"Maxprop" wrote
"Capt. JG" wrote
Travelling to Tehran would not be dangerous for the average American.

You'd be a fool to believe that when traveling to Tehran. Bush = American
citizens = Bush. They don't differentiate between our leaders and us. 9/11
should have taught you that.


Fact is we are all "infidels" to radical Islam and they believe that they are
doing God's own work by killing as many of us as possible. They believe that
the very concept of democracy - the idea that man rather than God can make the
rules - is a mortal sin. Worse yet, democracy leads to affluence and education,
eliminating the religious fervor that comes with grinding physical and mental
poverty. To them, our "threat" of bringing freedom and plenty to their world is
akin to bringing a dance band to a baptist convention. Hard as it is to
believe, they are even more dangerous than radical christians and every person
who threatens to bring them wealth and freedom must be killed first. As Max
says, they do not distinguish between infidels and their leaders.

Saddam was keeping a thumb on these radicals - that's why it was safe for
Americans to go to Tehran under him. Blundering Bush removed Saddam from power
and his thumb from the radicals but he did not replace it with a US thumb.
That's why it's dangerous for everybody in Tehran, even moderate Muslims.