This is why Iran Doesn't Like Americans (Warning, Logic)

1) Surrounding Iran with military bases. Every star represents a military base.

2) Attempting to block oil exports, a major source of GDP

3) Threatening to bomb defense and nuclear facilities

4) Assasinating scientists

5) Sending military aircraft into their airspace

Seems resonable that Iran would be a little paranoid right about now. I know Americans would be furious if anyone tried anything like this on them.

1) Surrounding Iran with military bases. Every star represents a military base.

2) Attempting to block oil exports, a major source of GDP

3) Threatening to bomb defense and nuclear facilities

4) Assasinating scientists

5) Sending military aircraft into their airspace

Seems resonable that Iran would be a little paranoid right about now. I know Americans would be furious if anyone tried anything like this on them.

htekemerald

Iran shouldn't be building weapons with the intent to start a full scale war.

That's probably Israel that was assasinating Iranian scientists.

That picture is very misleading. Many of those countries we do not have troops in. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey we have no base or troops there.

just about every country hates the U.S these days even if this is fact, it is not news

Yeah you're right...they seem to have nothing but the best intentions with their nuclear program and the major players within their government seem extremely rational, well grounded, and open to the ideas of their people. We need to leave them alone

I was under the impression that they didn't like anyone.

There is no way America did that stuff because they are the good guys and they keep order in the wild west that is the middle east. How dare you accuse the world police of this!!!

I was under the impression that they didn't like anyone.

BATTOSAI76

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

Americans just like to put you in your place, in fact they like to put everybody in their place.. acting like they own the world pfff.

To be fair, the country's President did once say that he would take out Israel and sees no problem in developing nuclear weapons. It's really no wonder why the USA is taking precautions...michaelP4

The country's president is also a blow-hard with no real power.

That map is pretty outdated. For example, Camp Doha in Kuwait was shut down several years ago and there are no US troops in Iraq except for the usual Marine Security Detachment at the US Embassy in Baghdad and a few (less than 200) troops that assist Iraqis in training programs and don't participate in combat operations.

Also, a few of those points are just speculation such as the US assasionating scientists. In terms of threatening to bomb nuclear facilities, it's pretty natural to be worried about a country that wants to blow Isreal off the face of the Earth getting nukes. Yes, some of the things the US does are questionable but it could be worse.

I have no qualms with why Iran hates the US. Plus the US funds Israel extensively, pushes for economic sanctions, etc.

I don't know why we do it either. The US should just stop putting so much pressure on them and maybe tensions would ease a little. However what's done is done and now it's looking like war will hit Iran in the next few years if things continue like they currently are.

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

Ilovegames1992

Please punch yourself in the head. Hard. Repeatedly. Until you fall into a coma.

I was under the impression that they didn't like anyone.

BATTOSAI76

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

worlock77

Please punch yourself in the head. Hard. Repeatedly. Until you fall into a coma.

Is that a Buddhist way of laughing at an awesome joke?

We also somehow managed to flood their entire country with an ocean.KiIIyou

I lol'd

1) Surrounding Iran with military bases. Every star represents a military base.

2) Attempting to block oil exports, a major source of GDP

3) Threatening to bomb defense and nuclear facilities

4) Assasinating scientists

5) Sending military aircraft into their airspace

Seems resonable that Iran would be a little paranoid right about now. I know Americans would be furious if anyone tried anything like this on them.

htekemerald

2) Iran threatened to block off the strait of Hormuz, which would hurt their own ability to export oil.

3) If the U.S. feels the nuclear facilities are a threat to us darn right we'll bomb them. Ever hear of the term "pre-emptive strikes".

4) We don't know for sure who assassinated these scientists. It could be the U.S. or Israel, but maybe the Iranians themselves killed these scientists in order to prevent them from telling what they know.

5) I do not know of any cases in which the U.S. sent planes into their airspace on purpose. We do have planes in Afghanistan and Iraq and some may have accidentally went into Iran for a bit.

As for the assassination accusations...come on, seriously? That has Mossad written all over it.

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I was under the impression that they didn't like anyone.

sonicare

Yeah, their just joshing with all those threats.:P

False, deh bad ppl don't liek us because we stand for freedom and liberty.

That's probably Israel that was assasinating Iranian scientists.

sonicare

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

Ilovegames1992

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

whipassmt

Best joke set up ever.

An Italian, a Serb and a black guy walk into a Middle Eastern nation....

No, they hate America because they are against freedom, haven't you heard?!

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[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

Ilovegames1992

Best joke set up ever.

An Italian, a Serb and a black guy walk into a Middle Eastern nation....

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

What's their favourite A Flock of Seagulls song?

