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Iran's Ayatollah Pens Letter To Western Youth: "You Should Know That Terror Has Been Supported By Certain Great Powers"
For those of a cynical persuasion, it’s difficult to ignore the similarities between Islamic State’s brand of puritanical Islam and Saudi Arabia’s propagation of Wahhabism. Put simply, indoctrinating the masses with an ultra orthodox ideal that breeds intolerance sows the seeds of extremism and on that score, Riyadh and Raqqa are really no different. Indeed, Kamel Daoud, a columnist for Quotidien d’Oran, and the author of “The Meursault Investigation” recently described the Saudis as “an ISIS that made it.”
Still, the US (and the international community in general) turns a blind eye to the problem and Washington counts Riyadh as one of its closest geopolitical allies. Indeed, The Pentagon and the CIA are now part of a Saudi-led effort to arm and fund Sunni extremists operating in Syria. In short, Washington and its regional allies (which include Qatar) are engaged in the perpetuation of the same type of terrorism that just this month left 130 people dead in France, killed dozens of innocent civilians in Beirut, and led to the explosion that brought down a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 people on board. Now, those incidents will be trotted out as an excuse to demonize Muslims residing in Western countries when it was Western governments that created the problem in the first place by supporting Sunni extremists and using radicalized Muslims as a tool to effect regime change across the Mid-East.
Meanwhile, Shiite Iran is branded a pariah state by the US and is considered to be evil incarnate by Washington’s ally in Jerusalem. True, the Ayatollah doesn’t help matters by habitually whipping the populace into an anti-America frenzy, but at the end of the day, one would be hard pressed to make a convincing case that the US is on the right side when it comes to picking allies in the Mid-East.
Indeed, it’s Tehran that’s proven to be the most effective (with the possible exception of the Kurds) at battling Islamic State and although it now appears that Iran may be funneling guns and money to the Taliban (a rather unlikely alliance made necessary by the rise of ISIS), it would behoove Washington to reassess its position in the region because as it stands, America is on the wrong side.
It’s with that in mind that we bring you the following open letter from Ayatollah Khamenei addressed to the youth in Western countries. It’s presented without further comment.
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To the Youth in Western Countries,
The bitter events brought about by blind terrorism in France have once again, moved me to speak to you young people. For me, it is unfortunate that such incidents would have to create the framework for a conversation, however the truth is that if painful matters do not create the grounds for finding solutions and mutual consultation, then the damage caused will be multiplied.
The pain of any human being anywhere in the world causes sorrow for a fellow human being. The sight of a child losing his life in the presence of his loved ones, a mother whose joy for her family turns into mourning, a husband who is rushing the lifeless body of his spouse to some place and the spectator who does not know whether he will be seeing the final scene of life- these are scenes that rouse the emotions and feelings of any human being. Anyone who has benefited from affection and humanity is affected and disturbed by witnessing these scenes- whether it occurs in France or in Palestine or Iraq or Lebanon or Syria.
Without a doubt, the one-and-a-half billion Muslims also have these feelings and abhor and are revolted by the perpetrators and those responsible for these calamities. The issue, however, is that if today’s pain is not used to build a better and safer future, then it will just turn into bitter and fruitless memories. I genuinely believe that it is only you youth who by learning the lessons of today’s hardship, have the power to discover new means for building the future and who can be barriers in the misguided path that has brought the west to its current impasse.
Anyone who has benefited from affection and humanity is affected and disturbed by witnessing these scenes- whether it occurs in France or in Palestine or Iraq or Lebanon or Syria.
It is correct that today terrorism is our common worry. However it is necessary for you to know that the insecurity and strain that you experienced during the recent events, differs from the pain that the people of Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan have been experiencing for many years, in two significant ways. First, the Islamic world has been the victim of terror and brutality to a larger extent territorially, to greater amount quantitatively and for a longer period in terms of time. Second, that unfortunately this violence has been supported by certain great powers through various methods and effective means.
Today, there are very few people who are uninformed about the role of the United States of America in creating, nurturing and arming al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their inauspicious successors. Besides this direct support, the overt and well-known supporters of takfiri terrorism- despite having the most backward political systems- are standing arrayed as allies of the west while the most pioneering, brightest and most dynamic democrats in the region are suppressed mercilessly. The prejudiced response of the west to the awakening movement in the Islamic world is an illustrative example of the contradictory western policies.
I genuinely believe that it is only you youth who by learning the lessons of today’s hardship can be barriers in the misguided path that has brought the west to its current impasse.
The other side of these contradictory policies is seen in supporting the state terrorism of Israel. The oppressed people of Palestine have experienced the worst kind of terrorism for the last sixty years. If the people of Europe have now taken refuge in their homes for a few days and refrain from being present in busy places- it is decades that a Palestinian family is not secure even in its own home from the Zionist regime’s death and destruction machinery. What kind of atrocious violence today is comparable to that of the settlement constructions of the Zionists regime?
