Are Obama and Kerry aware that the “Death to America” chant is not an occasional outburst of some Iranian zealot, but a regular feature of Friday prayers in mosques all over Iran? Have they pondered the implications of that fact? Almost certainly not.
“‘Death to America’ stands despite nuclear deal: Iran MPs,” AFP, November 2, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann):
A clear majority of Iranian legislators said Monday the Islamic republic will not abandon the slogan of “Death to America” despite its July nuclear accord with world powers.
“The martyr-nurturing nation of Iran is not at all prepared to abandon the slogan of ‘Death to America’ under the pretext of a nuclear agreement,” 192 members of Iran’s 290-seat parliament said in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA.
They said the slogan, chanted at the weekly Friday prayers in mosques and at protests, had “turned into the symbol of the Islamic republic and all struggling nations”….
In the aftermath of the July 14 nuclear deal with world powers, “the government and the Majlis (parliament) should act carefully in line with the honourable leader’s wise guidance”, the legislators said, referring to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei….
Iran’s moderate President Hassan Rouhani, however, tried in a US television interview in September to reassure the American public that when crowds in Tehran chant “Death to America!” they don’t mean it personally.
“This slogan that is chanted is not a slogan against the American people. Our people respect the American people,” he insisted.
“But … the policies of the United States have been against the national interests of Iranian people (so) it’s understandable that people will demonstrate sensitivity to this issue,” he said.
Oh, well, it’s all right, then!
jihad3tracker says
Email this to your FEDERAL elected officials — of the state in which you live — senators and Representatives.
خَليفة says
I wonder how many of these people are coerced into doing this.
The Iranian government is not a friend of the US.
I also know that many Iranians just “go along” with government policy for self preservation.
Iranians have been defying the “moral police” in private for years
The USA has, on several occasions, let down Iranians who were willing to attempt a coup ( US said it would help them if they made a move, Iranians made their move, US did nothing, those Iranians got killed ) – it is no wonder that those opposed to current Iranian rule keep quite – they are fearful and the US is not viewed as a source of help as it has show itself to be untrustworthy several times in helping opposition with an attempted coup.
People in frenzie are dangerous, even if they don’t believe in what they are doing. I’m not trying to be an apologist for these crazy Iranians, just providing some additional information for you to consider.
Jayell says
‘I wonder how many are coerced into doing that”……..well, look at all the rest of the mindless nonsense they seem to be ‘coerced’ into doing around the world, look at that fatal stampede in Mecca recently (and they had to have computerised crowd control after previous incidents)……. They seem to do a very good imitation of brainless cattle. Whether their ‘religion’ is causing this stupidity, or whether it’s a projection of their own congenital stupidity (look at the UK education stats for proof of this) is debatable, and I frankly couldn’t give a damn either way. Whether or not they’re being ‘coerced’, they’re still doing it, and any consequences will be tha same. They want to attack the USA? Well, I suppose they’ve already done that with 9/11, and that really just gave them a reputation that stinks as a result. Although OUR idea of a ‘stink’ seems to be THEIR idea of Chanel N. 5. Or perhaps now that they think that they’re getting their hands on the whizz-bangs with the big mushroom clouds, they think they’re ready for the real Big One this time! Well, a lot of us over here have already got the whizz-bangs with the big mushroom clouds, so……..
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
It would be reasonable to infer that a population that chants death to America might attempt to effectuate just that. This inference would be a solid rationale to do everything possible to stop the death threatening nation from getting nuclear weapons and ICBM missiles. But I mention reason here, and when it comes to Moslems, that’s out. Along with certain other subjects soaked in fiction, including our greatest putative threat, global war… er, climate change. Fantastical behavior like this can only end in trouble, big big trouble.
Beagle says
Perhaps we can refocus our politicians by reminding them nuclear weapons create several thousand degrees of warming in an instant.
