Okay. one by one then.
So, I will start with Iran's case as it seems to be THE actual America's problem and that I have some good reasons to speak about this country.
Brief History (tell me if I forget something broth):
1935: After the loss of regions like Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan... because of English pressure, the last part of the Persia Empire becomes offcially IRAN (which litterrally means "the country of the Arians" ---> Iranians have european origins).
An army general, Reza Chah Pahlavi, supported by the USA and England, proclames himself Imperator or "Shah". He is a dictator, but he loves Iran and modernizes the country.
After the 2nd World War, Iran becomes the 1rst American ally in the Middle East, and the only country not to be communist.
After his death, his son becomes Shah. He is very close to President Carter and he forgets that his country is not France, nor America.
He makes 3 big mistakes:
- He introduces the mechanization in the Iranian Agriculture, without concertation. Thousands of people loose their jobs and become communists.
- He forbidds the hidding of hair for women.... in a muslim country!
- Fearing the communist evolution, he diminishes the number of universities.
1956: Riots make the Shah escape to the USA.
Mossadegh installs a democracy, based on the french model.
The first law adopted by the regime is the oil nationalization. Soon Egypt and Irak do the same. The OPEP is created.
That means that Western countries will have to buy their oil, no more free oil.
America, the 1rst Iran's partner, withdraws its capitals, as an answer to the Mossadegh government decision. The iranian economy faces a crisis.
The law is adopted. And nobody could do nothing against it as slowly all the oil producers adopt the same policy.
But the whole iranian economy is based on America's exchange and the loss of this partner takes the country down to its knies.
1959: The Shah comes back. Again dictatorship.
1979: Iran's revolution.
In competition background between Europe and the USA, France and England propose Ayatollah Khomeyni to replace the Shah (he arrives in Iran in an Air France plane, with the French Foreign Minister, announced by the BBC).
Khomeyni promises the creation of a Democracy adapted to Iran: the model of the ISLAMIC DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
A few months later, 30000 communists are being assassinated by the SAVAC, the Iranian secret services.
Khomeyni proclaims the martial order. He suppresses all the political parties and declares his intentions to create the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC and his wishes to expand the model to the other muslim countries.
IRAK was a 14 million inhabitants country.
IRAN was a 68 million inhabitants country, 4th army of teh world.
facing the Islamic republic, and all the problems of terrorism it creates, Europe and the USA help Saddam Hussein to attack Iran. A resolution of the UN makes an embargo on IRAN.
1981-1988 : 7 years of war.
1989: At the end of the cold war, Iran's army is 60km from Bagdad.
But Russia is no more Iran's ally and Gorbatchev government wants to be closer to the USA.
The UN proposes Iran to come back to its 1981's borders. Iran accepts and signs an armistice with Irak.
Saddam has lost 2 million men in this war. His country is totally out of order. But he's got lost of Frenc-German weapons (the famous SCUDs) and American F16 aircrafts.
1990: Saddam attacks Koweït, a very small country between Irak and Iran.
You know what happened to Saddam then. And of course, the Islamic Republic became more and more powerful since then. And now Irak is following the same model.
How can I trust Mr Bush when he says he want democracy in these countries then?
When I was watching Foxnews last year, I was really shocked to see how they could transform Saddam Hussein in "a big devil" while he was USA's ally only 10 years before... teh poor man had not understood your manners....