[Wright is right!]

"Just as they did against the shah, the Iranian Shiite leaders intend to build a mass following, leading to an insurrection against us. Look carefully at the banners carried by the Shiite demonstrators. They are very clean and well produced, with slogans in both Arabic (for the Iraqis) and English (for Western media). That is the Iranian regime at work, one of the most brilliant and patient intelligence organizations in the region. The slogans chanted by the mobs in Baghdad are Iranian slogans, calls for an Islamic state."

I said this exact thing in a post over a week ago chastizing the media for failing to realize just who the fomentors of these demonstrations are. I got flamed royally. People thought I was either wrong or, even if right, playing with trivialities.

Iran is trying to take advantage of the sudden power vacuum, and we have to stop them.

Michael

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Michael

I do not believe I flamed you when you posted this. Regarding the Iranian attempts to subvert the change of regime, it seems imperative we persue multiple counters to it. A surreptitious assination campaign against those mullahs preaching for a theocracy shopuld be one prong. Spec Ops going into Iran another prong. We should support pro Western Shia mullahs with money, protection, and communications media. A propaganda campaign talking about a multi-ethnic republic where the Shia can freely practice their religion and emphasising that it was only US troops that restored the opportunity for the Shia to be able to have their annual pilgrimage again. Further, actively encouraging some free market capitalism will also go a long way towards building a free society.