This regime- without ever being seriously and significantly censured by its influential allies or even by the so-called independent international organizations- everyday demolishes the homes of Palestinians and destroys their orchards and farms. This is done without even giving them time to gather their belongings or agricultural products and usually it is done in front of the terrified and tear-filled eyes of women and children who witness the brutal beatings of their family members who in some cases are being dragged away to gruesome torture chambers. In today’s world, do we know of any other violence on this scale and scope and for such an extended period of time?
Shooting down a woman in the middle of the street for the crime of protesting against a soldier who is armed to the teeth- if this is not terrorism, what is? This barbarism, because it is being done by the armed forces of an occupying government, should not be called extremism? Or maybe only because these scenes have been seen repeatedly on television screens for sixty years, they should no longer stir our consciences.
The military invasions of the Islamic world in recent years- with countless victims- are another example of the contradictory logic of the west. The assaulted countries, in addition to the human damage caused, have lost their economic and industrial infrastructure, their movement towards growth and development has been stopped or delayed and in some cases, has been thrown back decades. Despite all this, they are rudely being asked not to see themselves as oppressed. How can a country be turned into ruins, have its cities and towns covered in dust and then be told that it should please not view itself as oppressed? Instead of enticements to not understand and to not mention disasters, would not an honest apology be better? The pain that the Islamic world has suffered in these years from the hypocrisy and duplicity of the invaders is not less than the pain from the material damage.
Dear youth! I have the hope that you- now or in the future- can change this mentality corrupted by duplicity, a mentality whose highest skill is hiding long-term goals and adorning malevolent objectives. In my opinion, the first step in creating security and peace is reforming this violence-breeding mentality. Until double-standards dominate western policies, until terrorism- in the view of its powerful supporters- is divided into “good” and “bad” types, and until governmental interests are given precedence over human values and ethics, the roots of violence should not be searched for in other places.
Unfortunately, these roots have taken hold in the depths of western political culture over the course of many years and they have caused a soft and silent invasion. Many countries of the world take pride in their local and national cultures, cultures which through development and regeneration have soundly nurtured human societies for centuries. The Islamic world is not an exception to this. However in the current era, the western world with the use of advanced tools is insisting on the cloning and replication of its culture on a global scale. I consider the imposition of western culture upon other peoples and the trivialization of independent cultures as a form of silent violence and extreme harmfulness.
Humiliating rich cultures and insulting the most honored parts of these, is occurring while the alternative culture being offered in no way has any qualification for being a replacement. For example, the two elements of “aggression” and “moral promiscuity” which unfortunately have become the main elements of western culture, has even degraded the position and acceptability of its source region.
So now the question is: are we “sinners” for not wanting an aggressive, vulgar and fatuous culture? Are we to be blamed for blocking the flood of impropriety that is directed towards our youth in the shape of various forms of quasi-art? I do not deny the importance and value of cultural interaction. Whenever these interactions are conducted in natural circumstances and with respect for the receiving culture, they result in growth, development and richness. On the contrary, inharmonious interactions have been unsuccessful and harmful impositions.
We have to state with full regret that vile groups such as DAESH are the spawn of such ill-fated pairings with imported cultures. If the matter was simply theological, we would have had to witness such phenomena before the colonialist era, yet history shows the contrary. Authoritative historical records clearly show how colonialist confluence of extremist and rejected thoughts in the heart of a Bedouin tribe, planted the seed of extremism in this region. How then is it possible that such garbage as DAESH comes out of one of the most ethical and humane religious schools who as part of its inner core, includes the notion that taking the life of one human being is equivalent to killing the whole humanity?
One has to ask why people who are born in Europe and who have been intellectually and mentally nurtured in that environment are attracted to such groups? Can we really believe that people with only one or two trips to war zones, suddenly become so extreme that they can riddle the bodies of their compatriots with bullets? On this matter, we certainly cannot forget about the effects of a life nurtured in a pathologic culture in a corrupt environment borne out of violence. On this matter, we need complete analyses, analyses that see the hidden and apparent corruptions. Maybe a deep hate- planted in the years of economic and industrial growth and borne out of inequality and possibly legal and structural prejudice- created ideas that every few years appear in a sickening manner.
Any rushed and emotional reaction which would isolate, intimidate and create more anxiety for the Muslim communities living in Europe and America not only will not solve the problem but will increase the chasms and resentments.
