I am a Iranian American and I have a very, very large family here in the US. I have many family members mostly elders that are in full support of this war. It’s tearing our family apart because the younger generations are not in support of this war.
I do understand that you would have felt that way at the beginning to get rid of the oppressive government that was causing so much suffering and even death, but now that the war on Iran is dragging on and there has been no release of the prisoners but rather an increase in people imprisoned for speaking up against the government and even worse, there has been more death and destruction of thousands of innocent Iranians and the obliteration of their homes and businesses on an increasing scale, surely they’re not for a Gaza-like destruction in Iran, even if it’s on a smaller scale.
I am curious about how much some of the split initially was due to the diaspora not being from similar backgrounds. I have noticed people seem to group people into one background. I grew up with kids who left in 79, people who left both before and after, those of different religions, and some who never returned while others came and went even up to last year. Do you think some of the polling issues are also due to this idea we seem to sell here of one identity? Ie in addition to generational differences?
I am vehemently opposed to this war. The Iranian regime is authoritarian and oppresses its people but this war means killing thousands (or tens or hundreds of thousands) of civilians. It is also not our business to topple the regime. We have 60% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford healthcare, and use our tax dollars to pay AI companies to target little girl schools in Iran? If we really wanted to help the people of Iran, we should have loosened the economic sanctions. I am frustrated with Iranians here who think this war is a good idea. If they weren't lucky enough to escape, they could be the ones being bombed right now. I also can't imagine being the father of those children who died in these needless bombings! Just put yourself in their shoes.
I stand with Majid! Full disclosure: I am not Iranian but I am fully against the war with Iran! It was stated by the man-baby to cover up epstein files! Don't be fooled - he does not care about what regime is in Iran, nor does he care about the people.
In America, we have been lied to for YEARS about Iran & the threat they supposedly were/are. ALL LIES! Well now we know the TRUTH!
The iranian american n western diaspora are bunch of bastards. They hate the regime and have runaway from their country after having looted the resources
I think this article actually shows otherwise. Similar to many people inside Iran, diaspora had their views intentionally manipulated by US war hawks, Israel, etc. Still, despite massive expensive efforts, the manipulators never managed to get the majority of the diaspora to support the war! They briefly, barely scraped half, at most.
What you are seeing is that the western & western-allied media continues to disproportionately platform pro-war diaspora. And that some anti-war diaspora have been intimidated into silence.
Nobody Gets It: Cost Of Living = Loss of Purchasing Power Of Dollar
This is not rocket science folks But nobody in the government particularly the current Nazi regime are macroeconomically ignorant or unwilling to get honest with the American public that the purchasing power of the dollar in terms of gold is currently 6.3 cents compared to 100 cents in 1971 when Nixon took us off the gold standard
Why put the purchasing power of the dollar in terms of gold? Because the price of gold has been consistent over decades So when one sees the price of gold going up, it’s because the value or its purchasing power of the dollar is going down
Another question comes up If gold is so stable, why isn’t the country on a gold standard? It’s simple The economists who make monetary policy at the Fed and the Congresspeople who are responsible for making legislation regarding our coinage don’t want to admit that the fiat dollar is at the end of the line There is historical precedent that the last people to address a currency failure are the politicians
So in summary the reason that our salaries don’t keep up, the reason that one is having trouble with groceries, insurance costs, and rising energy costs are all related to the fact that the dollar’s purchasing power is on its way out
The Solution: The first step is to put the country back on a gold standard and stop the crazy Republican Nazi spending($2B/day for this illegal current war…now a record debt of $39T!!) while preserving the social safety net In Article 1 Section 8 the Constitution states that the country should be on a metallic standard Point of catastrophe: bond yield 5% or greater
People should think **long and hard** about what happened to shift opinion so much, between the era when even Reza Pahlavi supported the nuclear deal, and now. Consider that it was only Trump who ended the (very well working) JCPOA, largely apparently out of spite for Obama... ...and nonetheless, despite everything else, *de facto* freedoms in Iran markedly *improved* between 2016 and 2026 due to successful efforts of homegrown Iranian protests.
The answer is the coordinated, near-total capture of Iranian non-state media by US neocon hawks, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. That includes the outlets like Iran International, Manoto and BBC Farsi as well as sophisticated social media manipulation. As the only alternative to the Islamic Republic channels, these heavily influenced public opinion both inside Iran and in diaspora. They succeeded at spreading a view that the prospects for leading a change of government themselves were grim, that the reimposed sanctions were only the Islamic Republic's fault and were a well intentioned international response to its abuses, and that outside "help" was necessary. All of that is very far from the truth. Readers should now seek to understand how.
Iran always could have done so much better than the Islamic Republic. Its enemies didn't want to let it, because a free, independent Iran would be their last preference. Their first preference would be a US vassal state. If they can't have that, they'll take a "defanged" Islamic Republic over a liberated Iran. (Don't be fooled, they'll sell any situation they create by calling it liberation).
The massive destruction in Iran should disabuse anyone who wants us and Israel to liberate its people. We still follow the playbook noted by a U.S. officer during Vietnam…salvation through destruction “We had to destroy the town to save it.”
