Thank you for trying to help people understand.

I think your country plays a pretty interesting role in today's current affairs. The U.S. administration has been using your country and people as scapegoats to blame for how horrible our invasion of Iraq has been going. Our administration, in the "land of the free" has resisted all accountability for misleading this country to war, and also for not having a realistic strategy for resolving this bloody conflict. As one of the major states in the region who still function and haven't been bombed to embers, Iran is really one of the few political entities in the region that can actually do anything to help the situation in Iraq. If the American people follow the threats and nasty dialogue our public officals spout about Iran, we will invade Iran next, and then that will leave essentially no stable states in the region. The Middle East has got some serious problems these days, and a powerful state like Iran is absolutely necessary to maintain some order in the region. Our countries need to put our differences aside and work together if your neighbor to the West is ever going to get back onto its feet, and American forces can leave the area.

We Americans get shook up about our news media reporting supposed "threats" and calls for the destruction of Israel. I don't know if many Americans remember that yes, after World War II, the English essentially did cut out a nice piece of Palestinian land to form the Hebrew state, reinforced with Western military technology and training. As for me, Israel kinda has it coming… They've been on borrowed land for too long, however I doubt anybody will be able to force them to move. However, that's a whole other issue.. I would first like to see our American troops leave Iraq, and for a respectful dialogue to exist between Tehran and Washington.

Again, thanks for taking the time to express and explain an informed Iranian citizen's point of view on the state of affairs today. I whole-heartedly agree that our respective leaders talk a lot of garbage about each other simply to rile their citizens against each other, to perpetuate enemy roles, and to distract the masses from what is really going on. The war in Iraq needs to stop. Acheiving peace is paramount compared to bitter rivalries with a nation who could certainly be a powerful ally in our so-called 'war on terror'.

bin laden bombs the u.s.
bin laden was a saudi.
the u.s. bombs iraq.
the saudi's are still our buddies. we continue to fill our monsterous SUVs with saudi oil @ $3.69/gal.
iraq is still a mess.
we begin smack talk against iran
…no end in sight.

none of it makes any sense to me, man…… Let's hope these recent diplomatic talks bear some fruit for today's generation and generations to come…

best wishes and peace to you!
good luck!

1) narcissism: advocates for communism/socialism (hereafter referred to as 'THEY') are so in love with themselves THEY think that the systematic murder of at least 100 million people in the pursuit of socialism/communism is due to the fact that THEY are not in charge – THEY being so much smarter than so many 'dear leaders' who have come before.

2) power: THEY are all about power. THEY want to be in charge for the sake of being in charge. THEY have convinced themselves (as they ponder the matter over a couple of doobies, lisping around the piercings mutilating their tongues, cheeks and lips) that THEY only have the best interests of mankind at heart, mankind who, though billions strong, don't know what's good for them; that THEY themselves squirm mightily under the restraints of their own parents or the laws of the land like those that forbid and punish the illegal drug trade, but consider their own discomfiture with restraints to their behavior to be a sign of their 'revolutionary heart' whilst ignoring the nature of mankind, which generally dislikes shackles, when they plot to overthrow society, or the government, and impose their own suffocating and un-humanlike restraints on others.

the only thing THEY think holds them back from glorious remaking of the world is convincing 6 billion people that THEY are smarter and wiser than 5,999,999,999. other human beings.

Dignity & Diversity…? Definitely…!

The world would be a boring place without different societies and cultures…(but never forget… we're all Earthlings…)
May your life's travels be as fulfilling and fun as mine…! Travel in peace…