The always-hip Queen Rania of Jordan has a YouTube account and is soliciting videos from other YouTubers with questions about the Middle East. Both Queen Rania and her husband Abdullah II bin Al Hussein aka King Hussein are young, modern and very keen on maintaining positive relationships with the West. If you're not familiar with Queen Rania then you owe yourself a peek at this video. YouTube.
The always-hip Queen Rania of Jordan has a YouTube account and is soliciting videos from other YouTubers with questions about the Middle East. Both Queen Rania and her husband Abdullah II bin Al Hussein aka King Hussein are young, modern and very keen on maintaining positive relationships with the West. If you're not familiar with Queen Rania then you owe yourself a peek at this video. YouTube.
What's worse is Iranians love America, and the only way they get on our news is when we talk about launching another preemptive war against them.
Nastia-
First of all, most that emigrate to America prefer to be called Persian. And it's mostly just the ayatollah and his cronies that hate America.
You know - the guys that keep talking when nobody cares...
It's amusing to see what goes on in the mind of a nutcase...
Anyway, we should praise Queen Rania efforts to show all the good sides of the Arab world.
Yet, I believe religious extremism is undermining it. You need strong leaders like Morocco's Hassan II to prevent it, but it means also that they don't have our level of freedom.
Hope the Arab world has Youtube...
And as far as confusing "Iran with Al Qaeda" well they DO work together often for the same goal. Though I should differentiate the Iran Gov with the people of Iran. As I have spoken with MANY Iranian citizens that dislike their leader and what he stands for.
I would never say for example "Stupid Iranians" because that would make me look like an uneducated jerk.
It's xenophobic comments like that, that get other people repeating them ad nauseum that starts this nonsense.
Remember, tolerance isn't accepting another person's or country's views. Tolerance is how you treat the very people you disagree with.
Not to mention that Queen Rania herself once worked at Apple. So that was probably an iPhone ringing.
I would say those that think that, are going to regardless of what we do. If that is all certain people want see, that is all they will ALWAYS see no matter what you do.
It seems to me that the U.S. are stuck in a cycle of foul, transparent and high-priced PR. Espesially with politics, it seems like no matter where you look, there is some lawyer chump 'representing' someone who insists you pay attention to them, by reading off a sheet of paper. And saying more or less nothing.
I would like to say that we (internet assholes) are too jaded to tell the difference between Dubya reading off a teleprompter, and genuine human emotion. Of course the blatant differences are obvious, but where is the line?
If you want to believe that the AQ has nothing to do Iran you can go ahead. No rain off my back.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,664967,00.html
"Next week's much anticipated final report by a bipartisan commission on the origins of the 9/11 attacks will contain new evidence of contacts between al-Qaeda and Iran—just weeks after the Administration has come under fire for overstating its claims of contacts between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
"A senior U.S. official told TIME that the Commission has uncovered evidence suggesting that between eight and ten of the 14 "muscle" hijackers—that is, those involved in gaining control of the four 9/11 aircraft and subduing the crew and passengers—passed through Iran in the period from October 2000 to February 2001. Sources also tell TIME that Commission investigators found that Iran had a history of allowing al-Qaeda members to enter and exit Iran across the Afghan border. "
So yes, yes they do.
Anyhow, that above, plus MANY OTHER documents showing proof that Iran has indeed HELPED and PROTECTED Al-qaeda members.
And just because "Iran gives money to the Badr brigade in Iraq to fight AQ." Doesn't mean they aren't in bed together. That could very well be Iran making it look as if they aren't part of that group. When in fact, recent history shows that they have been more than hospitable to AQ.
So no, just because they are both bad guys or that the both work with bad guys that suddenly makes my statement true. The facts about their ACTUAL relationship over the past recent years makes it true.
No matter how Iran attempts to hide behind it's curtain and pretend no one is there.
What we need to change the immage is, to have arab youth to be involved in Journalism, encourage them to study journalism. And have them participate in methods of media transmition to the american public.
Ghanem
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT SOMEONE CARES, HOWEVER, WHAT U DO OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS WILL BE HIPED OFF IN 2 MINUTES ON THE CNN AND FOX NEWS. MY PHELOSPHY IS, YOU AND OTHER ARAB LEADERS NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTH TO STUDY JOURNALISM, GET THEM INVOLVED IN US JOURNALISM, SO YOU CAN PUT AN END TO THE ONE SIDED-BIASED- MEDIA, AND ONLY IN THAT WAY THE WORLD WILL START GETTING THE POSITIVE IMMAGE YOU ARE WORKING ON.
It's actually King Abdullah II, "bin" means "Son of" in arabic.
Just thought I'd correct that minor mistake. ;)