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BoSoxGal wrote:
Sat Apr 04, 2026 3:51 am
In case anyone missed this open letter from the president of Iran to the American people:
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

To the people of the United States of America, and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life:

Iran—by this very name, character, and identity—is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination. Even after enduring occupation, invasion, and sustained pressure from global powers—and despite possessing military superiority over many of its neighbors—Iran has never initiated a war. Yet it has resolutely and bravely repelled those who have attacked it.

The Iranian people harbor no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighboring countries. Even in the face of repeated foreign interventions and pressures throughout their proud history, Iranians have consistently drawn a clear distinction between governments and the peoples they govern. This is a deeply rooted principle in Iranian culture and collective consciousness—not a temporary political stance.

For this reason, portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts. Such a perception is the product of political and economic whims of the powerful—the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if a threat does not exist, it is invented.

Within this same framework, the United States has concentrated the largest number of its forces, bases, and military capabilities around Iran—a country that, at least since the founding of the United States, has never initiated a war. Recent American aggressions launched from these very bases have demonstrated how threatening such a military presence truly is. Naturally, no country confronted with such conditions would forgo strengthening its defensive capabilities. What Iran has done—and continues to do—is a measured response grounded in legitimate self-defense, and by no means an initiation of war or aggression.

Relations between Iran and the United States were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred with hostility or coup d’état—an illegal American 1953 tension. The turning point, however, was the intervention aimed at preventing the nationalization of Iran’s own resources. That coup disrupted Iran’s democratic process, reinstated dictatorship, and sowed deep distrust among Iranians toward U.S. policies. This distrust deepened further with America’s support for the Shah’s regime, its backing of Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of 1980s, the imposition of the longest and most comprehensive sanctions in modern history, and ultimately, unprovoked military aggression—twice, in the midst of negotiations—against Iran.

Yet all these pressures have failed to weaken Iran. On the contrary, the country has grown stronger in many areas: literacy rates have tripled; higher education has expanded dramatically; significant advances have been achieved in modern technology; healthcare services have improved; and infrastructure has developed at a pace and scale incomparable to the past. These are measurable, observable realities that stand independent of fabricated narratives.

At the same time, the destructive and inhumane impact of sanctions, war, and aggression on the lives of the resilient Iranian people must not be underestimated. The continuation of military aggression and recent bombings profoundly affect people’s lives, attitudes, and perspectives. This reflects a fundamental human truth: when war inflicts irreparable harm on lives, homes, cities, and futures, people will not remain indifferent toward those responsible.

This raises a fundamental question: Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behavior? Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer-treatment pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country “back to the stone ages” serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States’ global standing?

Iran pursued negotiations, reached an agreement, and fulfilled all its commitments. The decision to withdraw from that agreement, escalate toward confrontation, and launch two acts of aggression in the midst of negotiations were destructive choices made by the U.S. government—choices that served the delusions of a foreign aggressor.

Attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure—including energy and industrial facilities—directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran’s borders. They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength; it is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution.

Is it not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime? Is it not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward the Palestinians? Is it not evident that Israel now aims to fight Iran to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar—shifting the burden of its delusions onto Iran, the region, and the United States itself in pursuit of illegitimate interests.

Is "America First" truly among the priorities of the U.S. government today?

I invite you to look beyond the machinery of misinformation—an integral part of this aggression—and instead speak with those who have visited Iran. Observe the many accomplished Iranian immigrants—educated in Iran—who now teach and conduct research at the world's most prestigious universities, or contribute to the most advanced technology firms in the West. Do these realities align with the distortions you are being told about Iran and its people?

Today, the world stands at crossroads. Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before. The choice between confrontation and engagement is both real and consequential; its outcome will shape the future for generations to come.

Throughout its millennia of proud history, Iran has outlasted many aggressors. All that remains of them are tarnished names in history, while Iran endures—resilient, dignified, and proud.
That is a good piece of Aryan propaganda, I admit. They are proud Aryans. You do know that the word Iran means ‘Land of the Aryans.

Now, before anybody gets their panties in a wad, here is a clarification. The idea of the Aryans as used by the Nazis was nothing more than historical smoke and mirrors. Their version of the term had no real meaning. In fact, Slavic peoples, including Russians, are linguistically and historically closer to the ancient Indo Iranian Aryans than the Germans ever were.
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.

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In my opinion, what some Iranian nationalists like to celebrate is that their ancestors arrived in the region about four thousand years ago, dominated, massacred, and displaced the original inhabitants, and then took their land. Should they really be proud of that? It sounds a lot like stolen land, don’t you agree?
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.

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liberty wrote:
Sun Apr 05, 2026 5:22 pm
don’t you agree?
No
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I woke up this morning, turned on the news, and saw that the American pilot had been rescued in Iran. During the report, they showed an Iranian video of supposed ‘civilian’ volunteers searching for the pilot, and I noticed they were carrying hunting rifles. That immediately told me they weren’t ordinary Iranian civilians. They were plainclothes militia, because they are the only people in Iran allowed to own weapons besides official government forces. These are the same groups that are called out as snipers and enforcers whenever the general population protests, and they can act with complete immunity. Naturally, the footage was a propaganda piece.
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An enemy invader was being met with armed force. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. Should they have been greeting him with tea and crumpets?
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Scooter wrote:
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An enemy invader was being met with armed force. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. Should they have been greeting him with tea and crumpets?
Where is your cultural sensitivity? That would be rose water tea and pistachios, surely!
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Time to abandon eyeing Nigeria and turn the Iranian War against the real Christian killer . . .
An Israeli attempt to assassinate a Hezbollah figure in Lebanon on Sunday instead killed a senior leader from a political group that is strongly opposed to Hezbollah. Approached by the BBC, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged the strike apparently failed to kill the intended target and that it "regrets the harm" to civilians. The Lebanese Forces Party, a largely Christian group, say the strike on an apartment block had killed senior official Pierre Mouawad and his wife Flavia.
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He’s going to nuke Iran.
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"... or every bridge will be decimated".

Doesn't speak well of Grumpy's military if they can only destroy 1 bridge in 10. Maybe he's trying to encourage Iran to fight on
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Decimate? Obliterate? Remember this is a life-long professional con-man. He has no idea how to use language for factual data transmission.

Protocol question about the current Executive branch of the USofA government: Is the person who carries 'the football' (Nuclear weapons control codes) an active duty member of the military? Do they have the guts to refuse an unlawful order from the CinC?

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Wouldn't decimating every bridge mean destroying one tenth of each bridge? :nana
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Scooter wrote:
Mon Apr 06, 2026 10:06 pm
Wouldn't decimating every bridge mean destroying one tenth of each bridge? :nana
Subtle, that.
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