persepolis reflection

I feel that we must learn to not just hear things but learn to think. Marjane showed progress in figuring out what she should think about when discussing world events. Much like her we must learn to form our own views and learning to interpret world events logically. I noticed some subtle similarities to life in Iran and in America. A constant between Iran and America is that both countries needlessly sacrifice their youth in war. The book depicted the indoctrination of young men to fight and die so that they will get into heaven in the segment known as the key. During the Iran Iraq war many people died and were told that they were heroes or martyrs, and out of respect of their memory the country must continue to fight and win the war by the might of the Iranian people. In America we fight a war on a battle ground that is just a fraction of what is necessary to fight terror. Another constant is the limited knowledge of the war. In Iranian government told lies to the people in the amount of tanks killed or the amount of Iraqi soldiers that have died. In America oddly enough Americans do not care and therefore news about the progress of the missions falls on deaf ears. For instance I believe if you ask any American the difference between the Taliban and Al Queda you will get no real answer, or a definitive answer as to what. Therefore both Iranian and American people share the same lack of knowledge about the war.
I felt sad that only after Marji had experienced the hardship of the revolutionary days could we find a connection to. Much like the violence in Kyrgyzstan our true understanding of that event will probably come years later just like Persepolis. I only which the Marjane or some reporter during that time could have championed these events or at least done something to tell us what the people are going through. Persepolis shows that there is opposition but when the opposition is silenced, the truth for their side of the story is often told out of context to what is currently needed. Why do we only care about the oppression of another country, until the events have been neatly packaged in a nice medium for us to read for pleasure?
Douglas Domingo