In any case, you are the ones that have to uncover the apparent layers of your own society and untie and disentangle the knots and resentments. Fissures have to be sealed, not deepened. Hasty reactions is a major mistake when fighting terrorism which only widens the chasms. Any rushed and emotional reaction which would isolate, intimidate and create more anxiety for the Muslim communities living in Europe and America- which are comprised of millions of active and responsible human beings- and which would deprive them of their basic rights more than has already happened and which would drive them away from society- not only will not solve the problem but will increase the chasms and resentments.
Superficial measures and reactions, especially if they take legal forms, will do nothing but increase the current polarizations, open the way for future crises and will result in nothing else. According to reports received, some countries in Europe have issued guidelines encouraging citizens to spy on Muslims. This behavior is unjust and we all know that pursuing injustice has the characteristic of unwanted reversibility. Besides, the Muslims do not deserve such ill-treatment. For centuries, the western world has known Muslims well- the day that westerners were guests in Islamic lands and were attracted to the riches of their hosts and on another day when they were hosts and benefitted from the efforts and thoughts of Muslims- they generally experienced nothing but kindness and forbearance.
Therefore I want you youth to lay the foundations for a correct and honorable interaction with the Islamic world based on correct understanding, deep insight and lessons learned from horrible experiences. In such a case and in the not too distant future, you will witness the edifice built on these firm foundations which creates a shade of confidence and trust which cools the crown of its architect, a warmth of security and peace that it bequests on them and a blaze of hope in a bright future which illuminates the canvass of the earth.
Sayyid Ali Khamenei
8th of Azar, 1394 - 29th of Nov, 2015
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Truth is treason in an empire of lies. No Western media will report this.
Western youth is too busy with video games, sexting and porn to notice. Just as their masters want.
America Created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS Terror Grouphttp://www.globalresearch.ca/america-created-al-qaeda-and-the-isis-terro...
Quick Google News search didn’t bring up a mention of the letter other than obscure non-American sites. Yahoo did have a story but with the Khamenei sitting next to Putin – not sure what Putin has to do with the letter. MSM at its finest I guess ….
There are kernels of truth in there. I was hoping he would explicitly call out western governments for directly funding and supplying ISIS and others, and he didn't. He lost me with all the cultural sensitivity nonsense. Don't get me wrong, I am 100% on board with the US not interfering in that region anymore, but I'm not in favor of importing any more of them into the US either. Those people have been killing each other a long time, it's hardly new. Id rather they just stay over there and we leave them to their own devices. Free trade with all, entangling alliances with none and all that. They will still all clamor to sell us oil, since they have no other way to support themselves.
Only the US does propoganda and psyops. Nobody else. Just us.
You couldn't get me drunk enough to believe any of this shit. From either side. And it's not for a lack of trying.
Yes, the Iranians have propoganda, but nothing like the US has. Certainly it would be a cavalier and uncouth move for Kahmenei to be the mouthpiece of propoganda. Knowing what I know about the culture and Iranians, I can say without any doubt that this letter is genuine in it's intent and content.
Let's consider some of what the man has actually said, shall we?
"Humiliating rich cultures and insulting the most honored parts of these, is occurring while the alternative culture being offered in no way has any qualification for being a replacement. For example, the two elements of “aggression” and “moral promiscuity” which unfortunately have become the main elements of western culture, has even degraded the position and acceptability of its source region. "
These words will sound foreign to modern American youth. But as an older American who was raised by grandparents born in the 19th century I can tell you that the America of the not too distant past did not hold promiscuity and aggression as virtues.
My grandparents and their forebears would agree with the Ayatollah on this point at least.
Let's consider some of what the man has actually said, shall we?
"Humiliating rich cultures and insulting the most honored parts of these, is occurring while the alternative culture being offered in no way has any qualification for being a replacement. For example, the two elements of “aggression” and “moral promiscuity” which unfortunately have become the main elements of western culture, has even degraded the position and acceptability of its source region."
These words will sound foreign to American youth. But as an older American who was raised by grandparents born in the 19th century I can tell you that the America of the not too distant past did not hold promiscuity and aggression as virtues.
Damn! I almost took myself hostage after reading that letter...
@no debt, hopefully you didn't take my comment as me buying into his letter. Far from it, I don't believe a word any of these shysters say. I thought it started sounding like the typical leftist tripe about diversity and inclusion and all that bullshit. He also makes it sound like Muslims are so tolerant and welcoming to other cultures. What a crock of shit. I've spent a good bit of time I a couple Muslim countries. Friendly enough to Americans, not exactly tolerant in culture or dress. The way they treat their imported migrant labor is appalling too.
Something must be wrong with the translation.
Did he really say Great before that statement?
Grating would have been more appropriate.
Carl- no, I didn't. I was just making my own comment on the matter.
Right on! "Those people have been killing each other a long time". Jhiad has been around since the 8th century.
