This put me into full rampage mode. I've been lucky to see many World Heritage sites in the Middle East,and these bombastic and ignorant threats are hitting too close to home. Has anyone tried to get through to Trump that this is actually a war crime? Does he even care? We're talking about Persia, one of the Cradles of Civilization! Thousands of years of history that is the heritage not just of the modern nation of Iran, but of much of the world, ourselves included. Being enemies of post-revolution Iran, for a tiny speck of time (less than 50 years) does not make it OK to obliterate precious beauty of the ages. It broke hearts all over the world when the Taliban destroyed the amazing giant Buddhas in Afghanistan and when ISIS detonated the beautiful ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
And in case we've forgotten, we Americans, along with the Brits, callously bombed Dresden, one of Europe's most beautiful (and completely non-strategic) cities to smithereens, killing thousands of civilians in the process. They were trying--and failing--to teach Hitler a lesson, just as Trump is trying to do to Iran. His threats have been counterproductive (surprise!) and have only succeeded in turning even the moderate, anti-Iranian government, pro-democracy protesters against us. We are against the corrupt government in Iran, not the people under its thumb. We should be able to relate to what it's like to
live under a corrupt government.😥
live under a corrupt government.😥
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