Lets just agree to disagree here too
we are sort of drifting away from the topic.
But i do want to address what you wrote just now. And please do read up on what I'm writing and provide FACTUAL response...not your own opinions or biased opinions etc.
About the Jet,
Didn't you just read what i said? It was a deserter...why ask back for a plane that you destroyed with a deserter in it? Also, the Saudis did return quite a few jets. Google it if you like, you'll find the information.
But also, i'll admit, i don't know everything about that event, not much information other than that it was an Iranian pilot deserting to Saudi Arabia that was shot down by mistake or something, is out there.
Persia? What are you on? haha this isn't about the Persian-Arab thing you are so fond of. Iran has good relations with a lot of Arab countries. And sure, some Arabs think they are superior and some Persians think they are superior, ethnic quarrel or whatever. But this isn't about that. This is about addressing misinformation.
Read the report on the Mecca incident. The Saudis attacked unarmed civilians that were demonstrating....And the casualties , most of them , were because of the stampede caused by the attacks on unarmed pilgrims.
About the Support,
Yeah, Iran were supported by the west, but not anywhere near as how Iraq was supported. Iran relied more on Russia and China. It did get some support from the U.S through the Iran contra affair.
(the part where you mentioned Israel) and they also supported Iraq.
International aid to combatants in the Iran–Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Read up on it there and you'll notice the MASSIVE difference in support...and take note as to what Iran got and what Iraq got.
Also, i like how you criticize Iran for buying weapons from Israel meanwhile, at the moment Saudis are secretly engaging in meetings with Israel and planning to help each other out.
Also want to respond to what you said about pumping millions of dollars to the shia-sunni thing.
Lets take Bahrain for example,
"In June, King Hamad established the
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry composed of international independent figures to assess the incidents. The report was released on 23 November and confirmed the
Bahraini government's use of systematic torture and other forms of physical and psychological abuse on detainees, as well as other human rights violations.
It also rejected the government's claims that the protests were instigated by Shia Iran. The report was criticised for not disclosing the names of individual abusers and extending accountability only to those who actively carried out human rights violations."
And the same reports are on most other countries where there is an uprising. God forbid that they are rising up because they are being treated like shit by dictators. And that's the real reason why they are rising up.
1. Iran's Military is the 3rd Strongest in the middle east. (Israel is the first because of nuclear weapons and then Turkey). It develops and makes its own weapons, most are copies , sure. And the basic missile technology might have been North Korean before, it isn't anymore. Read up more about Iran's missile capabilities.
Also Iran's military is self sufficient, which it wasn't before the Iran-Iraq war.
Etc etc
2.When did the whole world sanction Iran after the Iran-Iraq war?....if you are talking about the EU sanctions now and etc...that's a whole other matter...decades after the Iran-Iraq war.
The U.S has however always had sanctions on Iran.And Iran actually didn't want relations with the U.S to begin with, which they made clear at the beginning of the revolution after deposing the shah.
3.Yes the Iran-Iraq war was devastating for the economy of Iran...but, its economy grew back and then some...here, read if you like...
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Iran, 1970-2011
And yes, unfortunately the present sanctions has been hard on the economy. but we are talking about the Iran-Iraq war now.
And we'll get the gdp back ;-)
4.Again, read up on what you say. And take note that Iraq used chemical weapons and had superior support.
Iran-Iraq war,
Military Casualties:
Iran, 123,220–160,000
KIA and 60,711
MIA
Iraq, 105,000–375,000 killed
Civilian Casualties:
100,000+ civilians killed on both sides
(not including 182,000 civilians killed in the
Al-Anfal Campaign)
5.Anti-Iranian sentiment...yeah, there is some....So? Haters gonna hate. Its not like there isn't anti-arab sentiment...maybe even more than the Anti-Iranian sentiment. Due to all reports from literally ALL agencies pointing to the fact that Saudi Arabia for instance is the Main supporter of terrorism in the world. Maybe that's a reason for the thaw in the U.S - Iran relationship these days?
Also, Rouhani did adress the Anti-Iranian propaganda. Which he is trying to fix.
Anyway, like i said...Lets just agree to disagree again because this is going nowhere. I'm providing facts that you are more than welcome to look up, kind of disappointed though that i am yet to see a link, or anything factual from you.
Even searching in Google for the stuff that you were saying just proved you to be wrong. I don't even think that you read up on anything before you replied to what i wrote.
All the impression I'm getting from you is "Yay, we are slaughtering unarmed and innocent people and they deserve it, we are going to kill everyone that talk against us even if we attack them first or just treat them like shit basically, shias are not people they don't deserve to live and lets kill as many as we can"
Anyway, i don't want to hijack this thread. Lets just either open a new thread about the past or something, or as i said PM (if PMing is possible, I'm sort of new here as you've probably noticed
Been fun debating and discussing though.
What's your profile pic by the way? First thought coming to mind is "Pokémon" when i see it
(No hate, just curiousity haha)
I don't really think that Iran wants a Nuclear deterrent. All the agencies says that they've never been looking for a nuclear bomb...However , they do want to be recognized as a sovereign nation, and be involved in the international political scene.
I think the only case where Iran would get a nuclear weapon would be if someone either used it on them first or someone else got it....But maybe even then they might not, just as they didn't get or use chemical weapons when Saddam used them during the Iran-Iraq war. Because they were considered to go against Islam or something like that. Which is the same thing they are saying about nuclear weapons...But you never know
I agree with everything else you said though