About the origins of Jihad, here a quib that shows how knocking each other's lights out 24/7 is part of the DNA in our favorite region of the world
"According to legal historian Sadakat Kadri, Islamic jurists first developed classical doctrine of jihad "towards the end of the eighth century", using the doctrine of naskh (that God gradually improved His revelations over the course of the Prophet Muhammed's mission) they subordinated verses in the Quran emphasizing harmony to more the more "confrontational" verses of Muhammad's later years and linked verses on exertion (jihad) to those of fighting (qital).[37] They also developed the theory that following the conquest of Mecca by Muhammad and the early Muslims, the world had become divided into Dar al-Islam(Abode of Islam) and Dar al-Harb (the Abode of War), and that these two realms would be separated in a state of hostility until the hour of judgement or until Dar al-Harb was conquered."
To that I say: Good luck straightening all that out assholes! We have no buisness being anywhere near these places.
Nice. A quick google peep to form your wisdom.
Your study of Christian history no doubt returned centuries of peace and harmony.
Try not to read only what makes you feel good.
Look for facts and real events with an objective mind.
I wonder if he's even figured out that he feeds the same beast yet
It is nevertheless a remarkable letter, and it is up to us to spread it widely. It really deserves it, without the slightest doubt. I was surprised, reading it, as I heard/red punishments done in Iran which appeared to me unjust. The tone of this letter, the words chosen are the ones young people can benefit, as well as adults.
(I wish it shall appear in normal size. I cannot change it. It is in 8)
Copy, paste into word then print 99 copies. Then take it to college campuses and spread them around, "The White Rose" style, while we still have time...
Good point about "while we still have time". Besides banning cash and physical metals, why not ban anything in print so people can't exchange information without that exchange being traced? Short HP I guess ....
SgtShaftoe, my respect for your mention of the White Rose Society.
I print ZH articles (with URL) from a Word Doc like you said(no ads just article), then I leave them while geting lunch in diners, or at places like Starbucs getting coffee.. Everywhere.
Like depth charges you don't know who you affect or awaken a little more.
(or write WWW.ZEROHEDGE.COM on the margins of US dollar bills)
This is a GREAT idea! I will do this going forward.
I especially love the dollar bill margin idea!
Youth here, and yes I may be a minority of the generation but I and alike are trying to group. The message is genuinely heard; the challenge you pose is extremely difficult to fix.
This situation is a cancer. My only solution ATM is to communicate honestly in hope that truth replicates and combats the ocean of lies.
LIar Liar Beard on Fire !!!
Well, at least they negotiated in good nuclear faith with The Great Satan before this statement!
Coulda really made Kerry look like a complete idiot.
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Wut? They didn't negotiate in good faith with The Great Satan or Kerry is an idiot? ;-)
Yeah, hard to believe the Ayatollah is complaining, considering Obama handed him everything he wanted on a silver platter.
"Mission Accomplished!" - Valerie Jarret ;-)
I have to say, there is a little truth to what the rag head is saying..
Whats that? Is that FEAR I smell?
I believe he feels an unstoppable and violent worldwide backlash is brewing...
Dangerous times indeed.
He is the swarthy overlord of a slimy mob of ingrates.
"He is the swarthy overlord of a slimy mob of ingrates."
Ingrates? You mean they should thank the USA for toppling their elected leader and replacing with a butcher, the "Shah"?
One is left speechless by morons like you.
Two wrongs don't make a right. The Shah was a cunt, but at least he was our cunt. The Ayatollahs that replaced him aren't any better, and in some ways, arguably worse.
He was "Our Cunt" I guess that's what matters.
It's their business.
They ELECTED a guy back in 1952 and CIA/M16 said No, You will have OUR Cunt, Not the guy you elected democratically.
These days the Russians and Iranians talk straighter than the West.
I can't believe that most Amish are cheering for Iran. What a difference 30 years makes....
he should start by talking to his own stupid youth. do you actually know that iran is islamic since 400 years only? and its only 30 years since radicals like him took over
the terror in a country starts with fascist islam and ayatollah
islam is not a religion! its an non-open non-tolerant ideology, wich becomes more and more radical over time
well i can only predict same fate to europe and usa if we dont get rid of islam
btw sunni islam is much worse than shia islam - we get sunni islam
i dont know if you guys like burkas and black ghost costumes
i like beatiful woman with open hair
Notice who the letter is written for- the "youth". The disaffected youth, of which there are a shit ton of them, especially in Europe. He knows what he's writing, to whom and why.
I don't believe he gives a shit about the world or the people in it any more than our own governent does. Except insofar as it's a squabble over who gets to run it.
