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The new geopolitics of the Persian Gulf: What the 2nd Bush administration should do about Iran
rezapahlavi.org ^ | World Tribune, Assad Homayoun

Posted on 01/24/2005 11:14:09 AM PST by F14 Pilot

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1 posted on 01/24/2005 11:14:16 AM PST by F14 Pilot
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To: DoctorZIn; McGavin999; freedom44; nuconvert; sionnsar; AdmSmith; dixiechick2000; onyx; Pro-Bush; ...

ping


2 posted on 01/24/2005 11:15:18 AM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: F14 Pilot

A beautiful phrase in this piece -- "...failed U.S. Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry..."


3 posted on 01/24/2005 11:32:02 AM PST by omega4412 (Superabimus)
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To: F14 Pilot

Freedom for Iran ~ Now!


4 posted on 01/24/2005 11:47:59 AM PST by blackie
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The Iranian people have shown on many occasions that, at the appropriate “tipping point”, they have the strength to act suddenly to change their situation, provided they understand that the outside world supports them.

The Bush administration needs to get its act together. And start by cleaning out the State Department.

5 posted on 01/24/2005 11:53:46 AM PST by sionnsar († trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
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To: F14 Pilot

"In looking at all of the events now challenging the region, it is clear that the catalyst was the revolution which began in 1978-79 in Iran, and the transfer of control of that strategic country to the hands of radical clerics."

Thank You, Jimmy Carter!


6 posted on 01/24/2005 11:58:08 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: AdmSmith; Valin; McGavin999

Good article, pong


7 posted on 01/24/2005 12:04:14 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: F14 Pilot

We should topple the Iranian regime.


8 posted on 01/24/2005 12:13:19 PM PST by wk4bush2004
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To: F14 Pilot

As I have stated before,not all devastating weapons are made of nuclear materials...the US has in its inventory a "Pandora's Box" that once opened will release a whirlwind that overshadows any thermonuclear device.

Once the good Dr. Rice gets her delicate paws on the State Dept expect Turkey,Iran,Russia and Syria to get a peek. Then a warning. Finally if all else fails, she , unlike Colin Powell is more than capable of opening the box.

Deploying the weapon would have devastating results for the
established nations surrounding Iraq.Turkey would loose 50% of its territory, 80% of its hydro electric generators,80% of its current drinking water, and 90% of its oil revenues.

Likewise,Iran would face territorial losses resulting in economic hardship and internal unrest mainly due to reduced oil revenues.

Russia would loose its stranglehold on supplying the Middle East with nuclear and military technology, and throw its already fragile southern borders into total disarray.

It really is no secret of what is in the box....Kurdistan!
Based on the 1945 map drawn up by the Allied powers,an independent Kurdistan would stretch from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf and its western border would also encompass
a port on the Mediterranean.


9 posted on 01/24/2005 12:22:01 PM PST by ijcr (Age and treachery will always overcome youth and ability.)
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Bump!


10 posted on 01/24/2005 1:06:14 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got 4 years (8!) to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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But the clerical Administration of Iran has lost it political and religious legitimacy. It is fragile and is ready to be toppled.

The full Ceacescu delivered this year. Memo to mullahs: book with travelocity; don't forget your head.

11 posted on 01/24/2005 4:01:29 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: F14 Pilot

Good article. Thanks.


12 posted on 01/24/2005 4:04:24 PM PST by parisa
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To: PhilDragoo

Bump!


13 posted on 01/24/2005 4:15:44 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got 4 years (8!) to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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To: parisa

u r welcome


14 posted on 01/24/2005 4:19:09 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: nuconvert
"In looking at all of the events now challenging the region, it is clear that the catalyst was the revolution which began in 1978-79 in Iran, and the transfer of control of that strategic country to the hands of radical clerics." Thank You, Jimmy Carter!

Thank you people of Iran.

15 posted on 01/24/2005 4:21:43 PM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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We should topple the Iranian regime.

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Why? How?

How about the people of Iran do it?

16 posted on 01/24/2005 4:23:35 PM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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It is good to be trouble maker, yes?


17 posted on 01/24/2005 4:25:44 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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Thank you, Jimmy Carter!

"In November 1979, Islamist militants raided the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, took diplomats and the embassy staff as hostages. It was the first fundamentalist challenge and a serious test of resolve of the United States Government. It was a challenge which the then-Carter Administration in the U.S. failed to meet. Due to the weakness of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, government-sponsored international terrorism started its advance towards a new kind of war."

Hopefully one day some good historians will document the damage that Carter did to America as president and afterwards as a so called man of peace.


18 posted on 01/24/2005 4:48:33 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( The MSM has been a weapon of mass disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
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Troublemaker? How, by asking the iranian people to take credit for the government they fostered, instead of laying it off on America? That's making trouble?


19 posted on 01/24/2005 4:50:22 PM PST by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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It depends who asks that question and how many times the question being repeated.

I have never seen you trying to learn some thing positive about the reality. All you do is to keep complaining about the unreal things.

My Friend... Wake up! Learn some thing. Read More Historical books written by inpdenedent historians Please.


20 posted on 01/24/2005 4:56:16 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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