Re: (OT) They're not all crazy in Europe

On 2025-04-28, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-04-28 08:23, RonB wrote:

On 2025-04-28, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:39:41 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
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There are different Muslim sects. Some are much less aggressive than
others.
The Shiites, for example, aren't usually the "head choppers," that's
nearly always the Sunnis. Guess which ones the U.S. cuddles up to?
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Jews in Iran, for example, are not persecuted so long as they identify
as Iranians and not Zionists (Israelis). Iran is a Shiite country.

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To further complicate it, Arabs are a small minority in Iran and
frequently persecuted. Iran inherited what was called Arabistan from the
Ottoman Empire and it's been a thorn in their side. The Persians are an
Indo-European people, or what was called Aryan before some unfortunate
20th century events. They don't like Arabs, who are a Semitic people.
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It's like one of those logic statements. Most Arabs are Moslems but most
Moslems aren't Arabs. The Arabs seem to be the least civilized.

 
I keep trying to tell people that the Iranians are not Arabs. They don't
turn on each on each like the Arabs do in time of war.

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For what it's worth, my wife's best friend married an Iranian who was a
pretty nice person. Similarly, a former Polish co-worker of mine married
an Iranian man and he was wonderful to her. It should be noted that most
Iranians don't actually support their government and are a lot more
Western than they seem.

When I was in Texas my doctor was from Iran. Best doctor I've ever had.

As for Iranians, yes they had a secular government — until they made the
"mistake" of wanting to profit from their own oil instead of letting U.S.
and European companies take it all. The U.S. sponsored a coup against the
elected government and installed the Shah of Iran and his thug police. So
there is no love for the United States in Iran, even if many of the citizens
long for the days of a secular government. And here's the important thing to
remember about Iranians. If you attack them, they unite. Even the opposition
is patriotic. (Even Iranian Jews are patriotic.) These are not Arabs who
break up into rival tribes when they see a chance to work with an outside,
invading power, for their own gain.

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