioned him.
Religious leaders decide that the Shah is un-islamic, Ayatollah Khomeini who doesn't like the Shah much gets put in prison for 2 years, then exiled for 14 years.
While he was in exile he made tapes of anti-Shah speeches, which were copied and distributed by the people of Iran.
1970; protests are common, lots of decent has been stirred up so the Shah declares marshal law and bans demonstrations. This leads to a protest where 2 million people marched in Tehran demanding the Shah be removed and the return of Ayatollah Khomeini
1979, Pro Ayatollah Khomeini students seize the US embassy building in Tehran, and hold 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days.
At this stage, the Shah was hiding in the US. The student revolutionaries demanded the Shah be returned to Iran for trial, The Shahs stolen money be returned to the people, The US would promise not to interfere again in Iran and, an apology from the US for their past actions.
So, 1979 (Iranian revolution) Ayatollah Khomeini has been in charge, then Iraq decides to invade Iran. This makes the US look very bad because, they are supplying Iraq with weapons technology, and helping with Iraqi bombing raids and, the whole time supplying weapons to Iran.
Enter the "Iran-Contra Scandal"
Reagan is fighting an illegal war in Nicaragua, and needs money to fund it but, congress says "No" SO, he comes up with a plan to sell arms to Iran, through South Africa and Israel, and uses the money to fund guerilla armies in Nicaragua (The US is later convicted by the world court for "Unlawful Use of Force", the US ignored the ruling)
1989 Ayatollah Khomeini dies and is replaced by the current guy.
Now, Think again about your statement. Who war is this? is it the Iranian peoples?
Now I just want to be very clear, what I've posted is not a political opinion, it is a brief historical over view of events that lead up to today. All the things I've stated are historical facts, not opinion so, please keep that in mind and don't go down the political argument road, it would be a shame to lock a thread that is good (especially for young Americans) to read.
Please keep responses as unbiased and factual as you can