tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post256742411902020580..comments2023-06-14T09:10:27.097-04:00Comments on Gray Falcon: The Persian PuzzleCubuCokohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-45878476451335446842009-06-20T14:04:11.862-04:002009-06-20T14:04:11.862-04:00Today's Asia Times article http://www.atimes....Today's Asia Times article http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF20Ak03.html titled "Beijing cautions US over Iran" by former Indian ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar provides an informed insight into the Iranian internal politics. <br /><br />Ahmedinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei (interestingly, the latter is a former student of Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University) represent republicanism, up against extreme theocratic designs of mullahs with Mousavi up front and Rafsanjani behind. Beijing has finally made clear its views, while Washington is fishing in murky waters at best. The article concludes:<br /><br />"... Alas, the political class in Washington is clueless about the Byzantine world of Iranian clergy. Egged on by the Israeli lobby, it is obsessed with "regime change". The temptation will be to engineer a "color revolution". But the consequence will be far worse than what obtains in Ukraine. Iran is a regional power and the debris will fall all over. The US today has neither the clout nor the stamina to stem the lava flow of a volcanic eruption triggered by a color revolution that may spill over Iran's borders. "Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637423915409477890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-7900232189695573032009-06-19T23:32:42.032-04:002009-06-19T23:32:42.032-04:00"... And here is Daniel McAdams at the LRC bl..."... And here is Daniel McAdams at the LRC blog, confirming that the NED is involved, after all... "<br /><br />Mighty interesting. And predictable ... if it looks like a duck, flies like a duck and quacks like a duck, it _is_ a duck...Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637423915409477890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-61508742141011140852009-06-18T10:50:05.063-04:002009-06-18T10:50:05.063-04:00Both points are well taken; however, the purpose o...Both points are well taken; however, the purpose of the post was to point out that the "colored revolutions" have poisoned the well of democracy to the point where one can't decide if something is real, or a coup. Given that the mainstream media are already calling this the "Green Revolution," I think that was a pretty important observation.CubuCokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128683147101484237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-46117432181131079782009-06-18T10:06:31.093-04:002009-06-18T10:06:31.093-04:00Dear GF, I also thought from the start that in Ira...Dear GF, I also thought from the start that in Iran there's some post-election event similar to the infamous October 5, 2000 coup going on. Still, we will see what the Ayatollah comes up with. He could very well decide who gets or stays in power. In any case, let's go back to the plight of the Serbs as that's far tougher than others!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964425437506372352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9230592.post-81532892764236752472009-06-17T05:08:01.696-04:002009-06-17T05:08:01.696-04:00The real power in Iran is concentrated within the ...The real power in Iran is concentrated within the clique of Shi'a ayatollahs, it does not matter who won the elections.Witch-king of Angmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918107035484094693noreply@blogger.com