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  Posted By: millywilly84 @ 12/28/2008 10:05:33 PM

  to nawawimohamad, by your name and yout comments you are obviously an Arab kronie who want nothing more thanto see Iran down...i can assure you that i agree with the comments that Iranians would welcome back our Shah with open arms, 2500 years of Imperial rule can not be ignored! and the Pahlavis were and are one of our greatest dynastys, one think the Pahlavis and other nationalists like Mossadegh had in commen is they ALL love Iran and its people, unlike the money hungrey, arab islamic government at the moment...who have more support in the arab countries than in their own, their time is numbered, and when we expell them there will be no place for this form of government in our history ever again, it is the 2nd time the arabs have infiltrated us, i promise you there wont be a third time! JAVID SHAH!

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  Posted By: milly84 @ 12/28/2008 10:03:56 PM

  to nawawimohamad, by your name and yout comments you are obviously an Arab kronie who want nothing more thanto see Iran down...i can assure you that i agree with the comments that Iranians would welcome back our Shah with open arms, 2500 years of Imperial rule can not be ignored! and the Pahlavis were and are one of our greatest dynastys, one think the Pahlavis and other nationalists like Mossadegh had in commen is they ALL love Iran and its people, unlike the money hungrey, arab islamic government at the moment...who have more support in the arab countries than in their own, their time is numbered, and when we expell them there will be no place for this form of government in our history ever again, it is the 2nd time the arabs have infiltrated us, i promise you there wont be a third time! JAVID SHAH!

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  Posted By: Hope4Change2008 @ 10/22/2008 1:02:33 PM

  I am an American married to an Iranian, so I visit there fairly often. What I want to say is that Iranians DO NOT hate American people and my overtures of friendship are always returned enthusiastically. The belief that Americans hold that Iranians are hateful toward them begets hate of Americans, and so on. What we have here is a failure to communicate, and to have a clue about each others culture and people.
  
  Many Iranians I have met are anxious to share with me how unhappy they are with the regime and about how they miss the Shah, pointing to the great things the Shah built or accomplished and how they were free citizens then. But America was saying just the opposite about the Shah at the time of the Revolution, and assisted greatly in the demise of his leadership. So why do Iranian citizens seem to think as an American that I understand their love of the Shah (even though I do?) And why is it that America, who helped the Islamic Republic come to rule, is so blatantly against the Republic?
  
  I believe that America had no business then or now interfering in the affairs of Iran. On that point, I agree with Ahmadinejad. America's interference is what I believe is really the cause of both the breakdown of diplomatic relations and also the "hate" of America. And if we are honest with ourselves, that interference hurt Iran terribly. I agree that the "third way" - to empower the people to revolt, is the only way.
  
  Neither my husband or I can fully fathom how it is the Shah's rule could have ended. To this day we visit his childhood home that the Republic took away after the Revolution. I asked why the Shah's descendants could not return to power if the people wanted. The fact is they do not have a voice...
  
  I am convinced of ulterior motives on the part of America not yet revealed. And I think the same of the Islamic Republic. My hope is that people striving to get the word out will educate Americans about the REAL Iranian people and despite political problems, Americans will understand and respect, and maybe like me, even love its people.