"""Did you notice that Libya, Tunisia and Egypt already had a popular revolution, and that Syria is still having one? Would you have said, 12 months ago, that the majority of Tunisians, Egyptians and Libyans WANT to live like they do, and RESPECT their country's ideals?"""
Not only I noticed, but I live near those parts of the world, have friends there, and know that what you seem to believe about those countries has nothing to do with the reality.
The popular revolutions did not happen because they wanted to be more like americans, or because they rejected islam or whatever.
The western media just overplayed some guys on twitter and similar figures that have little to do with the actual struggle, as if they represent the will of the people. The western governments also overplay their people there, like politicians with 10% of the vote and such. Students, another group that was also overplayed, was a tiny minority in those revolting.
And yet, people draw conclusions and pretend to know all about the politics and tensions of those areas from news articles spoon fed to them. This is similar to some foreign news source showing, say, Glenn Beck and assuring his audience that "all americans think like that".
There have been power struggles and political antagonisms for thousands of years, in all parts of the world. When one happens to happen to a country that the us doesn't like, it doesn't mean that the people doing it suddenly decided to adopt a different way of living. It just means that they don't like dictators (or even that they just don't like their current dictator), period.
Also, while the revolts in Egypt and Tunisia where genuine, the revolts in Libya where mostly BS, as the population could care less about Khadaffi's rule. Unlike the other revolts, this only succeeded because of heavy backing, military and otherwise, from the west, interested in the oil.
And it's not like things are going to turn for the better there (or even in Egypt and Tunisia, if the interested foreign powers are going to have their way), most probaly they will turn into something like Iraq, substituting a dictatorship with livable conditions and stability to a nightmare of civil war, ethnic cleansing, foreign exploitation, and EVEN MORE islamic fundamendalism etc...
Thanks for your answer. I can't speak for other people, but that's what I thought (that is, they don't like the current regime, they're not trying to become american or anything). And I also agree that it is more likely that Tunisia and Egypt will end up like Iraq than like a western country.
But you answered my rhetorical setup, and not my actual question: Why do you believe Iran is different than Syria, Egypt and Tunisia in this respect? (although it can be debated, I'll accept that Libya wouldn't have happened the way it did without western support, and by support I mean "strong coaxing, military aid, and monetary aid")
Not only I noticed, but I live near those parts of the world, have friends there, and know that what you seem to believe about those countries has nothing to do with the reality.
The popular revolutions did not happen because they wanted to be more like americans, or because they rejected islam or whatever.
The western media just overplayed some guys on twitter and similar figures that have little to do with the actual struggle, as if they represent the will of the people. The western governments also overplay their people there, like politicians with 10% of the vote and such. Students, another group that was also overplayed, was a tiny minority in those revolting.
And yet, people draw conclusions and pretend to know all about the politics and tensions of those areas from news articles spoon fed to them. This is similar to some foreign news source showing, say, Glenn Beck and assuring his audience that "all americans think like that".
There have been power struggles and political antagonisms for thousands of years, in all parts of the world. When one happens to happen to a country that the us doesn't like, it doesn't mean that the people doing it suddenly decided to adopt a different way of living. It just means that they don't like dictators (or even that they just don't like their current dictator), period.
Also, while the revolts in Egypt and Tunisia where genuine, the revolts in Libya where mostly BS, as the population could care less about Khadaffi's rule. Unlike the other revolts, this only succeeded because of heavy backing, military and otherwise, from the west, interested in the oil.
And it's not like things are going to turn for the better there (or even in Egypt and Tunisia, if the interested foreign powers are going to have their way), most probaly they will turn into something like Iraq, substituting a dictatorship with livable conditions and stability to a nightmare of civil war, ethnic cleansing, foreign exploitation, and EVEN MORE islamic fundamendalism etc...