You mean the Ayatollah isn't an idealistic seeker of truth? That's a shocker. It's war on every level now - physical, psychological, emotional. He's focusing on the information war today, not the nuclear one. That doesn't mean he won't switch to another type of war tomorrow. A lot of what he states is true. It's true whether he says it or not. Some of what he says is not true or exaggeration. How is that any different than what you see on CNN or read in the NY Times? it isn't. I sure wish I could trust my politicians, or the media, but they have repeatedly demonstrated that they distort the truth as much or more as any other government or news organization. Actually, they're a lot worse than most...
He hopes the youth are still open minded enough to question the propaganda of their countries and maybe change direction
I have not seen any indication that Iran wants to run the world or the ME. Iran does want to stop the zionist from taking over the ME and Iran.
yeah, but the radicals were the result of the west messing with Iran. The radicals, I should think, would be eliminated in time if the west stopped messing with Iran and started trying to have normal, freindly relations with them.
example: in 100 years may china may any other country will threaten europe, which will be mostly muslim by then.
whole europe will become radical muslim and balme it on china? chinese are fault for europe becoming radical muslim?
thats ridiculous
blaming others is infantil
I think you should watch this video before saying anything more...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2LEgowbzSc
ou please i know how iran looks like
i know how uzbekisatn, kyrgistan, tajikistan, turkmenistan, azerbaijan and armenia looks like
i know more about this countries than majority of you combined
you guy have no clue
nor anyone seems to undrestand what im talking about
i always try to talk from the point of intelligence
without taking sides
not national, nor tribal, nor political, nor religious
zh authors and most of you are taking sides - fact
and iran is what it is - a shithole
What the German press is saying about the fallout and the "messenger" delivering the bad news...
Sure looks like a turning point for the better in Germany!
And we'll know it when Merkel's party is forced to resign!!!
may Allah take you in his arms and adorn Muhammad's benevolent offspring 'Sayyid Ali Khamenei' as thy gift to Islam's greatness
Not sure there is any sort of moral equivalency here, but Iran did have that little storming the US embassy, taking hostages, and keeping them for almost two years. Kind of an act of war, even if Jimmy Carter was too much of a sissy to respond.
Compare that to the Saudi's sponsoring the taliban (aka al qaeda)... is that better or worse than invading an embassy (/sarc)?
Of course, it was the socialists that overthrew the king in Afhganistan. It was the same socialists that gave us the Peron's in Argentina, and the disasters known as Bolivia and Venezuela. It was socialists that ran the French and British economies into sh!t. And while we are telling tales out of school, the current socialist in the White House has managed to take W's mess and make it 1000 times worse.
Perhaps, instead of trying to decide if Iran's or Saudi Arabia's brands of terror are worse -- we should focus on the real evil coming from the G7: fascist socialism.
The fascist socialists have killed more people than Iran and Saudi combined. Not to mention billions more relegated to a lifetime of suffering.
Western socialists are the true evil in the world.
iran had a great leader in PM Mohammad Mosaddeq until he Nationalized the Iranian Oil. he was disposed by a cia/m16 coup, and later the most corrupt usa/british puppet ran iran into the ground econonomically called 'Carters lollypop' Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah from a long family line of Reza`Shahs.
indeed the 1979 iranian set the me islam movement in flames rightly so. note, that not a single person died.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan_Crisis
Obama is not America .... he's an illegal alien Muslim refugee .... when will he release his college transcripts .... should be proud of them .... editor of the Harvard Law Review .... equal opportunity foreign student .... on an Indonesian passport ?
If he's a Muslim he'd be one of the worst muslims on the planet. So I don't think that's really the case. His background is questionable and some group very powerful definitely cleared the way for him to take office. He's a puppet. He does what he's told to do. Look for who gives him his orders and you'll get it. You might start looking at a three letter agency that is supposed to work for the executive.
Ya' might also look at The City, The Vatican, and Tel-Aviv cuz they run it all. It's no small matter that an unusually large contingent of dual-citizens roams the halls of each.
However obscure, The City is the epicenter of western banking- and it ain't populated with Londoners. The head of the snake, so to speak.
This comment made me really laugh because Obama is the quintessential US president.
Obama clearly an American president and in the best American tradition he masquerades things as they are not.
Obama is just continuation of the previous president.
In this case, it is just a simple matter of order. Obama would have come first, would have acted on the same level as Bush while the Bush coming in second, would have acted on Obama's level.
A mere question of order, one is the continuation of the other, as Americanism dictates the terms of governance.
The next president, the one after the American negro in Washington, will behave as a continuation. It is axiomatic.
Great post, nailed it. Divert with all that blue vs. red, muslim, birth certificate nonsense so that we have Bush III running things right now and no one notices that the guy didn't fulfill a single rabbit fart's worth of his mandate. You may not like the mandate that the electorate gave him but still remarkable how Obozo just turned his gig into Bush's 3rd and 4th term.
