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| Cracks in the Iranian Monolith |
| 2010-08-24 |
| Doubt you'll read about any of this in PressTV Iran... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #2 My favorite part of the article: "A few weeks ago, according to official and private reports, the Iranian air force shot down three drones near the southwestern city of Bushehr, where a Russian-supplied nuclear reactor has just started up. When the Revolutionary Guards inspected the debris, they expected to find proof of high-altitude spying. Instead, the Guards had to report to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that the air force had blasted Iran's own unmanned aircraft out of the sky. Apparently, according to official Iranian press accounts, the Iranian military had created a special unit to deploy the drones—some for surveillance and others, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bragged on Sunday, to carry bombs—but hadn't informed the air force." |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-08-24 17:20 |
| #1 Persians have never been monolithic. Nobody really speaks for everybody, and never has. This is a calculated diplomatic and military strategy on their part. If you get half a dozen of their political leaders, then ask them their policy on a subject, they will each give totally different responses and act as if each of them speaks with authority. So this means that their threats, and promises, are meaningless. Only their actions count. And never underestimate their strategy, even if it looks foolish. These people had ancestors that invented chess. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-24 11:22 |