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Posted on 11/19/2004 9:17:50 AM PST by CHARLITE
Undoubtedly, Shiite rule would thrill them. As a result, within just hours of Mr. Bush’s remarks, Iran had its own somewhat shocking proclamation when the head of their Supreme National Security Council, Hasan Rowhani, stated that Tehran supported our president’s re-election efforts.
As if that wasn’t enough, that same day, Grand Ayatollah Kazem al-Haeri, a senior Shiite leader in Iran, made a similarly stunning announcement that he was cutting ties with the upstart Shiite cleric in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr. When combined with the other two events, especially given the timing of all three, it quite appears that Tehran was not only trying to send signals to the U.S., but also potentially cutting off al-Sadr’s legs in hopes of advancing an election that Iran likely now would love to occur given the possibility of a Shiite government being installed. Yet, this still begs the question: Why is Iran suddenly so interested in appeasing its public enemy number one?
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And I consider myself a "moderate."
Afghanistan on one side, Iraq on the other, and a younger generation that seeks to throw off the yoke of the regime might be one of the considerations, I'll wager.
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