Enough with the sanctions

What’s the deal with the U.S. and Iran? For over thirty years, these two countries have been at it. Ever since the Iranian revolution, U.S. and Iran governments have despised each other. In “The Commercial Appeal” today, there was an article about new sanctions imposed economically on Iran. My mother and I had a conversation about the situation in Iran. She walks into my room and I show her the newspaper.

“Not again.” she says,” Haven’t they put sanctions on Iran for the past thirty years. How many more sanctions can they put?”

“I don’t know really but if it hasn’t worked yet shouldn’t they try something else?” I replied.

“I think they just don’t want Iran to have nuclear weapons or any such power. That’s why they brought in Shah Pahlavi and then Ayatollah Khomeini. But in the end it backfired,” my mother said.

So I think now why the U.S. doesn’t try something new, maybe some diplomacy. The reason why Iran is so reluctant to talk to America is because past experiences have proven costly to trust America.

In the 1950s, Iranians kicked out Pahlavi for a reformist. However, America backed Pahlavi and brought him back to power. That pissed off Iran. Next American backed Pahlavi government in the last 1970s started to distance themselves from America. Thus America helps Iranians revolt and bring in Ayatollah Khomeini, they’re worst mistake. Thinking Khomeini will be friends with America; the U.S. government got a rude awakening. If you don’t know Khomeini, he’s the one who coined the phrase “America shataaneh” or in English “America is Satin”. This is my parents’ generation.

My generation is somewhat more liberal. Having the computer, internet, cell phones, etc. has opened our eyes to technology and the west. But I don’t if they will that jump to support the U.S. It all depends the kind of diplomacy the U.S. uses to combat the current regime. Not being able to trade and have relations with Iran could be detrimental to the U.S.’s future.