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Iranians Like Bush….

September 4th, 2006 at 09:32 by MsUnderestimated

… and this is one of the reasons why the weird-beard Ahmadinejad HATES him. He knows that since the liberation of Iraq, and the recent fledgling democracies that have been springing up in the Middle East, his people have a divine hope that they, too, can soon be free from his tyrannical rule.

Don Surber writes a brilliant piece today on this, reflecting an article by Steven Knipp, the D.C. correspondent for the South China Morning Post, who wrote in today’s washington Post, and and here’s a bit of it:

1. “What took place over the next fortnight astonished me. … I was overwhelmed by the warmth and, dare I say it, pro-Americanism of the people I met.”

2. “Initially, when Iranians asked me where I was from, I’d suggest they guess. But this game quickly proved too time-consuming — no one ever guessed correctly. So instead I would simply mumble “American.” And then their faces would light up. For better or worse, Iranians are avid fans of America: its culture, films, food, music, its open, free-wheeling society.”

3. “During my visit, I could not pause on a street corner for more than 30 seconds without someone coming up and shyly asking if they could help. Discovering that they had an American in their midst, they would often insist on walking me to my destination.”

4. “Many people I spoke with did voice fears of what President Bush might do to Iran. Some were frightened of being attacked. But others were concerned about what effects U.S. economic sanctions would have on an economy that is already appallingly managed by mullahs. Yet I never sensed any personal hatred toward Bush.”

Now why is this? Why is America liked in a nation that has had no formal diplomatic relations in 28 years? Why do they like Bush but fear him?

Could it be that people divorce themselves from their government in a despotic government? Iran is a theocracy. Could it be that for all of Hollywood’s lefty politics — I’m 53; Hollywood has been lefty all my life — it still provides an image of this nation that is yet positive? Could it be that America despite all this angst over the War for Freedom remains the lone beacon of light to the dark corners of the world.

Does anyone get in a rowboat to escape to Sweden? Anyone pay a smuggler $1,000 to stick him and his family in a trunk and drive them to the middle of Germany? Has anyone crossed a river in the middle of the night to get to Belgium lately?

We have 11 million illegal immigrants in America. We have three times that number in legal immigrants. They come from all over. This season my beloved Indians had on their roster at one time or another natives of Borneo, Vietnam, Korea and the usual slew of Caribbean and South American countries.

If it were not for people from former colonies and gastarbeiters, Europe would have no new blood.

Knipp is not some starry eyed kid. He’s been around. He knows how to get beyond the tourism facade. They love us in Iran. Maybe Bush should take the Iranian president up on his offer to debate. Do it in Tehran. It’s not as if anything else we’re trying actually works.

From what I’ve read around the international blogs, the Iranian dissidents and freedom-lovers everywhere would love to see Ahmadinejad defeated. And that would be one less idiot we have to deal with.

Thank you, Don.

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