In this case, the reply is from
livinginiran, who wrote a really good background on Iran's recent history, all the trials and turmoil her people have been through, and why the U.S. wouldn't be helping her country if they went to war with it.The Iranians aren't some camel-driving caricature -- they're real people living in a country that can be more like us than not, and surprisingly modern and progressive at times. I am not denying that Iran's government turns a blind eye towards terrorism, but we would all stand to gain considerably if we developed closer cultural ties to Iran, in the same way that we benefited through developing cultural ties with the Soviet Union.
Know thine enemy, and all that.
