Not so much. The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement for Ireland was
pretty recent, 1998. All Irish adults have personal memories of that
"shooting war".
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gerry
Archer
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Factoid
Could they be like the Irish who are still battling the British about events
that happened many years ago? Muslims do seem to have long memories.
Gerry
> Given the median age of the Iranian population (27 years), it's hard to
> believe events over 60 years ago have direct significance to them. Most
> of
> them were born in the current Islamic Republic. If these folks have
> heartburn about events during and after WWII, it's only because they have
> been trained to believe that way, not any actual personal experience.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter
> Frederick
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6:44 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Factoid
>
> Almost all of our problems with Iran have been a result of the rather
> brutal and heavyhanded meddling we did, along with the British, during
> and after WWII.
>
> They are, after all, natural allies, since they don't want to be
> occupied by Russia, who has had it's beady eye on their natural
> resources for about 200 years, and actively been attempting to grab
> them since the 1850's.
>
> The Ayatolla was our repayment for Eisenhower's treatment of Mossedah.
>
> Peter
>
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