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The USA media changing their tune !!!

Few weeks ago Zakaria was trying to prove that Iran's finance is booming despite seeing the country heading down the drain and now another so called professenal analyst is talking about A SUPER power.

He must have been in touch with Mahdi Maood.

Whatch out for these irrisponssible creatures. They just care about their own bloody interests and do not give a damn about human kind.

Nim kaasehy zir kaseh hast.  Without a doubt. 

I almost believed this guy till 5:40

when he says Bashar al Asad is the second most popular leader in the region. What is he smoking?

@ bfarahmand

Good observations. The one thing I've never been sure about with Turkey is whether it's gravitation to a more religious system has been for show.  You have to remember that some militant Arab factions strongly criticize Attaturk for his secular policies and I often wonder if Turkey is just *pretending* to become more religious to gain more clout with certain regional states.  Apart from that, you're correct in everything you say. 

IRI not strong

One thing that makes a country strong is to have its people behind its rulers, and that is one thing that you do not need to be a scientist to know that is not the case in Iran. Even without wests embargo on Iran the economic situation was not good, just for mullah families and their nearest ones and the mafia of pasdaran.

Kashk -

Turkey is the US puppet. Turkey is stable on the surface. There are many minorities there that can cause problem. Besides, majority of Turkish people are fanatics and don’t like to see Western culture and influence in Turkey.

I am guessing that Turkey may become another  Islamic republic, very much like Iran.

I hope people who read this

are aware that just prior to Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Iraq's army was tauted as the 4th strongest army in the world.   Not a day went by, without the media stating how strong the Iraqi army was and what a powerful man Saddam had become.

Little was known that, this was a simple setup, and all of that got into Saddam's head.

I smell a few things that tells me, Iran will be dragged to a military confrontation, not at all like the one many of us invisioned and most of us fear.   But more a Gulf of Tonkin like incdident, perhaps an attempt to aid Syria?    With Gaddafi out of the picture, the possibilities are endless.

Corruption inside and out ...

can't do business in Iran without payouts, can't do business outside without petro-payouts. This is called growing up?

Turkey without oil not only have gained political strength in the region but also economic. That is called growing up, Iran is on the path of moving down to hell, pay a visit and spend some time there.

Libya -> Syria -> and then Iran ... yipi

F Israel with a capital F

 Iran is the best country in the world all other countries are

Run by Israel.

Shah Hossein

Iran needs to focus on power stations in Tehran

The 4 hour a day black outs are ridiculous.

Soft power yes, economic power absolutely pathetic.

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for laughs

"Iran has grown up!"

so says Mr Baer and it's true. Iran has established her dominance in her neighborhood mostly through soft power. Just yesterday an agreement was signed between Iran and Tajikestan indicating Iran will build two power plants for the amount of 250 million dollars.

This comes just after the agreement between Iran and Venezuela. Iran will build thousands of homes there (1 billion dollars contract).  

Nonsense …

Overestimating strength of Iran for a couple of reasons:

1.       Israel needs a pariah in the region (now even more than ever after the Arab uprising) to justify receiving US defense $s

2.       US to justify the need to stay in Iraq

this guy is good and he

this guy is good and he knows his stuff!

Is USA preparing for another WMD case for IRI?

Sure IRI defeated Israel and I have three penises!

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Very thought-provoking interview!

The movie "Syriana" is based on his books! George Clooney's character is based on Baer!

He is fluent in Arabic and Farsi!

Thank you for posting!