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2004-01-19 Iran

Iranian Crisis Deepens As Elections Near

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-19 12:16:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Blast you, Steve :P

You beat me by only 2 minutes!

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-1-19 12:21:17 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-1-19 12:21:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I remain unconvinced that these 'reformers' have the sack to take on a well organized, reslilient police state. If they, or some 'chief of elections' functionary they appointed does, then we really are lucky and 2004 will be yet another bad year for this jihad thing.

Posted by JAB 2004-1-19 12:23:23 AM|| 2004-1-19 12:23:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Army of Steveâ¢ strikes again! :-)

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-19 12:28:32 AM|| 2004-1-19 12:28:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The rabble arrises; "then we really are lucky"

Way to go JAB. Cadres of Luckies! Our Moto?

"Steal from the infidel"

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-19 12:49:23 AM|| 2004-1-19 12:49:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran: Democracy in action.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-19 1:25:39 AM|| 2004-1-19 1:25:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Khatami does not have the stones for what's needed. Smuggled in boom materiel to a meeting w/either Khamenei or the GC or both.

He should regret that he has but one life to lose for his country.

No suitcases under heavy tables.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-1-19 2:03:21 AM|| 2004-1-19 2:03:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 JAB - to use well-organized and moslem in the same sentence or context is defintely an oxymoron.

Posted by phil_b 2004-1-19 2:24:01 AM|| 2004-1-19 2:24:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry forgot the 'Inshallah' which translates to 'if its a f**k up, its not my fault cos I'm a muslim.'

Posted by phil_b 2004-1-19 2:56:13 AM|| 2004-1-19 2:56:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 They canât back down, theyâre dead if they do.

All that's left is to make it so that they're dead if they don't. This could be shaping up to be the opportunity to toss the mullahs without having to employ U.S. armament. Are you paying attention, GWB?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-19 11:22:30 AM|| 2004-1-19 11:22:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Make no mistake, I think we have a policy of making our own luck in Iran by rhetorically supporting reformers and occupying 2 neighboring countries.

However, if the Iranians rise up against the mullah's because the Guardians botched up the candidate vetting process, then we will be lucky for how quickly and cleanly our policies led to success.

By 'well organized' I mean that the mullahs have constructed a system in which a reasonably broad spectrum of the populace sees some benefit from the status quo and a reliable core of these people are willing to keep the rest in line by force. The mullahs' grip on power is less brittle than that of other police states. A velvet type revolution is our only hope in the short term as there is no credible armed resistance. This scenario would require miscalculation by the mullahs -- an element of luck from our perspective.

Posted by JAB 2004-1-19 3:35:33 PM|| 2004-1-19 3:35:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Arise, ye prisoners of Fundamentalism!

A classic hard-line attitude by the big Ayatollahs, which will inevitably get lots of people killed and maimed. Not that they care.

But traditionally, they should be the first ones up against the wall on der tag.

Posted by mojo 2004-1-19 3:53:18 PM|| 2004-1-19 3:53:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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