TALKS
Why Netanyahu is afraid of diplomacy
The bar had been set very low for the talks. But progress was made, not because neither side compromised, but precisely because both did. The Iranians dropped their precondition for addressing the nuclear issue, and the US agreed to resolve the issue within the framework of the NPT, sending yet another implicit signal that Washington will accept enrichment on Iranian soil under strict inspections. Of course, Netanyahu is wrong in arguing that Iran gained time
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HOPE
Possibility that talks may eventually lead to a solution?
We have to believe, if only occasionally, that things may work out after all. Case in point, the nuclear talks with Iran being held in Turkey. For Iranians, renouncing nuclear weapons in exchange for a) at least a partial lifting of the sanctions that are crippling its economy and causing grumbling in the population—not good for the regime— and b) being allowed to continue enriching uranium for peaceful energy purposes
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NUCLEAR
Chomsky and Galloway on American media’s duplicity
Checking out the US media recently I have noticed a dramatic downturn in anti-Iran rhetoric. Now that the Israeli leaders got what they wanted from the Obama administration, in terms of more weapons and money and a relief from forced negotiation with Palestinians, the scare tactic about nuclear Iran has died off. Israel was a clear winner and achieved what it wanted without firing a shot. By now more people should come to the point of understanding that all of this brouhaha was about “Mullah’s Blanket”
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REVOLUTION
تفاوت انقلاب 1688 انگلستان با انقلاب 1357 ایران
تنها با یک نگاه کلی به این دو انقلاب، می بینیم که اهداف انقلاب انگلیس مشخص و شفاف و مورد تأئید عموم و یا اکثریت ملت بود ولی خواستۀ اکثریت مردم ایران، این بود که شاه برود! نتیجۀ پیروزمندانۀ انقلاب 1688 در پرتوی اهداف مشخص: قدرتمند کردن مردم در مقابل حکومت، احترام به حقوق و شعور مردم و شرکت آنان در تعیین سرنوشت خویش، قانونمندیِ سیستم و امنیت اجتماعی، و اقتصاد باز و پویا با حد اقل امکانات برای بهبود زندگی مردم بود
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POETRY
كلاهِ سرما
تازه افتاده اما
كوچكترین شیرینترین نازكترین نازترین
تكه لباسِ تو ای دوردست
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REPLY
آکله های اشرف
نه راه پیش دارند نه پس
نه مسعود آدم حسابشان میکند
نه دیگر مردمان عاقل دنیا
زیرا آکله بودن را انتخاب کردند
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