Yes. I agree.
But I care way more about actions than words. There is way more Iranian blood on the hands of the US/Israel partners and allies (including Saddam Hussein and ISIS) than vice versa. Iran doesn’t have bases or any presence near US borders. Western powers have been playing puppet-master with Iran since the world wars.
You keep talking about your childhood experience. It doesn’t move me.
You can think of Iran having a disease, a recurrent infection of Islamism; I’m saying the medicine has caused more problems than anything else, strengthening resistance to antibiotics. And then you go back to “when I was little I was scared of getting sick.” Write that in your diary if you want but it’s not useful in our little debate.
The mullahs use anti-American rhetoric because it is popular, and it is popular because it is justified if you take a hard look at history.
You seem to think that if Iran’s government became secular they would automatically change their stance towards the US and Israel, and I disagree (assuming the secular government is a representative democracy).
In fact the 2026 Iran war probably made sure of this for the next 30 years.
You should find this interesting: https://x.com/tiberiusfiles/status/1926906215763693754?s=46