Angemon says
Yes, it’s not like they’re chanting “Death to all Americans” – what they mean with “Death to America” is more along the lines of “we’ll destroy your government, impose sharia, kill the men and take the women as war booty”. It’s nothing personal, you see, it’s business – divinely-inspired business…
Jay Boo says
John Kerry said essentially the same thing.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/259641/kerry-irans-death-america-doesnt-mean-they-want-daniel-greenfield
Jay Boo says
Same thing as President Hassan Rouhani, that is
Jay Boo says
Muslims NEVER pray.
They merely pose and pontificate.
— Their greatest fear is not of Allah, but of their own pious neighbor.
خَليفة says
Agreed. This is proof Islam is not a religion.
Walter Sieruk says
That so many of the people in Iran chant “Death to America ” means that they are either thoroughly brainwashed by the mullahs who hold much power in Iran or that they are chanting like this because the are under strong duress because fear the the mullahs as well as the ayatollahs in power might sent their ruthless gangs of thugs who are this Islamic regimes State police after them to come very hard in them in many extremely brutal ,cruel and harsh ways. Whichever may be the case, this shows that the malicious and malice- filled heads of this Islamic tyranny have terrible wicked and banal intentions outwards America and the the travesty of the “deal” made with Iran that will lift all sanctions and will thus encourage those Muslim tyrants of Iran to further obtain the materials they will need to have their scientists to construct W.M.D. that is their mad Islamic quest. Furthermore, it must be that Obama, Kerry and the other naive and gullible politicians of are no match at all in negotiations with the sly,insidious and deceptive Islamic fiends who now have great power in this tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran. This co called “deal” with Iran is a sick and tragic joke. Any thinking person after actually looking at this “deal” with see that it’s a farce,a hoax and a disaster.
mortimer says
WS wrote: “That so many of the people in Iran chant “Death to America ” means that they are either thoroughly brainwashed by the mullahs”
Disagree. They are all scared parrots repeating what is dictated to them…if they know what’s good for them.
The opposition in Iran has been systematically murdered by the mullahs. All that’s left is a bunch of scared rabbits.
It reminds one of everyone in Germany shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ without an understanding of its meaning…the loss of free expression!
CogitoErgoSum says
I know I could rest in my grave much easier if I knew the person cutting off my head had nothing personal against me. It’s ever so important to me that my killer actually like me as a human being and not hate me because of who I am. It would be wrong to kill someone for personal reasons Killing should always be kept impersonal … for peace of mind of both the killer and the killed, don’t you think?
fidobite says
Allah is satan and these are his minions on earth. Some will be saved as they turn from their false “religion”; most will perish and it won’t be pretty. Prepare yourselves for Biblical prophecy is being fulfilled.
Mike says
And these are the people that Obama has on track to get nuclear weapons.
Some of us probably agree that they should have nuclear weapons, but not that they should make their own. They should come with DELIVERY INCLUDED.
Katnis says
They all hate us yet they all want to come to the United States.
mortimer says
Exactly…’Hate, hate America’…but ‘give me a green card quick’.
Daniel Triplett says
Not because they like us or want to be like us.
They just want to take all of our belongings, welfare, and benefits as “jizya.” And annex America into Dar al-Islam.
Angemon says
And after America becomes a barren 7th-century desert wasteland, like all muslim nations, they move on to the next land, like locusts.
Joseph says
ON THIS picture we have 4 right hands with writing on them. That means either they have a disproportionate number of left handed people or someone is going around writing it on their hands for them…..just for a photo opportunity.
Daniel Triplett says
Either us or them: One of us will get nuked in the next 12 months.
We’d better wise up quick.
Angemon says
AJ Liberphile posted:
“Unfortunately, Fascism has an undeserved bad reputation.”
Undeserved? Are you serious?
“Fascism is based on free enterprise – but with constraints (the primary constraint being, “Is the particular economic activity in question good for our nation/people?”)”
Then it’s not really free enterprise, is it? It’s free enterprise subjected to the whims of whoever happens to be in power.
Also, if you’re going to copy/paste, at least credit your source:
http://immigration-globalization.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-fascism.html