Government officials must work hard, without wasting time. Equipping Iran against the US's threats is achievable through sincere efforts of Iranian officials; they should seize the opportunity.
Sometimes some people mention the word 'opportunity'; however, what they actually mean is an opportunity for surrendering over to the US: 'We let go of that opportunity! What kind of opportunity is it? Surrendering to the bullying and avarice of an arrogant, domineering power is nothing to be proud of; it is by no means an opportunity.
Anything considered an opportunity with this aim, is nothing but a threat to Iran's national interests: it is not an opportunity. An opportunity is to work for the sake of people; An opportunity is to encounter agents and pawns of the US and the enemy inside our own country. You may have witnessed and heard of this, for example, in the news recently; they (those who are willing to give into the demands of U.S.) are secret agents of the enemy.
This is what I've been warning the cultural officials about, since some 8 years ago: that the enemy is striving to gain cultural dominance over the country and to influence the public perceptions and ideologies. Now you see that confessions and facts are revealed.
July 27, 2002
What is the treatment against the adventurous, invasive U.S.? Some prescribe surrendering; this is not going to work. Of course, you, the youth know; and anyone with an independent personal identity knows that showing signs of submission before the enemy, is by no means beneficial. Signs of submission and defeat will reinforce the enemy. It will encourage the enemy and help it continue its invasion.
Thus, we should not surrender at all. You might hear some people say 'let's take advantage of the opportunities.' I don't know what they mean by opportunity. What opportunity is lost in this situation? Is this the opportunity of surrendering to the U.S.? Is this an opportunity for our nation to surrender to and retreat from an enemy that seeks to impose its hegemony over our country with a rude, harsh tone? Is this an opportunity to seize? If a person is only responsible for themselves, they can decide to resist or to surrender. If they surrender, the unfortunate outcome and humiliation is only for them; no other person will suffer from it.
Nonetheless, when someone has some responsibility in an organization--even in organizations with minor importance, but where the action, decision, and move of a person can have an impact--that person's surrendering is equal to surrendering the whole nation and country to the enemy. Nobody has the right to do so! I have already mentioned on another occasion: if the day Shah Sultan Hussein surrendered to the Afghans, with the excuse that otherwise, by preventing their entrance to Isfahan, some might be killed, he would have instead relied on zealous men who were in Isfahan that day--both military and civilian populations--and had asserted he wouldn't surrender to the enemy, surely a smaller number of the Iranian people--from Isfahan, or among those killed in the attack--would have been killed; and the Iranian nation wouldn't have suffered from that humiliation. Of course, today, the situation is different: the enemy is different. But the principle of not surrendering to the greed of the enemy, that any submission and softness encourages the enemy remains. This principle is always true.
May 12, 2003
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