america would soon become khomeini s next adversary. in their perception the leading power of the world of the unbelievers is the united states. and united states is inevitably the main enemy. america is the great satan because from their point of view, it is the enemy of god. we are satan whispering into the ears of the muslims trying to tempt them away from islam. for years during our school in iran our teachers and the government they told us americans are devils. they are going to kill us, every morning they forced us to chant death to america. sean: we know what happened in november of that year. we went 444 days with americans held hostage. here s what is fascinating.
i back and looked at the time. there were people in our own government saying that ghandhi comparing the ayatollah to ghandhi. new york times thought this was a favorable development. like what they are saying about egypt. this is the perception is jihad is yo go, done worry about it. they say there is no second coming from islamic fundamentalist. we saw what happened 30 years when the finance mental lists of khomeini said we are just here to get rid of the shah. they destroyed their allies. sean: we saw this too in turkey a bit in 2002 they ran on moderation each other progressive year they become more dictatorial andhis becomes more of a thee okay . there s a common thread. there is. in the middle east it is liberal western democracy is unfortunately, not to be found. it needs to be developed.
to speak out? the bam inside the muslim is about those who control the mike phone. those who have the satellite tv the petro dollars. the classroom. these are the regimes and organizations. and civil society trying to tree themselves and when they do, how are they treated? you are agent. sean: we have to take a break. what iranians did not understand about the ayatollah s threat until it was too late. at the time of the revolution most iranians and westerners didn t understand co-machine any s guiding princes and the re khomeini s guiding princes and the region he had in store. khomeini was establishing the rule of iran and the world as a whole. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away. while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds.
iran set up hezbollah early on to have a cut-out. somebody who could independently carry out terrorist attacks with no fingerprints back to tehran. khomeini under the guidance of khomeini hezbollah wasted little time before striking american installations. the day after this attack on the embassy in beirut the death toll has continue odd to climb. it is believed before the counting is over more than 60 will be found to have died. at least 16 of them americans. hezbollah s next attack would prove even more deadly. attacking multi-national peacekeeping forces stationed in beirut.
america would soon become khomeini s next adversary. in their perception the leading power of the world of the unbelievers is the united states. and united states is inevitably the main enemy. america is the great satan because from their point of view, it is the enemy of god. we are satan whispering into the ears of the muslims trying to tempt them away from islam. for years during our school in iran our teachers and the government they told us americans are devils. they are going to kill us, every morning they forced us to chant death to america. sean: we know what happened in november of that year. we went 444 days with americans held hostage. here s what is fascinating.