tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post7969595252647607375..comments2020-04-30T03:01:00.299-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Islam Kills AgainAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38937793871880348752015-01-07T15:12:14.529-08:002015-01-07T15:12:14.529-08:00It is not the Iranian people I fear, but the leade...It is not the Iranian people I fear, but the leadership who have never ceased to express their hatred of America. <br /><br />As for Afghanistan, it remains culturally in the Middle Ages even if it has modern buildings, etc.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-46859315322396971372015-01-07T14:50:10.825-08:002015-01-07T14:50:10.825-08:00The US&#39;s policy of &#39;mutually assured nucle...The US&#39;s policy of &#39;mutually assured nuclear destruction&#39; worked with the USSR. Not all Iranians are radicals, as those who came here for engineering studies funded by the shah were fun-loving, moral people who identified more as Persians. My coworkers who traveled to Iran as part of the shah&#39;s modernization efforts said there were people on the street who were injuring themselves, whipping themselves, etc....I thought the change in Iran was an example of what sociologists call &#39;culture shock&#39;. Going from prehistoric tribes to the modern world might be an example...My neighbor who went to Afghanistan a couple of years ago as an agricultural expert to help the farmers reported those he assisted were using stone-age tools. His wife sent shovels to him so they could dig irrigation ditches for their orchards. They treasured the shovels and said he was the first person to help them. However, the tribes from the hills regularly came down and stole/plundered the farms he helped....A page out of pre-history. <br /><br />curiousonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571300262367870998noreply@blogger.com