Wasn’t there a song in the 1950s or 1960s that had something to do with bombing Iran? Like the chorus repeatedly said to do so. Although I don’t know why we would’ve wanted to do that back then, since they weren’t bad guys yet. I think.
Ok, this is hilarious. I realize you’re being funny and also sharing what you know off the top of your head, but for the fun of it, I’ll correct you and attempt to be funny or mildly amusing, however obnoxious, while doing so:
The Near East and the Middle East are basically the same thing. It’s just that the former is more archaic. Also these terms are stupid because the even older term is the Orient, which means East, but now that term is associated with the Far East, but is already also archaic.
The names Iran and Iraq have nothing to do with each other 😂😂😂but you’re right that it seems that they must. actually the words Aryan and Iran basically have the same meaning. Yes, the name
Iran is actually based on descent from the Aryans. The actual Aryans—like the ancient people that White Supremacists think they descend from.
No, you are right, they aren’t Arab. Arab is a very loose term, but it refers to people whose native and familial language is historically Arabic. The language of Iran is Farsi. Farsi literally means Persian. It is kind of like the relationship between French and English. Same letters, a lot of loan words, but very different. Actually they’re even more different than French and English, but I digress…
**the comedian Maz Jobrani has a funny routine differentiating Arabs and Persians ie Arabs sound like they’re on cocaine and Persians sound like they’re on heroine.
Ya, Iran was a close ally of the US. There have always been a lot of Iranians who love the US. The ones who supported the former regime (That of the Shah, which just means King) mostly tried leaving after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and are very pro west. There is a lot of justified beef with the US, though, because the CIA literally kept the Shah in power for a while, and he was not the classiest dictator. But he was better than the Ayatollahs…
Iran has a lot of oil. Like, a lot.
OK, it’s not correct to say most countries in the region don’t care for Iran. The regimes and millions of people in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, certain Gulf States, and some scattered in other countries, like Iran. Many get along with Iran perfectly fine. Iran is actually sometimes pretty reasonable in international affairs when it comes to trade and respecting territorial sovereignty… just not with Israel. The Israel thing is definitely not one of their strong suits.
1979. Hostages under Carter. Released when Reagan was elected or sworn in. Make of that what you will. Ben Affleck made a decent movie about it. I actually remember it.
Persia: ancient empire way bigger than modern Iran. Most famous for the story of Queen Esther (from the Bible) who married the king when he ditched his first wife. Oh, and rugs.
Iraq= Gulf Wars. Much smaller than Iran. Or Afghanistan. Still angry. Still Muslim.
The hostage crisis lasted a recurring number of days. 111, 222, 333, 444, something like that.
Wasn’t there a song in the 1950s or 1960s that had something to do with bombing Iran? Like the chorus repeatedly said to do so. Although I don’t know why we would’ve wanted to do that back then, since they weren’t bad guys yet. I think.
Ok, this is hilarious. I realize you’re being funny and also sharing what you know off the top of your head, but for the fun of it, I’ll correct you and attempt to be funny or mildly amusing, however obnoxious, while doing so:
The Near East and the Middle East are basically the same thing. It’s just that the former is more archaic. Also these terms are stupid because the even older term is the Orient, which means East, but now that term is associated with the Far East, but is already also archaic.
The names Iran and Iraq have nothing to do with each other 😂😂😂but you’re right that it seems that they must. actually the words Aryan and Iran basically have the same meaning. Yes, the name
Iran is actually based on descent from the Aryans. The actual Aryans—like the ancient people that White Supremacists think they descend from.
No, you are right, they aren’t Arab. Arab is a very loose term, but it refers to people whose native and familial language is historically Arabic. The language of Iran is Farsi. Farsi literally means Persian. It is kind of like the relationship between French and English. Same letters, a lot of loan words, but very different. Actually they’re even more different than French and English, but I digress…
**the comedian Maz Jobrani has a funny routine differentiating Arabs and Persians ie Arabs sound like they’re on cocaine and Persians sound like they’re on heroine.
Ya, Iran was a close ally of the US. There have always been a lot of Iranians who love the US. The ones who supported the former regime (That of the Shah, which just means King) mostly tried leaving after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and are very pro west. There is a lot of justified beef with the US, though, because the CIA literally kept the Shah in power for a while, and he was not the classiest dictator. But he was better than the Ayatollahs…
Iran has a lot of oil. Like, a lot.
OK, it’s not correct to say most countries in the region don’t care for Iran. The regimes and millions of people in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, certain Gulf States, and some scattered in other countries, like Iran. Many get along with Iran perfectly fine. Iran is actually sometimes pretty reasonable in international affairs when it comes to trade and respecting territorial sovereignty… just not with Israel. The Israel thing is definitely not one of their strong suits.
1979. Hostages under Carter. Released when Reagan was elected or sworn in. Make of that what you will. Ben Affleck made a decent movie about it. I actually remember it.
Persia: ancient empire way bigger than modern Iran. Most famous for the story of Queen Esther (from the Bible) who married the king when he ditched his first wife. Oh, and rugs.
Iraq= Gulf Wars. Much smaller than Iran. Or Afghanistan. Still angry. Still Muslim.
Seems legit.