This morning, CNN and MSNBC (the only two news channels I really watch anymore, although CNBC has started appealing to me) were both covering a story originally broadcast on Iranian state-run news station INSA. According to Iran's news network, the military has successfully tested their new set of long range missiles.
For almost the better part of my life, America has been involved in some sort of conflict. Whether it is the end of the Cold War, the initial invasion of Iraq, the War on Terror, or now the "New" Iraqi War, America and our western Allies can't seem to "stop the bleeding".
This was originally a powerpoint presentation I made for my junior theme project. I need to modify the .ppt file first before I attach it to this post (not sure if I can) or upload it on a hosting site since this is only half of the presentation. I wanted to provided a historical background of Iran within the context of Reading Lolita in Tehran (from Reza to Khatami) because there was a lot of political events that Dr. Azar Nafisi mentioned in her book. So, I thought that would've established the situation she dealt with before I present the Rogerian arguments of my essay, the second half of my presentation. My essay can be found here: http://www.progressiveu.org/004931-reading-lolita-tehran-exaggeration-mi...
Pre-Revolution Iran
Reza Shah Pahlavi:
Here are the 7 nails in Obama's coffin---he pounded the nails in himself
Nail #1. Not revealing his anti -American roots -- TIES TO Rev Wright. Most Black churches are not
anti American. He sat there for 20 years showing poor judgment. Even Oprah had the foresight to leave.
Relations between Iran and the United States have been very strained over Tehran’s nuclear program, but the government isn’t doing much to help the situation. However, finally, there is a way for the people to make a difference in the mess of politics that run our country. There now exists a newly created hotline between the United States and Iran!
We look today at how the Middle East has shaped American foreign policy changes over the last 50 years or so, and we see that the subtle breaking down of subtlety itself is taking place right in front of our eyes. It seems very apparent that this now waning administration wanted nothing more than an excuse to go into Iraq.
Suppose, for a moment, that you had the opportunity to save a life. By your actions you could either prevent a needless death or cause one. Many of you would say yes on the spot; others might want more information. For those of you in the latter catagory, here's the situation:
“Divine governments … set themselves the task of making man into what he should be. To juxtapose ‘democratic’ and ‘Islamic’ is an insult to Islam. Because [sic] … Islam is, in fact, superior to all forms of democracy.” - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1979 [Source: The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis - Alireza Jafarzadeh