Judge Wahhabis and their apologists by what they do and/or condone. Judge Barack by his cornucopia of lies. America is a land of "exceptionally" stupid sheeple who emote and bleat as trained.
Hey Reaper,
A word popped into my head recently, and in my twisted mind seems the perfect nick for Obama:
Negrocchio.
Feel free to share it if you like.
The first, first hand independent account I have seen by someone that has experienced Iran on the street himself.
Quite contrary to gubermunt and media depictions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2LEgowbzSc
Rick Steve's Iran videos are pretty awesome as well. The full episodes are available to watch on youtube. Iran is full of wonderful, beautiful people.
All the Iranians I've met in the US, Canada and UK were polite, kind, generous, and pretty damn smart.
I even had a Persian GF for a while. And even though she was smoking hot, I decided to not take things too far, because I was too Westernized to fit into her traditional family -- a family I respected too much to offend by being frivolous.
Everybody should watch that video. Very good thanks.
The West is badly intoxicated.
At this point of the night, It's guaranteed that I am.
From Indonesia ... with amnesia ? Dreams From My Real Father .... a film by Joel Gilbert
With all due respect, please don't bother, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Western youth are too busy wanking to porn, getting gotesquely fat, smoking their pot, having brawls in stores on "black fridays" and thinking they're great because their country bombs muslim people. Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, the list goes on.
https://theintercept.com/2014/11/06/many-countries-islamic-world-u-s-bom...
When have American youth stopped their repulsive wanking to march in the name of dead muslim children?
So fucking true what you just said!
+100
That's a beautiful letter. I just wish the ignorant youth in the west would read it, and then I wish they would understand it. Unfortunately, I don't think many are capable let alone interested. It's up to us ZHers to wage international peace.
It is a beautiful letter.
Too bad it can't fit in a text.
"TLDR"
Avg Millenial
That's right, way too long to read for the millenials. And now take a mental health day millenial fucktards.... We're so fucked.
Ok, I know a lot of them, but as an old guy, can I get an assist, what's TLDR?
Too long, don't read?
Lived in Halls of Residence for a couple of years mixing with a dozen Iranian students who were always in the top 10% of Academic Excellence; Very Respectful and Generous Folks; Hospitable and great food & cooks ( shared many a meal with them ). Never once in those 2 years did they discuss religion ( think it was a 50-50 split in believers and non-believers among the ).
Lost touch with them years ago but have several adult Iranian friends who work hard to support their families like everyone on Z/H bar the Trolls whose purpose on here is to sew discord. Imagine how low their self-esteem must be , creeping around like whores, sucking at the Public Teat, intent on serving Satan.
Sorry for the reference to legitimate whores out there!
Agree 100%, the Iranian students I went to University with were total stand up people, much more mature for their age than the Americans. Ditto for all the Iranian computer programmers I have worker with after.
1976 I was nominated to the Air Force Academy.
One of the things the nominees did was go to George Air Force Base in Victorville, Ca.
[I'm an air force brat, George is the local base, dad worked at Norton in San Berdoo. At the physical they found lumps on my nuts. The AF docs were minutes away from making me a harem guard, when mom stepped in and said to knock the shit off, he got those when a horse he was breaking stepped on his nuts. The delay over my nuts was just long enough to lose the nomination. So I enlisted into the Marines, because I could never find the fuckin' AF recruiter.]
Anyway, I'm in this group of about thirty teenagers, and we're given a tour, and we get to go up and sit in F-16's, (I believe, been a long time)...our hosts for these jets are Iranian Military guys. I'm the AF brat, I've played on these things and am not so impressed as the other kids. (At ten I walked by some plane loaded with missles that all locked on me. You can hear the wirr, click, and all the eyes turn to you. Scary, but not as scary as what that fucktoid did at Lowrey.)
So the other kids are chatting away about the controls and features. I ask the guy, you're Iranian? Yes, we all are. Why are you here? We come, we train, we learn, American is a great country and we come to learn to make our country better. But didn't we get into your politics a while back? No, you didn't, your government did. Our government, the shah, is a puppet of the US. We know that governments do things that ordinary people do not approve of. We know your government does things your people don't approve of. We know that government doesn't tell the truth to anyone, anywhere, in any country. We also know that real people are the same, everywhere. They want to live in peace, have family, grow old, and try not to harm anyone. Government, however, is not real people, but they send real people to enforce what they want. Sometime, soon, as much as we love Americans, we may be at war with Americans.
All said with the softest, saddest voice. This was no screaming radical. This was an Iranian Colonel pilot. I imagine we had more Iranians training at Fort Irwin.
kinda refreshing when the other side is encoraging the youth(and old dumbasses) that judaism is good and islam and christianity are bad. guess which side usa leadership is on?.