Iran so Far Away.

Obviously

Ilovegames1992

Best joke set up ever.

An Italian, a Serb and a black guy walk into a Middle Eastern nation....

America also has military bases all over Europe. TC is stupid.biggus_phallus

This is why Europe hates you. See the pattern brah.

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="whipassmt"] Hey I figured out how the U.S. can solve the Iran issue, we should send Tommy Vercetti, Niko Bellic and Carl Johnson over there and let them tear the place up.

hydralisk86

Best joke set up ever.

An Italian, a Serb and a black guy walk into a Middle Eastern nation....

Hm without wanting to get into trouble all i know is the black guy wins the joke.

32 years of unreasonable sanctions by the USA and its close allies(biggest economies in the world), coup led by the CIA against a democratically elected government, support for a Shah who was pretty much a deluded despot that cared nothing for the lower classes, and the help the CIA gave Khomeini's regime in eliminating political opposition just because they were mostly socialist/marxist would make any Iranian hate the USA. And this is all stuff that precedes the whole military and nuclear facilities dilemma.shakmaster13

[QUOTE="shakmaster13"]32 years of unreasonable sanctions by the USA and its close allies(biggest economies in the world), coup led by the CIA against a democratically elected government, support for a Shah who was pretty much a deluded despot that cared nothing for the lower classes, and the help the CIA gave Khomeini's regime in eliminating political opposition just because they were mostly socialist/marxist would make any Iranian hate the USA. And this is all stuff that precedes the whole military and nuclear facilities dilemma.biggus_phallus

[QUOTE="biggus_phallus"]America also has military bases all over Europe. TC is stupid.Ilovegames1992

This is why Europe hates you. See the pattern brah.

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="biggus_phallus"]America also has military bases all over Europe. TC is stupid.biggus_phallus

This is why Europe hates you. See the pattern brah.

Yeah they do.

[QUOTE="biggus_phallus"][QUOTE="shakmaster13"]32 years of unreasonable sanctions by the USA and its close allies(biggest economies in the world), coup led by the CIA against a democratically elected government, support for a Shah who was pretty much a deluded despot that cared nothing for the lower classes, and the help the CIA gave Khomeini's regime in eliminating political opposition just because they were mostly socialist/marxist would make any Iranian hate the USA. And this is all stuff that precedes the whole military and nuclear facilities dilemma.shakmaster13

[QUOTE="biggus_phallus"][QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

This is why Europe hates you. See the pattern brah.

Ilovegames1992

Yeah they do.

You really think the USA killed that scientist?

That's sad.

Israel maybe, not the US.

Also the US and the EU wouldn't be threatening sanctions if Iran would just drop it's nuclear weapons programs. They are letting inspectors in so that's a good start.

To be fair, the country's President did once say that he would take out Israel and sees no problem in developing nuclear weapons. It's really no wonder why the USA is taking precautions...michaelP4

Tons of countries in that region already have nukes, like Pakistan, and no one likes Israel, yet Israel is still un-nuked and no 'terrorist' seems to be able to get their hands on them or any nuclear material. They're(Israel) really aren't doing anything to make it any better either.

Whoever assassinated that scientist, probably Israel(supported by us/U.S.), is just testing the 'stability' in the region, and murdered an innocent man in the process. And the harder we push them into a conflict, the easier it is to justify our 'intervention', it disgusts me, and undermines our own security, provoking other nations like that.

I don't have a problem with them making nukes, I don't like them, I see no need to have weapons personally, but they've been pushed for so many years to prepare to defend themselves, we're only helping them move forward into this.

What happens there isn't/shouldn't be my business anyway, and I shouldn't have to be bothered to care (assuming we'd leave the region, which I'm sure our 'help{instigating coups, empowering dictators, who then abuse their power, then we have a coup to remove them and we don't back them up and let them get slaughtered, like the bay of pigs...} ' in Iraq and Afghanistan isn't ubiquitously appreciated).

If everyone wasted their time caring for everyone as if they were their immediate family, no one would have any wealth, there would be nothing but some 'Utopian' tribal crap. For there to be any prosperity, there will be poverty.

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It's really no wonder why Iran is taking precautions...

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We need to stop 'nation building' we've been trying it with that region for ~60 years, and this is what we get, a quagmire. If we wanted to actually 'help' and build their nation, I think the best way to do it would be to conqure them propperly, and make them a part of Our nation, give them Our rights and Our political system, let them attempted to have elections to Our political system.

But no one would dare conqure another nation in this day, and no one wants to make Iraq/Afghanistan into part of the united states, but if we want them to be like us, and defend them like they're our own terriotory, impose laws on that region, then we should give them rights too.