Discussion on Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts

Please

don't forget history.

We've been there.

We've gone through it.

We know what happened in the region.

We have stood against the Taliban since day one.

We have been the force that fought the Taliban.

We, we were the force that brought the— that kept the

government, the legitimate government of Afghanistan

alive,

so that when after 2001, the

United States decided to

join the right side,

it had somebody

to have

fight the Taliban.

Islam is innocent of terrorism and the destruction it causes, and we helped

the U.S. forces in Afghanistan eliminate the hub of terrorism

there and establish security.

They took their audacity so far that they

insulted the sanctity of the Iranian nation. They

said that the Iranian nation is the axis of evil.

They committed this

unforgivable insult against the Iranian nation

at a time when the greatest cooperation was extended to them in Afghanistan and

Iraq. These

They are so brazen that in Afghanistan, we cooperated with them, and in Iraq

we cooperated with them, on nuclear issues, every commitment they made was accepted

was.

Then Mr. Bush came and brazenly said Iran

was part of the axis of evil after all that cooperation.

Thank you, Mr. President, for providing this opportunity.

Thank you to the American people for their sympathy with the plight of

the Iraqi people and their help in getting rid of

the dictatorship and establishing democracy in Iraq.

Thank you, sir. Thank you all. Prime

Minister.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

I extend my sincere thanks to Mr. President for his concern,

and I also extend my sincere thanks to the members of Congress

who joined us at this base. As I stand before you today,

I salute you and deeply appreciate

what you have offered and accomplished. Once again, through you,

I extend my greetings, respect, and sincere thanks for what

you helped us with, what you accomplished, and your part in accomplishing it in Iraq.

Thank you very much.

Do you expect

an Israeli political presence in Iraq?

Politically?

Such as signing a peace treaty, an Israeli embassy.

It may or may not be policy.

An alliance? We don't know when, I mean.

If U.S. forces remain in Iraq, what would your position be

on that?

I have no position at all regarding whether they stay or leave.

This is up to the ruling of the religious authority, and I am not a religious authority.

Is there no ruling from the religious authority regarding the

American forces?

Well, there is a ruling, a ruling against jihad. Of course, it exists.

In cases of inability and so on, jihad is waived, indeed, it is forbidden.

So, what is the position of the religious authority

regarding the presence of U.S. forces, which you issue rulings to people about?

Exactly? How should they deal with them?

Any major enemy that cannot be resisted, whether it is a coalition or

otherwise.

He believed that we could not resist them through armed resistance,

resist the Americans.

But they would ask him, "How should we deal with them?" He said, "If an American buys

something from you, tell him, 'When are you leaving?'

If he comes to buy matches from the shop,

tell him, 'When are you leaving?'

In other words, put pressure on them.

Ask them when they're leaving.

Saddam's downfall.

It wasn't through military or resistance means or

Iraqi jihadist means,

it was through the American military machine.

Yes.

When the Americans entered Iraq with their

brutal machine, they found a partner

waiting for them.

Who was this partner?

Iran. So, in my assessment and reading,

the Iranians and Americans agreed

on governing

Iraq, for its political scene to take a

shape dictated by Israeli will,

implemented by the Americans and welcomed by the Iranians.

The Shiites relished it,

many Kurds strongly supported it,

the Sunnis feared it.

Iran is the one that supported the American invasion of Iraq.

Okay, Iran.

Iran.

Okay.

So that Iraq would be broken, and so it could ultimately occupy it.

Okay.

That's what happened.