“I genuinely believe now they [the US and Israel] didn’t have a plan. I was still hoping I was wrong, but the Shahran attack changed the way I look at this war right now,” he said. “If the regime is what you want to hit, even if you think these depots were used by the regime, where do you draw the line? What about us, the ordinary Iranians? We rely on this civil infrastructure. Why take away our ability to govern in the future? Who can rebuild utter ruins?”
Amir said he now had constant anxiety about Iran “turning into another Iraq”, a country the US invaded in 2003, promising freedom but delivering a civil war. Israeli leaders have also previously called on Palestinians in Gaza and the Lebanese people to rise up against oppression, only to later kill them in large numbers.
“My heart is so heavy,” said Amir. “I don’t even have tears left. Only anger and more anger. At this regime, and them,” he added, referring to the US and Israel.
From the bits of knowledge I have, this issue started in the late 1970s when the US and UK stepped in to facilitate the removal of a locally unpopular government leader called the Shah (or something). The Iranians didn’t appreciate daddy’s “help,” feeling undignified, and were later insulted by the US then offering medical aid to the deposed Shah. The US took him in for cancer treatment, meanwhile Iranians wanted the Shah returned so that he could stand trial locally. They raided the US embassy, thinking hostages would force the USs hand.
The US uses “they held Americans for 444 days” as a kind of propaganda. Nobody asks, “well, why the fuck would they do that?” Even if someone did ask, the only culturally acceptable answer was “because Iran hates America,” or “Iran wants westerners to die,” et al.
People want sovereignty, guys… same shit that gets told about the tea party, taxation without representation, … I honestly wonder, what were the redcoats told about the Americans before they got their marching orders?
It was in the 1950s that the US facilitated the overthrow of the democratic government in Iran and installed the Shah. The people eventually revolted due to economic and religious reasons and ousted the Shah in a he late 1970s. The US was caught napping.