Everyone on this site REALLY needs to listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXbbPXAR_s
its bloody eye opening, I'll tell you that!..
Squid
People usually wont click on a link that doesn't have a description or indication of what it is, mostly because occassionally some weirdo will link to a spot that would be a very bad idea to visit for trolling purposes or otherwise.
True, but squid's been here long enough I trust him. That's Benjamin Freedman he's linking to. Good stuff.
I clicked, it didn't immediately go to some graphic porn site
Fuckin' A. Kilroy (bridge inspector) was here. It's a ww2 refererence but you probably knew that.
I'm an old fart too, and I've for some time looked forward to this.
I can be fairly confident that no matter what I say, no one will pay attention anyway.
In this way, I can vent my bile and feel better about myself, without materially affecting the views of my progeny or placing myself in harm's way.
I wish that I knew what I know now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnEQ6CNvPSg
I paid attention.
I'd buy you a beer, OldPhart!
The God that all three talk about is one and the same.
I have a feeling that all world religions have the same, sane God...except on, Islam, it's not a religion, it's a political system wrapped in a cult.
Westen youth is dead they only care about Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus and all the garbage MSM throws to them.
Maybe some of them; you just don't hear much from the ones who aren't playing the free-play MMORPGs such as Facebook and Pinterest but I assure you they are out there and doing good by themselves and all of us.
I can attest to two sons that are not blinded.
What they're doing with their knowledge is puzzling, the oldest had spent 12 years in Afghanistan and is at the top of the contractor pyramid, the youngest is happy to be a barrista.
Being honest, I'd be partial to the barrista. You know what? I've never been to Starbucks or anything like it.
But, if I were to choose between a person who serves others, and one who profits from death and destruction, even if it's called rebuilding, there's no contest.
Go easy on that boy you think deficient- He's your (sustainable) future.
Just passin' thru.
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"Put simply, indoctrinating the masses with an ultra orthodox ideal that breeds intolerance sows the seeds of extremism and on that score, Riyadh and Raqqa are really no different."
Perhaps both of them got their white-label Exceptionalism from the same vendor.
The media doesn't really cover what is going on with the Palestinians. Both SA and Israel are a no mans land for human rights organizations and even when the reality occasionally gets out it isn't aired to any large extent.
Imagine if the American public got to see footage of this:
"An Israeli human rights organisation has accused the government of torturing children after it emerged some were kept in outdoor cages during winter."
"The practice of placing the children in outdoor cages was stopped once Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni intervened following the discovery, the Jerusalem Post reports."
“It turns out that this procedure, under which prisoners waited outside in cages, lasted for several months, and was verified by other officials.”
"Israel is the only nation to automatically and systematically prosecute children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees.” + Saudi Arabia
"...children suspected of minor crimes were subjected to “public caging”, threats and acts of sexual violence and military trials without representation."
http://on.rt.com/hp2zhn
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-government-tortures-children-by-keeping-them-in-cages-human-rights-group-says-9032826.html
OK. So I used to believe the bullshit that the Shia were crazy and the Sunni were peaceful. But not anymore and not for a long time now. We have, on the one hand, Iran, who has just negotiated a nuclear peace treaty and has sent it's sons and daughters to the fron lines to kill Daesh and on the other we have a sick, demented fundamentalist religious cult, funded by radical, crazy, bloodthirsty Wahhabist nations like Turkey, Qatar, SA and the UAE. And Khameni is right. The US, as my dear friend once said to me is the biggest terrorist organization on the planet.
Russia is destroying Daesh infrastrucure, impairing it's oil shipments, closing the border to arms shipments from Turky while Iran and the Shia's move forward in a pincer movement on the ground and the Kurds await final instructions for advancing on Raqqa. THe truth here is plain for anyone to see.
If he truly wanted this message to get out to American youth, I suggest next time he have Bruce Katlin Jenner read it. Otherwise there is no way their limited attention span might absorb it.
I am certain the urban 'yoofs' of Chicago were inspired by this writing.
"In such a case and in the not too distant future, you will witness the edifice built on these firm foundations which creates a shade of confidence and trust which cools the crown of its architect, a warmth of security and peace that it bequests on them and a blaze of hope in a bright future which illuminates the canvass of the earth."
An interesting conclusion. Any idea what he's referring to?
In Iran they get "propaganda".
Here in the U.S. we get "the news".
Fat lot he knows. American kids can't/won't read. Needs to be a tweet. With some emoticons.
this whole premise is wrong...it doesnt matter what the youth do if they follow the quron that says all infadels must be killed. kinda defeats the whole human condition speech....
No it does n't
If this letter is intended for the youth of America, he used too many big words for them to understand...and it's too long to hold their short attention span.
Hmmm - thinking this will not get much air time in the MSM. I wonder why.
