Hollywood hasbara . seen through an Iranian woman's eyes.

Iran is the real target now. It always has been. That is where the real "men' were supposed to go after the boys had conquered Iraq.  Syria was also a target along the way. It  is a strategic flank that has to be taken out before Iran can be invaded.  

The propaganda drive to brainwash the Americans into accepting the next war is what Argo is about.  this article by an Iranian woman now living in exile in the west  should make u think about   the grand strategic  plans driving the  slaughter of millions across   the lands where 'civilization' was born. 

The Argo Deception: How Hollywood Masks the Ugly Truth of Iran-US Relations

by Lila Ghobady

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I am an Iranian woman living in exile in the West. I would like to think that I am in a better place now and that the country which has allowed me to express myself freely and to be comfortable with my femininity does not depend on fictions, propaganda, government orders and the fabrication of reality, to portray historic events.

Then I see Michelle Obama present “Argo” with the award for Best Picture, and my illusions come crashing down around me one more time.

For the first time in the history of Hollywood and the Oscars, a member of the White House presented the Oscar while surrounded by American army personnel. It was a powerful illustration of how important it is for the American government to maintain a false image of hostility between the US and the Iranian regime – exactly the kind of antagonistic relationship portrayed in the movie, Argo.

It may appear that Argo makes the Islamic Republic of Iran the villain and the US the innocent victim of radical hatred, but parts of the film spin documented historical facts into fiction:

First, while Argo portrayed Ayatollah Khomeini as the architect of the revolution, Khomeini and his goons had nothing to do with the people who actually overthrew the Shah's regime. In fact, only in 80s at least twenty thousand true revolutionaries were massacred by the murderous Khomeini regime, who highjacked the progressive People’s Revolution with American and Western support. The violent purge dovetailed nicely with the "Green belt" plan conceived by Carter aide Zbigniew Brzezinski, who aimed to exploit fundamental Islamist regimes as a counterweight to Soviet power. (Brzezinski’s scheme foreshadowed Western accommodation with political Islam to spread neoliberal economics to the Middle East).

Second, Khomeini’s regime, unlike what Argo claims, never posed a danger to America. Many documents currently available to the public show that American and Western governments made a deal with Khomeini in Paris for Iranian oil and more before sending him to Iran in order to steal the People’s Revolution in 1979. Later on, America cut further backroom deals with this so-called "enemy", including postponing the release of American hostages because of an American presidential election – the now-infamous “October surprise.”

For years, the West has portrayed the regime of Iran as a “radical Islamic enemy” in public while making mutually beneficial deals in private with figures who share their fundamental political and economic interests. This keeps the fires going in the Middle East, driving up oil profits and providing growth for American and Israeli military budgets, as well as a convenient boogeyman for the West in the absence of a Soviet competitor.

Meanwhile, the people of Iran live under real oppression of monster Mullahs inspired by a medieval theology that is foreign to the kind of Islam traditionally practiced in the region. Their power lies not just in their authoritarian vision, but in their ability to exploit the illusion of an existential clash of civilizations with the West.

Argo does not depict these deals made with Khomeini. Instead, it portrays the Khomeini regime as sincerely "anti-American" – “The Enemy” -- reinforcing this long-standing and destructive illusion.

Just like in politics, Hollywood movies demand a familiar bad guy. So who better than the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran? Once a puppet, always a puppet.

The future unfolds

The little exiled girl inside of me still passionately chants for the stolen childhood of my generation and those born after me:

"Down with the murderous Islamic regime of Iran and all its supporters anywhere in this world!"

Lila Ghobady is an exiled Iranian writer-journalist and filmmaker living in Canada since 2002. She has been involved with human rights since working as a journalis in Iran and has continued her work in Canada when she arrived as a refugee. She has worked as a Producer and associate Director of internationally-praised underground films along fellow exiled filmmaker Moslem Mansouri before leaving Iran. Her recent film,Forbidden Sun Dance, has been well-received in several countries. For more information, please read her blog at: www.banoufilm.blogspot.com. Lila can be contacted by e-mail at:lilacforfreedom@gmail.com.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/22-5