Iran Sleepwalking Into War?

Arab News ^ | March 11, 2006 | Amir Taheri

[PrinceOfCups]

Sunni Middle East countries not happy with a nuclear Iran.

[bayourant]

Def not. Iwas perusing some middle Eastern blogs and they are quite concerned I have to admit my fav line though was this
" President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is doing all it can to make this an “us vs. them” issue, whipping up xenophobic sentiments and diverting attention from the country’s real problems."

Wow politicians are really all alike arent they lol
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[nopardons]

bttt

[Northern Alliance]

What a stunning headline. I believe that is exactly what is happening and this writer has the skill to sum up a complex situation in just four words.

[bayourant]

True that is quite an interesting article. What is really striking also is the cuts in social services. Iran has a huge young unemployed population. Maybe they will take him down yet.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I've been wondering what would happen if Iran built one of its sites in an earthquake zone. The impact would be catastrophic, but I'm sure Dear Abby would find some way to blame it on us.

[anon78]

http://thedailyheretic.blogspot.com/2005/05/if-war-on-iran-is-scheduled-for-june.html

[Allegra]

Sunni Middle East countries not happy with a nuclear Iran.

There's a country that borders Iran on the west and has a Shiite majority that's none too pleased at this concept either.

[son of caesar]

The leadership in Iran is not sleepwalking into anything at all. They know exactly how to make music the west will dance to. While the west needs computers to decide policy, Iranians have this ability in their sleep. Thousands of years of history proves it. Of course, it helps Iran to have lame enemies.

[Erik Latranyi]

Iran has a huge young unemployed population. Maybe they will take him down yet.

Most of the media miss this fact. They talk about the futility of a military strike to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.

However, a military strike on the fundamentalist leadership would allow more moderate elements to take control....leading to a voluntary dismantling of the nuclear facilities.

[AmericaUnited]

To make matters worse, talk of United Nations sanctions, and possibly even war, has led to the biggest outflow of capital that the Islamic republic has experienced since 1979. Many businessmen are preparing for a “free fall” of the Iranian currency, the rial, if and when international sanctions are imposed. The “war talk” has led to an economic slowdown that has already destroyed tens of thousands of jobs in the private sector and brought many commercial transactions to a halt. All this may be translated into a political backlash that Ahmadinejad, despite his talent for appealing to emotions might not be able to counter, especially at a time that his enemies in the regime are sharpening their knives in the dark.

This reminds me of the Soviet Union at the beggining of Reagan's firs term. It just needed a good, sustained push to get it to the breakdown point. Reagan and Casey were BRILLIANT in that understanding.

[Northern Alliance]

The link you posted suggests "that Israel and their allies in the [sic] United States national security state may stage a false flag terrorist attack and blame it on Iran:"

That would be totally unnecessary at this point. Both Israel and the USA have made it crystal clear they will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. Their position has been repeated many times by the leaders of both countries. They do not need any further provocation. This is just lefty paranoia.

[Joe Boucher]

All are crooks and all full of crap.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

What do they do-let that nutjob use the computer as therapy when he's not getting shock treatment?

[Northern Alliance]

While the west needs computers to decide policy

I have absolutely no idea what that means. I am not aware of any computer that makes policy.

The leadership in Iran is not sleepwalking into anything at all

The article does not say that they are, but that the country is:

“There is a feeling that the nation is being led toward war on an issue about which only a handful of men were informed,” says Ahmad Shirzad, a former member of the Majlis. “If we are being taken to the edge of the precipice we should at least be told the truth.”

Suspicions that the regime might have lied not only to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) but also to the Islamic Majlis (Parliament) have received a boost with the circulation in Tehran and some provincial capitals of a document entitled “The final report” in samizdat form.

[son of caesar]

Saying that the west needs computers to make policy is tongue in check verbage. Perhaps I should have been very clear on that. As far as the country vs the leadership sleepwalking into war, who really cares what the country thinks anyways? Its the leaders of every country who do what they like and then create facts to support that position.

[armydawg1]

I would still remind everyone that the United States has a 25 year old IOU with Iran..... And its not UPS that will be delivering our packages.

[kanawa]

anon78
Since Mar 11, 2006

Meow

[finnigan2]

"Iran has a huge young unemployed population. Maybe they will take him down yet."

- But, but... the MSM assured us before the last Iranian elections that all these young people were clamoring for change and were certain to boot the mullahs out. Instead, they apparently elected some boob whose done nothing but sabre rattle from his first day in office.

[Wiz]

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