Is anyone else having problems getting to the WP site?

None for me. It is coming up with a screen where you have to enter your zip code and year of birth to get in, although they don't ask for any other personal information.

Comes up fine for me.

I don't understand why Iran opposes the US in this. They issued a Fatwa against Saddam years ago.

I can't blame them for being suspicious of the west. We are suspicious of them.

It will take a long time to learn to love one another -- it hasn't happened for centuries why should we expect it today?

Evolution would be a nice thing to try out in terms of humans getting along with each other.

Where have you been, Robert? Iran is another oppressive totalitarian nation. The only difference is that (to top it off), Iran is a theocracy. I don't and have no desire to love evil.

In my opinion, Iran is a more important target in the War On Terror than even Iraq (though Iraq too, is an important target), because Iran is the source of the ideology which spurs terrorists. It is as one writer said, the "terrorism capital of the world."

As with Iraq, it is very important to be able to distinguish between the pseudo-democratic government of Iran and the actual people of Iran. Though state-mandated there, I find anti-Americanism in Iran far less sincere than that found within our own country.

Culturally speaking, Persian Iran is a lot more "western" than most westerners realize, and quite a bit more civilized than what is found in much of the Arabic world.

Recap:
Islamic Republic of Iran==bad
Iranians==the people who will topple the theocracy

Lots more on this here.