Posted on 01/06/2006 1:33:31 PM PST by F14 Pilot
Thomas Friedman's article, "A shah with a turban" (Views, Dec. 24), poignantly illustrated the rift between Iran's clerical dictatorship and the country's population, especially the youth. However, an inappropriate headline and cartoon by Kal undermined what was informative and valuable in his article.
The implication that the shah's reign bears any resemblance to the present regime is inaccurate. Under the late Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranians enjoyed incomparably better lives than what they have to endure today; moreover, the prospect for a stable Middle East appeared promising.
Jews and other religious minorities thrived and prospered under the shah, who promoted religious freedom and tolerance. During World War II, Iran assisted many Jews fleeing the Nazis by issuing them Iranian travel documents, a policy that was continued for Middle Eastern Jews expelled from their respective countries.
Farah Pahlavi, New York
(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...
Yep, the same terrorist defense council, he is the one. If Carter had never been elected President, Iran would have been a very different place. Carter essentially ousted the Shah under pressure from Europeans, those know nothings have never been right about anything, ever.
Now the confession ... I actually am forced to admit, I voted for the peenut. Reagan set me straight :^)
And if I hear anymore about Mossadegh and his communist thugs on the one hand and his islamic fundamentalist thugs on the other who had forced the legal head of state, the Shah, to flee in the first place being overthrown by the CIA, I'll puke. It was almost 1979 in 1953.
And so it was easy to paint the Shah as just another Establishment tyrant about to fall under the righteous Power of Da Pee-Pul, and so he was in the popular press just about everywhere. SAVAK didn't help him any either. The one thing people didn't figure - remember, this was the tail end of Peace And Love - the one thing nobody thought was that things could get worse. And one reason that religious fascists are still supported by the left is that they always were.
" ...it was easy to paint the Shah as just another Establishment tyrant..."
Friedman considers himself somewhat of an authority on the middle east. He should know better than to refer to Ahmadinejad as a "Shah with a Turbin". Besides the fact that Ahmadinejad isn't a cleric and doesn't wear a turbin. Good Grief! He couldn't have come up with a more ill-informed title for his piece.
Recalling the Shah of Iran-
various links | 8-18-02 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/735176/posts
Ping
I agree SAVAK played a roll in bringing down the Shah...
Propaganda Against the Shah of Iran Revealed:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/961239/posts
LOL, that's probably the strangest social service I've ever heard of. Which part of Tehran? Halabi Abad? As I recall, the Shah cleaned the streets of Halabi Abad with a golden shower...
The Shah's reflex was typical of all despots: Strike first and suppress, then think it over: What next? First display muscle, make a show of strength, and later perhaps demonstrate you also have a brain. Despotic authority attaches great importance to being considered strong, and much less to being admired for its wisdom. Besides, what does wisdom mean to a despot? It means skill in the use of power. The wise despot knows when and how to strike. This continual display of power is necessary because, at root, any dictatorship appeals to the lowest instincts of the governed: fear, aggressiveness toward one's neighbors, bootlicking. Terror most effectively excites such instincts, and fear of strength is the wellspring of terror.
If Hitler said "2+2=4", would you later imply that all teachers of arithmetic are Nazis? Your logic on this subject is putridly flawed. I recommend you think it through Fred... think it through...
LOL thank You!
Question of Numbers: Propaganda against Shah of Iran revealed
IranvaJahan ^ | 08/09/03 | Cyrus Kadivar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/961239/posts
Honoring the 23rd Anniversary of the 1979 Uprising.
Remembering the 31st Anniversary of the Seeiahkal Movement.
Dear people,
23 years has gone by from the glorious 1979 uprising. 31 years have past since the heroic and courageous movement of Seeiahkal. February 8th reminds us the day when the heroic and united uprising of the people of Iran toppled the 2500 years of monarchism. February 8th 1970 is considered the beginning of a new era for the new communist movement of Iran. The historical Seeiahkal movement began when the monarchist regime with the support and backing of the U.S. imperialism was in its highest point of authoritative power. In times when under the influence of the reformist left (i.e., Todeh Party) an atmosphere of disparity and hopelessness dominated the whole country, revolutionary outcry of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedaie Guerillas (OIPFG) from the jungles of Seeiahkal shined through and brought with it a new era of enlightenment. People's sufferings from the class exploitation and the continuous sacrifices of the OIPFG finally ignited the latent class-consciousness of the people. From there on groups with revolutionary ideas of arm struggle started to organize and flourish. The underground activities continued to spread into different sectors of the society. The 1979 uprising on February 11th, which toppled the monarchist regime of Iran, was supported and contributed by the struggles which started long before that...
http://www.iranian-fedaii.de/N-english-siahkal-2002.html
I'm very glad to see that she responded.
Thanks for the post and ping.
BTTT!
well put
They were Marxist MEK and other leftist guerillas
WRONG!
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