I am a Iranian American and I have a very, very large family here in the US. I have many family members mostly elders that are in full support of this war. It’s tearing our family apart because the younger generations are not in support of this war.
I do understand that you would have felt that way at the beginning to get rid of the oppressive government that was causing so much suffering and even death, but now that the war on Iran is dragging on and there has been no release of the prisoners but rather an increase in people imprisoned for speaking up against the government and even worse, there has been more death and destruction of thousands of innocent Iranians and the obliteration of their homes and businesses on an increasing scale, surely they’re not for a Gaza-like destruction in Iran, even if it’s on a smaller scale.
I am curious about how much some of the split initially was due to the diaspora not being from similar backgrounds. I have noticed people seem to group people into one background. I grew up with kids who left in 79, people who left both before and after, those of different religions, and some who never returned while others came and went even up to last year. Do you think some of the polling issues are also due to this idea we seem to sell here of one identity? Ie in addition to generational differences?
Thank you for this. It fills in a lot of gaps for me re the disinformation machinery
I am vehemently opposed to this war. The Iranian regime is authoritarian and oppresses its people but this war means killing thousands (or tens or hundreds of thousands) of civilians. It is also not our business to topple the regime. We have 60% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford healthcare, and use our tax dollars to pay AI companies to target little girl schools in Iran? If we really wanted to help the people of Iran, we should have loosened the economic sanctions. I am frustrated with Iranians here who think this war is a good idea. If they weren't lucky enough to escape, they could be the ones being bombed right now. I also can't imagine being the father of those children who died in these needless bombings! Just put yourself in their shoes.
I stand with Majid! Full disclosure: I am not Iranian but I am fully against the war with Iran! It was stated by the man-baby to cover up epstein files! Don't be fooled - he does not care about what regime is in Iran, nor does he care about the people.
In America, we have been lied to for YEARS about Iran & the threat they supposedly were/are. ALL LIES! Well now we know the TRUTH!
The iranian american n western diaspora are bunch of bastards. They hate the regime and have runaway from their country after having looted the resources
I think this article actually shows otherwise. Similar to many people inside Iran, diaspora had their views intentionally manipulated by US war hawks, Israel, etc. Still, despite massive expensive efforts, the manipulators never managed to get the majority of the diaspora to support the war! They briefly, barely scraped half, at most.
What you are seeing is that the western & western-allied media continues to disproportionately platform pro-war diaspora. And that some anti-war diaspora have been intimidated into silence.
Nobody Gets It: Cost Of Living = Loss of Purchasing Power Of Dollar
This is not rocket science folks But nobody in the government particularly the current Nazi regime are macroeconomically ignorant or unwilling to get honest with the American public that the purchasing power of the dollar in terms of gold is currently 6.3 cents compared to 100 cents in 1971 when Nixon took us off the gold standard
Why put the purchasing power of the dollar in terms of gold? Because the price of gold has been consistent over decades So when one sees the price of gold going up, it’s because the value or its purchasing power of the dollar is going down
Another question comes up If gold is so stable, why isn’t the country on a gold standard? It’s simple The economists who make monetary policy at the Fed and the Congresspeople who are responsible for making legislation regarding our coinage don’t want to admit that the fiat dollar is at the end of the line There is historical precedent that the last people to address a currency failure are the politicians
So in summary the reason that our salaries don’t keep up, the reason that one is having trouble with groceries, insurance costs, and rising energy costs are all related to the fact that the dollar’s purchasing power is on its way out
The Solution: The first step is to put the country back on a gold standard and stop the crazy Republican Nazi spending($2B/day for this illegal current war…now a record debt of $39T!!) while preserving the social safety net In Article 1 Section 8 the Constitution states that the country should be on a metallic standard Point of catastrophe: bond yield 5% or greater
People should think **long and hard** about what happened to shift opinion so much, between the era when even Reza Pahlavi supported the nuclear deal, and now. Consider that it was only Trump who ended the (very well working) JCPOA, largely apparently out of spite for Obama... ...and nonetheless, despite everything else, *de facto* freedoms in Iran markedly *improved* between 2016 and 2026 due to successful efforts of homegrown Iranian protests.
The answer is the coordinated, near-total capture of Iranian non-state media by US neocon hawks, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. That includes the outlets like Iran International, Manoto and BBC Farsi as well as sophisticated social media manipulation. As the only alternative to the Islamic Republic channels, these heavily influenced public opinion both inside Iran and in diaspora. They succeeded at spreading a view that the prospects for leading a change of government themselves were grim, that the reimposed sanctions were only the Islamic Republic's fault and were a well intentioned international response to its abuses, and that outside "help" was necessary. All of that is very far from the truth. Readers should now seek to understand how.
Iran always could have done so much better than the Islamic Republic. Its enemies didn't want to let it, because a free, independent Iran would be their last preference. Their first preference would be a US vassal state. If they can't have that, they'll take a "defanged" Islamic Republic over a liberated Iran. (Don't be fooled, they'll sell any situation they create by calling it liberation).
The massive destruction in Iran should disabuse anyone who wants us and Israel to liberate its people. We still follow the playbook noted by a U.S. officer during Vietnam…salvation through destruction “We had to destroy the town to save it.”