Best damn pair gardening gloves I own... Hands downs for value.
I bought 2 pair thinking they would be shitty, and wear out fast.
After 3 years, the first pair of gloves is just getting ready for the trash/dust bin.
Guess where they were Mfg.? < Pakistan>
They work great for farming CIA Poppy Farms.
BTW, Googles' new search algorithm, is pretty sad.
Eloquent and totally accurate both the Tylers and Leader Kamenei.
Those who murdered the editors of Charlie Hebdo were fanatical criminals of the worst sort. But their motivation is understandable. There is no more destructive thing one can do than to ridicule the sacred beliefs of others.
A scholar speaks, and the Western media owned mostly by Zionist thugs deprives the majority of such reporting.
Terrorism is the way of Zionism; pornography is permitted in all its forms by the Talmud; the 'jews who are not jews' whine, complain, bully, bribe and terrorise anyone who questions them, and screams 'antisemite' while they commit the most heinous crimes, and defy the U.N. and all international law and norms.
All that is contrary to the Constitution of the USA which is routinely dismissed as a 'piece of paper' by Washington DC, the District of Criminals, the District of Cowards who bow down to nasty Zionism and its money power from the market rigging international financiers of no fixed abode, centred in the City of London, and its Rothschilds who treat Israel like a pet fiefdom while most AshkeNAZI lick that jackboot just for shekel or any other coin.
Russia and Iran remind me of my ancestors; 1620 and all that; defy the money power; trade with all; respect all; to thine ownself be true.
The nasty Zionists who promote the Wolfowitz Doctrine, Project for a New American Century, the Yinon Plan and neo-conservative, neo-liberal lies are un-American and inhumane.
They are myopic, tribal, deceitful, money grubbing provincial haters, dragging the USA into a cesspit, rather than world statesmen, genuinely interested in peaceful co-existence.
This letter should be required reading in all schools.
Also, the House of Saud and its brand of extemism was founded and promoted by the Rothschild led Mi6 of Britain, and its Rothschild led City of London, for its resource aims in the Middle East; wanting to make a pet of a place called Palestine, and use a local tribe to assist, while placating the claim of rich jews represented by Theodore Herzl and Zionism which said: 'One cow in Palestine is worth all the jews in Europe (or Poland)'.
The ignorance of the jews who are not not jews is epic, and only matched by the Western governments they bribed or blackmailed...all for the international financiers of no fixed abode who think jews and everyone else are mere units of production, and profit.
The Talmud is an obscene publication, and if Americans knew its contents and plots, it would be banned and its followers deported.
He shouldn't have wasted his time in writing this letter. Westerners don't know how to read.
Or, rather, can't read anything that isn't in emoji's or the corrupted chat phrases.
Western youth only want $ex & drugs
& for that : Jobs, money
Yes, wonderful letter from a Muslim who leads his nation in death chants to America.
These wars are conducted not in my name, but for the profit of the few at the cost of the many. See a brave young American jew join an inter faith group to confront the results of the old men's treachery, and this is what happened:
https://youtu.be/9QiV9xn0RbI
https://youtu.be/mfXOKp40b70
You will see the young man in a peaceful protest, and then beaten and arrested by Israeli police in the first video. In the second video, he explains that he was released without charge after two days and warned not to return, although non-jews are held for 4 months or more for similar incidents before their trial under Israel's 'esoteric legal system'.
Israhell is a fascist, racist, terrorist state. Zionism is diametrically opposed to judaism. ISIS is an international mercenary force doing the bidding of corrupt governments, and its oil riches are filtered through Turkey, Israel and others.
End the money. End the terror.
PS The police thugs tried to take the young American jew's passport, so please don't tell me that the current state of Israel is a friend of America. See how brutally they treated this peaceful young American, a guest in their country, exercising his democratic rights politely.
thanks Ayatollah. you have an audience aligned with you.
now LEAD BY EXAMPLE
Well, he's right about how degraded the West has gotten. But, to be honest, the majority of Americans are dirtied up....not just the leaders. I don't know a person who hasn't had sex before marriage, so by that alone, most of us are condemned by Religion, especially Islam. And lets face it, that's what most people are always judged by. Who cares if Paulson, Rubin, and Sandberg sit around laughing about the growing gap between rich and poor....But if some man or woman slips up sexually...omg, get out the firing squad.
Does he really not understand that the vast majority in the west have no idea of our role in promoting Al Qaeda, ISIL and the other Sunni terror groups?
This is a really great letter and something that should be shared carefully as other more civilized commenters have suggested.
Likely some of it was lost in translation, at least by the read of it.
I'm surprised at some long time posters dismissing this out of hand, like something being "Iranian" might somehow influence it's truthfulness or not.